Onions from Seed: Cheaper and with a Wider Choice of Varieties
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Onions can be grown from more than just sets. How to sow them from seed and what to expect.
Why from seed
Growing from seed gives you a choice of dozens of varieties — sweet salad onions, good keepers for winter, red, white. The plants rarely bolt, unlike large sets.
Sowing
Sow for transplants in February–March, thickly in a tray. The seedlings look like grass; trim them to 10 cm to make them sturdier. Plant out in late March–April, 10 cm apart in the row.
Direct sowing is also possible in March — then thin gradually, using the thinnings as spring onions.
Care
- Weeding: onions do not tolerate competition from weeds.
- Watering: regularly until midsummer, then stop.
Harvest
When the leaves flop over and turn yellow, lift the bulbs and leave them to dry in a dry, airy place for two weeks. Well-dried onions keep until spring.
Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
