Allotment Diary : Planting out Onion Sets : How to sow Onion Sets in a raised bed easily

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Just a quick video of how I plant out my onion sets in one of my raised beds on the allotment.
Dead simple,just push each individual onion set into the soil about 6" apart so that just the tip is above ground,and that's about it.
Please have a look at my veg growing diary website.
Thanks.
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[zsianz1]

great video! I have some sets waiting to go in, would now be the right time to plant in the north of Scotland? keep the great videos coming :)

[allotmentdiary]

I'm not sure about that far north but we always get hard frosts after I plant mine in Yorkshire and It never seems to do them any harm.

What you could do is to set them off in some of those plant cell modules in the greenhouse and then plant them out once it warms up a bit.

Cheers,Dan.

[baconsoda]

I do onions in raised beds and always plant them in rows running North - South. Is there any difference in planting them in rows running East - West? That question is possibly as a-retentive as your marked out planting stick (I have two of them for 4 different spacings.

Best Wishes, Brendan

[allotmentdiary]

@baconsoda Hi,my rows run N-S as well.

I suppose if you staggered the rows E-W then they wouldn't shade each other as much ?

I don't think it really matters though.

Cheers,Dan

[nrichy122]

just starting off and would like some advice what time is right to plant out onion sets iam in the northeast of the uk

[lynne222]

Hi what great vids I have learnt a lot watching them Have just finished planting up my lotty apart from the winter crops I pay £44 rent how much do you pay love lynne

[foxy358]

@allotmentdiary when farmers plant there crops, the whole field is planted, north-south or east-west its all the same to them, it cant make that much difference

[VonLeachim]

that's a seriously nice looking garden.

[tobyradca]

I don't know how you do it. I really do have garden envy.

[ZaphedBeebleBrox]

May Iask you, are you using green treated wood for edging your plot? Thx.

[zsianz1]

@allotmentdiary thanks Dan, I might put half in the ground now and start the other half off in the polytunnel in the way you suggest and see how I go :-)

[baconsoda]

@allotmentdiary

Thanks Dan, the reason I do N-S is because I feel the E-W set-up would cast more shade on the row behind. Your staggered planting would optimise sun but make maintenance a nightmare. I'll stay N-S I think.

Brendan