Starting Onion Sets [Gardening Allotment UK] [Grow Vegetables At Home ]

Time To Start The Onion Sets [Gardening Allotment UK] Please Like & Subscribe and join us doing Allotment Gardening Container Gardening plus more
Check out our Quiz Channel & Please Subscribe Thank you
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiwO_UP977Buqmxu4MyjBgA
Please also check out my Cooking Channel where we use Homegrown produce to make lots of tasty meals including Soups Sauces & Curries
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClGn4s83ihVeGLOhgWV7XJg
For me growing is a passion there is nothing more satisfying than a year round supply of home grown fruit and vegetables
I have lots of useful hints and tips to help others sow & grow fresh fruit and vegetables’ all year long .
****************************************************************************
If you would like to make a small donation to this Channel to help towards costs you can do this via the Super Thanks button below every video i upload or via the Paypal Donation Button and it would be gratefully appreciated Thank You for being part of this Channel
**********************************************
Thank you for your support
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=AU8EA4VUGN4R6&no_recurring=0&item_name=Please+be+so+kind+to+make+a+small+donation+if+this+content+has+been+of+use+to+you%2C+Thank+You+Ivan&currency_code=GBP
********************************************************************
I also grow Flowers from seed and plugs its always a challenge to grow something new every year follow me this year as i will be making videos of everything i plant and sow & how to grow
Spring & Summer will be here before you know it
****************************************************************************
Music by https://www.bensound.com/free-music-for-videos
Ivans Garden UK
#ivansgardenuk#

Weather’s still miserable overcast and  raining it’s to be expected at this time   of year I’ve just been checking out a few  of these plants I know I keep showing them   you look at those sweet peas now they’re  amazing they’ve had no care or attention  

We’ve not even been fleecing these we just  left them to their own devices the feeling   a little bit light now so since we’ve got a  bit of drizzle I want to pop these outside on   bench and remember to bring them back in later  but yeah brilliant they’re coming along really

Well I haven’t shown you these for a while   and I think these need to go  outside as well they’re very slow they’re are spring onions but you can see  that they are growing they’ve just been very   slow and there’s a couple of cells in there  that only just start started coming through  

But we’ve got quite a few good results from  them next to it we’ve got beetroot they’ve   been very slow so far this year so what I’m  going to do is while I make this video is I’m   going to take these two outside pop them  on bench and let them get a good natural

Watering and I’m going to do it same with these  These are those Lett uses that were pricked out   and moved on quite recently it’s only been a  couple of days but I think you’ll agree they  

Started to put a little bit of size on there  that’s as cut and come again ones in fact I’m   just going to give these a water in here I don’t  want to put them outside and R risk uh slugs or  

Birds get into them you never know so we’ll just  give them a quick spray around bottoms and leave   them where they are it’s not the reason that  I’m in here today to be honest we’re not doing  

Much of any seed sewing it’s a little bit too  early it’s still too dark through day the days   don’t last very long and it’s not that warm  either so minimal seed sewing we’ve already   got a few bits and Bobs that’s on go we’ve got  us garlic we’ve got us carrots we’ve got the  

Lettuce the sweet peas so for very early in  season we have got something going but what   we’re concentrating on today is something else  that we can get started early and that’s onion sets I’ve got some called  ster on I’ll just show you

Some nice little immature onions and the best ones  they nice round plump firm ones they’re the ones   that you’re looking for but even if you get some  little tiny ones like this you can still plant   them just be aware that sometimes you’ll get  them and they might feel a little bit squishy  

They’re no good throw those away these are all  perfectly fine we haven’t got Lowe’s this year   because we are kind of d scaling on what we’re  planting Outdoors just for the moment we find   out what our situation is for this coming season  so we’re sticking to a lot of container growing  

And I know there’s a lot of people out there that  are very interested in container gardening and we   did it really successfully last year as well  so this year we’re going to do it but bigger  

If you put your onion sets outside now it’s not  a very good idea it’s too cold it’s too damp too   consistently wet most days and that’s not going  to do those onions that it’s semy good we all  

Know that onions are prone to White rot so putting  them outside in consistently damp compost that’s   just going to contribute towards that problem  so although you don’t want to be planted them   outside at the moment you can get them started  off indoors and we do it in a certain way and  

We do it for a reason as well the obvious reason  is that if we do it and we get them started we’ve   got to jump on season we can get those little  bulbs growing before we even put them in the  

Final Place outdoors and another reason we do  it is when you do come to planting your onion   sets outside you’re just pushing these little  bulbs into that compost and leaving those tops   sticking out which is kind of attractive to birds  they think they’re little worms and they’ll go  

Along all your roads pulling up all your onion  sets then you’re going to have to go around and   replant them all again which is very annoying  so if you use the method that we use you’ll  

Not only end up with an onion set that’s starting  to grow its green shoot on top it’ll also have an   established root ball at bottom so when you put  your onions in ground they’re kind of wedged in  

There and a lot harder if not impossible for  birds to pull up so there’s two advantages to   doing what we’re about to do now and we’re going  to plant them in cells we do this every year and  

It always works and all you’re going to need is  some little cells like that with some compost   in I’ve pre-filled these and I’ve got them a  bit of watering as well and I’ve got a couple  

That I’ve done and this is guaranteed to be the  best way to start your onion sets you can take   these indoors as well if you want to and that’ll  encourage quicker growth but if you don’t want  

Them indoors you can just leave them outside  in your Greenhouse if it gets too cold Chu a   bit of fleece over at top so we’re going to go  through these onion sets pick out any bad ones  

And get as first onions for 2024 under way I’m  just going to pop all the onion sets into this bowl as I said we haven’t got loads at  the moment but there is time to get some

More so not as many as I thought we’d got  but it’s enough for a start and it could   not bit easier when you’re doing these  that bit top of your onion and that bit   is where the root comes out so it’s  quite obvious that you need to leave  

That bit sticking up so just taking one  of these and you just push it into that compost just push it in nice  and firm and just leave that   top sticking out that’s all you  need to do it could not be any

Simpler so we’ll just keep going down  and as you’re doing this if you do come   across any that’s a bit squishy you  can quite easily take them out as you go but these are going to be the easiest onions  you’ll ever grow you can see this one’s already  

Started with a bit of root on bottom and the  tops there so we’ll just push that straight   in it’s start of your season very shortly  and this is definitely going to be one of   the easiest jobs that you’ll do but also the  most rewarding because for sake of doing this  

Once you get around to planting our time you’re  already going to have very established onions   let’s get some of these big ones in that’s a  really nice size one there and put that the back you can do this with any type of onion as

Well it’s just something that we do every  year that’s always worked out really well   for us and it’s also great to be able to  get something else underway so early in season so I’m going to stick to  the biggest ones out of here at the

Moment and that’s all those set up such a  simple job to do but so worthwhile at the   same time that’s a lot or onions already set up  ready to start growing whether it be indoors or  

Or out but at least you know you’re going to have  more advanced established onion sets when it does   come time to plant them out so there’s around 50  onions and also it’s only taking up a very small  

Amount of space so if you’ve got some onion sets  that’s the best way to start them off at this time   of year and you have to remember that onions have  got a 2-year life cycle so they need to be kept  

In a certain temperature until they reach maturity  they don’t want to be put in icy temperatures and   then into hot temperatures because then they’ll  bolt they’ll just go to seed and I’m sure that   people that have grown onions before have already  experienced that and because they take such a  

Long time to mature somewhere in reging around  120 days it’s a massive chunk at year lost and   usually too late to restart any as well so it’s a  good idea not to plant them straight outside with   a chance of frost and snow still because they’re  immature bulbs that’s already been grown and then  

Stopped growing ready to be planted again the  following year they’re already on their first   year of growing so if you put them outside and  then we get freezing temperatures and then we   get warm temperatures during that season that  onion is going to think it’s on its second year  

Of growing and that’s the time when an onion  will put up flowers and drop seeds and that’s   a big reason why onions bolt so whether you keep  them out here just being aware that if we do get  

Any Min -3 or-4 temperatures it’d be a good idea  just to pop a little bit of fleece over them cuz   we do get some free ever at times but by doing it  this way you’re already going to get a good start  

On those onions so hopefully you find this video  useful and if you don’t have any onion sets at   the moment don’t worry about it there’s plenty  of time to start them I like to start them in   February because typically you can plant these  Outdoors at the end of March to April when it  

Is a bit lighter and it’s a bit warmer but you  can start them off anytime between now and then   so plenty of time for your onion sets anyway I  hope you found this video useful and if you’re  

A firsttime visitor or a first time grower and you  want to follow what we do throughout season please   hit that subscribe button press that notifications  Bell and I’ll see you on the next one you all take care