If you want to grow onions in your own garden or on your balcony, it is best to use onion sets. The plants are planted between March and April and can then be harvested in August. To ensure that the cuttings thrive, the correct planting distance must be maintained.
What planting distance is optimal for onion sets?
The correct planting distance for onion sets is 10 cm within the row and 30 cm between the rows. Choose a sunny, well-ventilated location and loosen the soil for good rooting. The onions can be harvested in August.
Growing onions successfully
Growing onions is usually relatively easy and brings good results even to garden beginners. However, there are some rules to follow when cultivating onions. First, a sunny and airy spot should be chosen as a location. The soil is ideally loose, full of nutrients, well-drained and free of weeds.
What are onion sets?
Onion sets are small, essentially finished onions that just need to grow. They can be put in the ground in autumn or spring. If sown in March/April, the harvest takes place in early autumn, the seeds are sown in autumn, the onion rests over the winter and then produces a good harvest early in the spring.
The planting distance for onion sets
Onion sets find their place in a freshly dug and raked bed. The soil should be loose so that the bulbs can root well. In order to be able to plant the cuttings neatly in a row, a string is stretched over the bed for better orientation. You tie the string to two short rods that are pressed into the ground at the left and right ends of the planting row, pull it tight by turning the rods and thus have a straight line for planting. Now insert the roots of the onions into the soil along this marking so that the upper third of the onion is visible. An onion goes into the ground every 10 cm. When the row is finished, move the guide line by about 30 cm and start pinning the next row.
