{"id":2241,"date":"2020-09-19T08:34:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T08:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2020-09-19T08:40:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T08:40:19","slug":"growing-winter-onions-two-different-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/growing-winter-onions-two-different-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Winter Onions Two Different Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2241\" class=\"elementor elementor-2241\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50f6ef2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50f6ef2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-649c1e5\" data-id=\"649c1e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd5fb71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd5fb71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>All through the gardening year, it\u2019s been difficult to know if we\u2019d be able to find some compost, plants or seeds for the allotment. This was true when I was looking out for winter onion sets. I saw that winter onion plants could be ordered online and, as I didn\u2019t know if we\u2019d be able to find some sets, I ordered some plants. As it turned out I managed to buy some sets from our local garden centre.<\/div><div class=\"separator\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2185\" src=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_E1587.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_E1587.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_E1587-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_E1587-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><div><div>We collected our onion sets early in September before our plants arrived. I\u2019d dug over a bed that we\u2019d grown potatoes in over summer and we decided to get our onion sets into the ground. I think that the sooner they are planted the better the chance of a good crop. It gives the sets a chance to get established before the onset of any bad winter weather.<\/div><div class=\"separator\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2186\" src=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_E1598.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_E1598.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_E1598-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_E1598-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><div><div>Our winter onion plants arrived a week or so later and we wasted no time in getting them planted. However, it was difficult to decide exactly how they should be planted. We decided the best method would be to plant them in compost filled trenches rather than trying to plant them directly into the soil.<\/div><div class=\"separator\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2235\" src=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1770.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1770.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1770-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div><div><div>It was difficult to decide how deep to plant the onions. Hopefully, we\u2019ve got it about right. We\u2019ve planted a few of our leftover onion sets in a row between the plants as a direct comparison of how the sets and plants compare.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>We\u2019ll now have to see how they all get on over winter. For the next few days, the forecast is for the weather to remain decent but by the middle of next week, it looks like autumn will arrive bringing some much colder temperatures accompanied by spells of heavy rain and gale force winds.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All through the gardening year, it\u2019s been difficult to know if we\u2019d be able to find some compost, plants or seeds for the allotment. This was true when I was looking out for winter onion sets. I saw that winter onion plants could be ordered online and, as I didn\u2019t know if we\u2019d be able 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