Topic: Onion Sets

[Lauren S]

Where is the best value for money place to buy red onion sets for this/next year. Thanks in advance  :)

[daileg]

i have been concidering getting them from marshalls

[Trevor_D]

That's where I normally buy most of my onions. Better than so-called "cheap bargains" from garden centres & supermarkets where loads of them are unusable.

[Lauren S]

Thanks chaps. I hadn't thought of them  :)

[kenkew]

I buy mine locally loose from the sack. These days I don't need many so I pick only good ones. I also throw in one or two 'odd' named ones from other sacks.

[grassroots]

 Try looking on Dobies web site Red Pearl  F1 200g £1.35

[Barnowl]

Some sites haven't yet got next Spring's sets listed yet.

There are a huge number of respectable sites: including Tuckers, Marshalls, Dobies, the OrganicCatalog etc, but there isn't actually much variety when it comes to types of onion sets for Autumn planting: Radar (normal) Senshyu (yellow) and Electric (red) are the most common, but there are whites like Silver Moon as well. 

This year I'm just doing whites and shallots. because I find the autumn sown onions aren't that much earlier than the spring sown ones and I need the space in the spring

PS I couldn't find Red Pearl sets on Dobies just seeds.

[kitty]

This year I'm just doing whites and shallots. because I find the autumn sown onions aren't that much earlier than the spring sown ones and I need the space in the spring

me too barnowl-i am hoping me leeks will tide me over till the spring sown sets come up-and i also sow two hefty rows of salad onions in november ,protecrt them a bit and they give a nice early crop in march
kitty
xx

[cornykev]

Like Kenkew I shall select the best bulbs from the sack at my local nursery, CLOCKHOUSE NURSERY, don't mention this to Georgie  :-X she gets goose bumps when you mention CLOCKHOUSE NURSERY.  ;D ;D ;D

[STEVEB]

corny ..do tell more i suspect a flirtatious bit of juicy gossip!!

and i too buy from a very good local petfood shop lets you examine all you buy,i try to avoid the catalogues as i get seed crazy and spend a fortune!!

[Amazin]

I went looking for Clockhouse once. It wasn't where it should've been.

I feel inspired to try again though. What are their prices like Corny?

[asbean]

I usually buy from Marshalls, but ordered from the Organic catalogue, just for a change to see what they're like. I've been happy with Marshalls, though, used their sets fora few years now and only failure was last year (well, that was a duff year in all respects, wasn';t it?)