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Just been leafing thru the Organic Gardening Catalogue. Will not disclose how stupid I went with the seed order!!

However, in the tools section there is an Onion Hoe. What a good idea, I thought! Looked at the detail and it says "handle not supplied"...is it me, or whats the point?!!!

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Don't buy tools from a cat. unless you know exactly what you're ordering. Shop around, feel the beast, play with it, move with it, stroke it, poke it and do all that you would with it as you would on your plot....well, as much as you can in the shop...!
What you describe is possibly an 'add-on' where you keep the same handle but attach different heads.

Good advice Ken, just thought it was a bit silly cos it just says "onion hoe" not "onion hoe as part of a kit where you get one handle and several options"

Think I am turning into my Mother....pedantic to the last!!

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Don't buy the last pedantic, far too finnicky.

I got one from my local garden centre for £1.95 last autumn. Not used it yet but I didn't weed my onions well last year so I thought a new toy would encourage me!

Same here Vee.

Onions have to be kept weed free so any tool that will help that is a god send.

This year I am thinking of trying the bunched approach for onions. Where you plant 4-5 sets together. The onions are slightly smaller but you can squeeze a lot more in an area. I am assuming the weeding will not be problem. Anyone else tried this technique?

I think I'd stick to getting the full potential of bought sets and have a few rows of shallots as small 'onions'.