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    GROW YOUR BEST BULB ONIONS EVER!

    Oct 24, 2018 5 minutes

    There is no better sight in the veg garden than a lovely bed of healthy onions. But you don’t need to be growing record breakers to claim you have a good crop; after all, why grow bulbs that are larger than you can use in one recipe – unless you like a challenge of course, in which case good luck with growing that whopper? The record currently stands at over 17lb!

    So assuming you just want some really nice onions for the pot, here are some top tips to get you started whether you grow them from seeds, such as your packet of ‘Ailsa Craig’ free with the magazine this month, or from sets (immature onion bulbs).

    GROWING FROM SEEDS

    Whether from seeds or sets, onions need plenty of time to develop those lovely sweet bulbs, so the earlier you can sow, the

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