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    ONIONS ON TRIAL

    Mar 23, 2021 3 minutes

    This was the first AGM (Award of Garden Merit) trial since 2005 of bulb onions from seed only. Planting from sets still remains the most popular method of growing onions for gardeners as they are much easier to handle and can be planted at any time between late February and mid-April. However growing from seeds can give great results and is an economical way of producing a crop.

    There were 30 cultivars in this 2019 trial: 17 brown-skinned, eight

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