Why planting onion seeds is better than planting sets

Another video that you guys may find useful and fun, how about I take you through my choice of seed trays and seed modules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnorZgSer2k

When I sow my onion sets, a mysterious hand never appears with a lovely cup of hot tea, headed towards my direction. I'm switching over to onion seeds today! 😀

I find the root ball of onions is very easy to separate without damaging it so I start them in 4" cells and easily get 50+ onions per cell.. when it comes to planting either use a hose or bucket of water to wash the soil off then each individual onion should pull apart from the others. This method saved me a ton of room, basically get all my onions for the year in 3-4 cells.

Picking the right type for your area is the key - great tip! I finally had success with onion seeds last year. I used flats similar to yours but just broadcast them instead of placing in rows. Ended up harvesting about 80 large onions from a 4x8 bed. Loved this video!

Thank you so much for explaining the difference amongst the 3 onion types available. I always wondered about that. Thank you from Pennsylvania USA. Cheers!

I found you and was amazed at your gardening skills, I am 76 and still learning from others in other parts of the world. Love your garden's and especially your greenhouse. Just bought one and loving it. Thank you for your knowledge of your own learning skills. Here I Ocean Shores, Washington state USA

Watched ur channel for the first time today. I live in Texas. I am SO jealous of ur greenhouse!

Thank you for explaining the "Short," and "Long" definitions when it comes to onions. I really like your small flats and I am going to look into getting some for myself. I like to scatter my seeds across the top of the soil tray and then lightly sprinkle more soil on top before patting it down to ensure seed-to-soil contact. I do not care for thinning or picking out which probably comes from my growing up in a poor household with a saying of "Waste Not, Want Not." So I have been known to pull the seedlings apart gently and pot them up or plant them straight into the garden. I do give a lot of produce away to family and friends and always have an open invitation to anyone who wants to come and manage my garden with me and receive produce and knowledge as payment. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. May God always Bless you with good health, prosperity, and a wonderful growing season. With love from -- ~SuzyJC-in Central-Southeastern-Ohio-USA_02.04.2024~

This will be my third year of growing onions. First year was a massive success with Ailsa Craig, huge onions which stored well into January and I froze a good amount before then to last through the following spring. Second year I planted Bedfordshire Champion which apparently store even better, harvest was ok but disappointing when measured against the previous year and I had to buy onions in December so it's back to Ailsa Craig this year, they seem to do much better in my Northumberland climate although the excessive heat last year may have been a factor. I just sprinkle the whole seed packet, 300+ seeds, in one tray, evenly but over the whole surface in mid February and, not having a greenhouse, leave them on a plant stand in the conservatory to germinate and grow on till I plant out in mid May, onion roots tease apart very easily without damage so seeding in separate modules seems a bit of a waste of space. I also largely ignore spacing guides on seed packets which, in the most part, seem to be more suitable for open planting where you need to be able to get in amongst the crop, in a raised bed I never need to stand in I plant much tighter getting over 160 bulbs in one 8'x4' bed, the rest of the seedlings go into pots very tightly spaced to pick as small salad/pickling onions. The info on longday/shortday onions should be useful to many, I only found out about that when researching which variety to sow for my first year, it surprised me. Everything I know about vegetable growing has been through YouTube and I owe a huge thanks to creators like yourself for providing a much appreciated knowledge resource.

Very enlightening,well worth listening to, thanks.

Yay! This makes me so excited for the upcoming season as none of our onions came up last year... Looking forward to being part of the ride! :D

Sound advice ! Happily subscribed. You're a breath of fresh air. To the point, informative and cheery😊

Wow, one of the best onion videos I have seen. Well done!

Not to mention the varieties of seed choices are endless! I enjoyed your video

Haven't watched the video yet but absolutely DELIGHTED to see over 10k views in 2 days. Smashing it, Eli! Keep up the good work!!

Loved this video, first time I've come across you, great content :)

Thank you! I was discouraged from doing it this way. But awesome video! I will be planting by seed.

Ive just started my onions from seed today 💖 can wait to follow you through the growing season

Happy new year Eli and Kate 🎉🥂

I've done seeds this year as the lot bolted last year. Was sets too. Fingers crossed this works. Happy New year to you both.🙂