Fruit Hill Farm fact sheets

Planting rates for onions, garlic and shallots

 

size

1 kg

commercial seed rate

Onion sets

14/21

 

6-8 m2

 

800 kg/ha

Onion sets

10/14

 

20 m2

 

1800 kg/ha

Shallots

-

 

3-5 m2

 

-

Garlic

-

 

5-10 m2

 

-

The approximate number of sets per 1 kg is 450 sets for the 14/21 grade and 1200 sets for the 10/14 grade.