'Sturon' Organic Onion Sets (Spring Planting) 10-22mm

Sturon Organic Onion Sets (10-22mm)

Sturon is an outstanding maincrop variety that produces high quality, medium-sized, juicy-fleshed bulbs. The nice, round, globe shaped onions are early maturing and have smooth brown skin with yellow flesh. Sturon offers good resistance to bolting and it has been the main variety for onion set production for many years. Also it is a very flexible dual purpose onion, as it can be planted close for green bunching onions, or spaced farther apart to form quite large storage onions. Sturon has very good keeping qualities; being thin-necked they keep extremely well. They will store well into the winter if kept under good conditions.

Growing schedule: Sets should be planted in late March or April. Sets typically need about 100 days to produce decent bulbs. You can get away with planting onions up till mid May but these may be a bit smaller than earlier planted bulbs. Harvest in August.

Planting Depth/Distance: Plant the sets 5-10cm apart, with about 30-40cm between rows. Plant the sets just below the surface, about 1-1.5cm deep. Make sure to plant the bulbs with the pointed end up and avoid planting too deep as this can affect bulb development. On particularly wet ground, try growing onion sets in raised beds.

Growing Conditions: Onions need a site with full sun and should be grown in fertile, loose and well drained soil. The loose soil helps the onions absorb moisture easily and also prevents the bulbs rotting in damp conditions. Onions are quite a hungry crop and require constant nourishment to produce big healthy bulbs.  You can prepare the planting area a few weeks in advance by incorporating some well rotted manure/garden compost to improve drainage and soil fertility. Or you can add a potash rich fertiliser to the soil and mix well before planting the sets.

Storage: Strong skin, good storage ability.

How many sets are in a pack?

• 250g = approx. 60- 80 sets
• 1kg = approx. 250 to 300 sets