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Onion growing from sets - Onions how to grow, tips, varieties, cooking.

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

For the time pressed gardener onion sets are a godsend. Onions seed can take a long time to germinate; it transplants poorly, and needs a long season to attain a kitchen ready bulb size. So it usually makes more sense to grow your onions from sets instead.

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