How Are My Autumn Onions Growing? 🧅 November Onion Bed Update!

🧅🌱 AUTUMN ONION GROWING UPDATE – NOVEMBER 2026! Welcome back to Gardening with Ben! Today we're heading down to the allotment to check on our autumn-planted onion sets and see how they're getting on as the colder weather approaches. We planted our overwintering onions earlier in autumn, and now it's time to look at their progress and discuss what they need to survive the winter and produce a fantastic harvest next year. 🧅 IN TODAY'S VIDEO: ✅ Checking the progress of our autumn onion sets ✅ Looking for healthy green shoots and new growth ✅ Checking whether any onion sets have been pushed out of the soil ✅ Removing weeds from the onion bed ✅ Checking soil moisture and drainage ✅ Discussing frost protection for overwintering onions ✅ Looking ahead to harvesting our onions next year 🌱 AUTUMN ONION GROWING TIPS: Overwintering onion sets are a brilliant way to get a head start on next year's harvest. Once established, suitable hardy varieties can tolerate normal winter conditions, although prolonged waterlogging can cause problems. Avoid overwatering during cold, wet weather and keep the growing area reasonably weed-free. It's also worth checking whether birds or frost have lifted any newly planted sets, gently firming them back into place if needed. Growth naturally slows as temperatures fall and daylight hours shorten, but your onions should start growing more strongly again in spring. 💬 QUESTION: How are your autumn onions growing this November? Let me know in the comments! 🌐 MORE GARDENING TIPS: https://gardenandallotment.com 🎧 LISTEN TO MY GARDENING PODCAST: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZK8sbHqPAPXjDxwIFs94a 👍 Please LIKE, COMMENT and SUBSCRIBE for more UK gardening advice, allotment updates and practical growing tips! Keep smiling, keep shining, keep gardening with Ben! 🧅🌱 #GardeningWithBen #AutumnOnions #GrowingOnions #OnionSets #AllotmentGardening