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This video explains how to plant onions correctly and the simple steps that help them establish and grow well. I cover soil preparation, spacing, planting depth, and early care that supports healthy root development. It is helpful for gardeners wanting reliable crops and a clearer understanding of successful onion growing methods.
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Let's plant our autumn onions. Welcome
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to Gardening with Ben. We are now in
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October, so we're now time to start
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planting our autumn onions. This can be
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done now. And obviously, you can usually
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start some off in March, April time if
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you're wanting to start some off then as
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well to get even more crops. But these
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ones we start off in autumn. These ones
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are especially for growing in autumn.
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So, we have three varieties that we're
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going to be growing down here at the a
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lotment. We've got some yellow ones,
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we got some white ones,
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and we've got some red ones as well.
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I've never had much luck with growing
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red onions, but we're going to give it a
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try. As always, if things fail, I just
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try and try again. It's the best way to
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do about gardening. So, we're going to
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be planting three these three varieties.
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And there's probably about 50 in each
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one by the looks of it. So hopefully
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we'll get plenty of onions growing for
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next year. So the ideal tool for
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planting onions is a dber. So we've got
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our dber ready. We've got beds dug over
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and we can get these planted. Obviously
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use a cane as well to get them in a
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straight line. Even though I'm never
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that straight when planting, but it's
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ideal. And also remember to leave plenty
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of spacing in between onions. Onions
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like to get all the nutrients for
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themselves. They don't like to compete
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with weeds. So having plenty of space in
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between makes them easier to weed around
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and keep those weeds down in the beds as
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they don't want to be competing with
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them. And obviously they've got shallow
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roots as well. So it's good uh if it
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looks dry on top, keep them watered to
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keep them growing. They don't obviously
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go far down the roots on onions. So
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yeah, let's get these outside. Let's get
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these planted and let's get these grow.
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So this is the bed that we're going to
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plant them in. As you can see, it's all
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been dug over
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and it's all weed free now. So yeah,
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we've got his deta, we've got his cane,
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we've got his onions. So yeah, let's
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start getting them in.
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So we've got all the white onions
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planted. plenty of space in between
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them. So, what we need to do next is we
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need to leave a gap so that we can get
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down the middle. And then we're going to
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plant as yellow ones as well and get
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those in next.
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So, we need to leave like a path down
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there so that we can get in between and
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get them weeded easily cuz they're quite
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big beds. So, I don't want to be
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stretching over the top to weed it. We
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need to be able to get down the middle
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to be able to weed in between the bulbs.
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So, we've now got the yellow onions
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planted and we've got a bit of a space
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there to plant our red onions. So,
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hopefully we can get all those in in
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that area cuz I'd like all my onions in
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the same patch if possible. Obviously,
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like I said, I've left the space down
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the middle so that I can get in between
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and hopefully keep them weed free, but
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knowing my look, they will get full of
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weeds. But, we'll see. We will try and
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get it all sorted this year and keep on
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top of everything down at the plot.
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So, we've now got all these planted.
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We've got his white onions. We've got
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his yellow onions. We've got us red
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onions. All perfectly sorted. Now, we're
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going to start feeding these in 3 weeks.
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We have bought some special onion and
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garlic feed which is nitrogen which is
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good for creating the leaves on the
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onions as obviously they create the
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leaves first and then they start to
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swell up towards springtime. So we're
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going to be feeding them nitrogen all
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the way up to spring every couple of
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weeks and then we will feed them tomato
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feed from then on to help with the
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swelling. But apparently you don't feed
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them nitrogen until about three weeks
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after they've been planted as that can
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cause burning of the roots. Now I've
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never had massive onions when I've grown
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them. So I've been reading up on it to
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try and get them big. So this is what he
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suggests using nitrogen. So let me show
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you what I've got.
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So this is the feed that I've got for my
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onions. I'll pop a link for it in the
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description or in the comments for you
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to be able to purchase if you want it.
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But yeah, this is for onions, garlic,
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leaks, and other vegetables as well. So,
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we're going to be feeding them after
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about 3 weeks. So, today we're going to
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net them over first because you need to
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net the onions over or the birds will
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pull them out and the shoot start
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popping through. So, let's get us netted
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on and get that secured.
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So, we've got them covered over with
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netting, a nice fine mesh netting.
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We'll leave this on until the shoots
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have started growing, probably for a
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couple of months, and then we'll take it
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off because then they'll be fine. Once
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they get growing, they're usually okay.
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It's just at the beginning when the
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shoots start popping through. The birds
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are very inquisitive and they like to
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pull pull the bulbs out and then you end
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up shoving them back in all the time. So
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yeah, we're going to keep them covered
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for the time being until they get
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established. And obviously, like I said,
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in about 3 weeks time, we'll be feeding
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them with the nitrogen as well. So
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hopefully we'll take it all back off the
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netting, give them a good feed, and then
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we'll be feeding them every two to three
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weeks as well, all the way up to
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springtime. So hopefully we're going to
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get some big
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onions this year.
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So, thanks for watching today's video on
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how to plant your autumn onion bulbs.
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up to date with how well they're getting
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on throughout the year and through to
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the harvest time. Until next time
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everyone, remember keep smiling, keep
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shining, and keep
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