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Let's plant our onions in cell trays.
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben. And we
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are currently in February. And what
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we're going to do today, we're going to
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start our onions off in cell trays just
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to give them that little head start in
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getting growing before we plant them
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out. Usually you plant these straight
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into the ground in March time, but
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obviously then they need to start
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growing and take root. And yeah, we're
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going to give them a little head start
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so that when it gets round to March,
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they'll already be growing and we can
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get them in the ground. Now, the thing
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is we're planting onions straight in the
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ground. Is that you can have issues with
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birds pinching the tops off when the
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shoots start popping through. They pull
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them out and also mice and rats and
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squirrels can come along and pinch them
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as well. So, one of the reasons why
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we're starting them off early is to
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protect them from that because when we
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put them out, they won't be too fussed
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about them because they've already
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started growing and hopefully get them
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in the ground pretty good. So, yeah,
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let's get some cell trays and let's get
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Now, if you're anything like me, you
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hoard seed trays what you get your
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plants in. Now, my greenhouse is
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absolutely full of them. I always save
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them because it's good to recycle and
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it's good to reuse. So these are perfect
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for look at them just like individual
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cells. So we can put an onion in each
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one. So we need to get some compost in
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it. Give it some water and then get the
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onions in place. So we filled them with
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compost. We've got 50 bulbs. So yeah,
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we've filled 50 cells with compost.
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Let's give them some water so that we
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can put the onions straight into the
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So, we're giving them a nice good soak.
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So, it's a case of putting each onion in
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each cell now. So, these are the
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varieties that we're going to try
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growing this year. We've already got
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some onions in for the winter, which
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will be ready around June time, but
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yeah, we got a second crop. So,
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hopefully we get some decent onions this
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year. So, let's start off with the
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So, it's going to be a case of just
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getting an onion and pushing it into the
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soil like that, just so that it settles
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in. This one's even shooting already.
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Look at that. So, yeah, nice and easy.
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And then when you plant them, you can
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just take the cell out and plant the
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full cell with the roots on.
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And there we have it. All of them in the
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cells. And as you can see, we've got
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some shoots coming on them already. So,
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yeah, they will take root and they'll
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start growing. Next up is obviously put
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a label on them so you know what variety
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they are. Not like I always forget, but
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we've got plenty of labels this year.
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So, we're going to label them up so I
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remember which variety they are. So,
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that's them all done and labeled up. So,
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let's go on to the red onions and the
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other white onions. And let's get them
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So, there we have it. All of them done.
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They're looking good.
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now to put them somewhere nice and warm
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so that they'll start sprouting. We're
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going to keep them in this poly tunnel
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in a mini greenhouse so that it's an
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extra layer of protection and hopefully
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that'll keep them warm and frost free
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and hopefully get them sprouting
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especially with this warmer weather
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what's coming this. So that's them all
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in the greenhouse nicely tucked away and
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yeah, we'll probably water them every
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couple of weeks. They won't need much
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watering at the moment just to get them
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to help start sprouting.
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But yeah, I'm excited. Gardening season
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up to date with how well the onions get
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on this year down here at the a lotment.
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And hopefully, we'll get some great
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harvests from them. So, until next time,
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everyone, remember, keep smiling, keep
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shining, and keep gardening with Ben,
