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Onion Sets.
I have a small strip of land (8m x1m) down the side of my house but it only gets the sun in the early morning and late afternoon. Is there a variety of onion set that would be suitable to grow there. Thank you.
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Look for Japanese onions, as they're better adapted to low light levels than regular types are. It's the wrong time of the year for planting them though:
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It might be better to consider an alternative vegetable crop though:
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It might be better to consider an alternative vegetable crop though:
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As you have figured out Zebo, Onions do not do so well in sunless areas and short of putting up a tunnel or making a lot of effort for little return, you may be better having a rethink. You could source a mirror system if you can direct sunlight onto the patch but you would be tasked with turning and securing the things. Salad onions may do best but if you are determined to put onions sets in you could try Bedfordshire Champion, Red Arrow, or Santero F1. Ask your supplier for what is known as a short day variety, which are strangely enough readily available in the States but not here. Other vegetables take readily to shady areas including. Mange Tout Peas, Beetroot Boltardy, Salad Onions, Summer Cauliflower, Kohl Rabi, Brussels Sprout Bosworth, Early Potatoes, Dwarf French Beans, Cabbage, Radish.
Pink Panther will perhaps thrive but you may struggle now to get short day sets. If you get the Red Burgandy seeds you will have sets for next year but in the meantime these are the only two that I can find in stock and available. Hysky and Red Ray. Good luck Zebo.
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