On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:43:47 -0000, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:



"dido22" wrote

I am growing onions from seed in the greenhouse. No problem.

The seed packet tells me that when I plant them out into the garden I
should plant them 4" apart in rows 12" apart.

Is it OK to plant them out in a 6" by 6" square pattern instead ?

Not a problem except for weeding, you might find it difficult getting down
between the rows to weed. You will also have to hand weed when they have
expanded a bit as you won't get a hoe in between them. Onions hate weeds.
We plant our sets out at 9 inches apart and 12 between rows which means I
can still get the hoe between the plants when they have grown and it allows
the onions to grow as big as they want so we get different sized onions
instead of them all being the same size. It also stops cross contamination
with the White Rot fungus we have in our soil.

A proper onion hoe might well prove useful as well


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