Sowing Onions Seeds

[Duvy]

Hi All

Soon will come the time to sow onion sets for over wintering. Can I now also so onions from seed? Would I get an earlier crop next year like I would if I sowed onion sets?

Thanks for the help

[Alison]

I'll be sowing seeds pretty down but way too early for setts, they'd grow to much before the cold sets in.

[Zelenina]

Yes, you can sow onion seeds in August for overwintering, and you should get an earlier crop. But it has to be a variety that's suitable for that purpose. And overwintering varieties usually don't store very long so you might want to sow a good storage variety in the spring too for your main onion supply.