20th July 2024
I have just planted out 10 rows of 150mm high Pukekohe onion seedlings, into a bed spread with Blood, Bone and Seaweed plus compost. They will grow slowly through the winter, speeding up as the warmer spring comes. Onions are quite hardy and this early planting will ensure a long growing season and a late summer crop.
Pukekohe grow to a good size and keep very well through the winter in store. Indeed, this is the best onion I have come across over all the years I have been growing onions.
It’s not too late to grow some seeds in trays in a glass house, but if not you can sometimes find gardening stores selling bunches of seedlings, which is what I bought the other day from Mitre 10.