Onion sets

[fergy]

Hi, Could anyone tell me if it is possible to buy onion sets that will produce onions of equivelent size to Robinsons Mammoth? I watched a programme that seemed to indicate that the grower had used turbo sets. Fergy.

[DavidT]

Fergy, if you want to grow big onions, then why not go for Mammoth itself? The seed can be obtained from www.mammothonion.co.uk

[fergy]

Hi David,
Thanks for your comments.
I already grow Robinsons mammoth from seed,sowing on boxing day.
The reason I raised the question was on the Veg Out programme last week the onions this chap grew gave the impression they were from sets and if this was so I can't see the point of taking all that time and care when he got results equal to my seed raised onions. John

[Lesley Jay]

Hi Fergy, I've grown Showmaster onions from both sets and young plants available from Marshall's Seed but the delivery was very late arriving and although I grew some really great sized onions that tasted fabulous they just didn't have the growing time to reach the size I wanted for the show bench.

[DavidT]

Misunderstood you Fergy, as for Turbo onions. They are bred from Sturon. I`ve tried growing them once but thought they weren`t as good as the parent. I believe they are a Sturon / Stuttgarter cross. So I don`t think they would beat Mammoth, anyway.

[fergy]

Thanks for the replies ragarding my query.I think I shall try the sets from Marshals but still grow my mammoth from seed as back up