How to Plant Onion Sets - Spacing Matters: 4 inches for Full Sized Onions - MFG 2014

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1. so where can i find onion sets?
2. Good info. Will rabbits eat the plant?
3. Thank you Gary! Planting some today, just learned though that the bunches grow bigger onions so next time I will get those!
4. Oh ok. That's interesting. My onions are about to go in, should I add some sand to the soil if heavy? I have some in my garden spare. 
5. Is it normal for the sets to droop all the way to the ground, initially after planting? Will they stand straight up during later growth stages?
6. I noticed u didn't cover them over with any extra soil, is that standard? Cheers. 
7. do you have spring onion (scallion) specific advice or video?
8. Very helpful Gary...I like the onion sets idea...do they develop faster than seedlings?  Thanks for sharing this...Misilla
9. Great info about spacing, Gary, and about the onion sets being second year plants and going to seed.  Good info for first time gardeners.  With the heat we have here, I am going to try to plant some in part shade, and some in full sun to see which ones do best.  Thanks for posting this!
10. I planted long day onions in the Fall, and short day onions this spring from seed.  I also planted green onion stubs from purchased grocery store green onions.  I just got two bunches of onion plants from HD and now it is plant onions time again.  In my opinion you never have too many onions. I used the long days as scallions during the winter and spring, btw.  since I have fungus gnats, I use a plastic juice bottle with the bottom cut off and a bit of window screening wired to the neck to protect my seedlings until they are big enough to remove the bottle.  this has worked really well for me, so far.  Thanks so much Gary for all the great info.
11. I don't know if you were actually planting that sprouted onion or just using it to demonstrate. however i have read some several sources that onions that are sprouted like that, are more likely to bolt and set seed instead of forming a bulb. If you are using those then that maybe why some start good then go poopy in a hurry. =)
12. I never had good luck with Onions. However now, after watching this technique I think I planted my sets too deeply.. Great video. I'll be sure to try Onion sets again in the future... Thanks again for sharing this information
13. I watch every video of your's , can you please add that whatever you are planting meeds full sun or shade , how often water em coz i am trying to plant as you do but have very small backyard & half of it is shady most of the day, can u show Coleus plant again coz i planted a month back & it has only 4 leaves how :)
14. I can not wait too see how they grow for you 
15. I learned from MIGARDENER, yesterday as a matterofact, that the onion sets you buy with bulbs are already a year old, that is why your bulb is not maturing like your seed starts that are not a year old.  He just put up a video about this fact, which I didn't know.  I have a bag of them, going to plant them anways for green onions, seed starts will be for my big yellow onions!