[Goldfinger]

How many onion setts in a kilo?

Roughly an average will do please. 

[sunshineband]

200 g is around 50, so I suppose a kilo is about 250 sets

[DD.]

It's very variable.

I've just weighed some of my "Red Emperor" 18 made 100g so there's only 180 of these.

[sunshineband]

It's very variable.

I've just weighed some of my "Red Emperor" 18 made 100g so there's only 180 of these.

Yours are fatter 

[mattwragg94]

well i bought a net from wilkos and i think that was half a kilo and that had around 130 sets, so id say 250 sets per kilo (same as sunshineband)!

[sunshineband]

well i bought a net from wilkos and i think that was half a kilo and that had around 130 sets, so id say 250 sets per kilo (same as sunshineband)!

and we bought skinny ones 

[DD.]

Mine were hand picked!

[Stratts]

May I ask how much you pay for onion sets?  I bought some seeds but am wondering if I should have bought sets for ease as a beginner?

Ta

[mattwragg94]

hmm i was going to hand pick some from the garden centre today but they where double the price of wilkos  

[mattwragg94]

stratts, wilko have them on at £1.48 for 500g (thats all varieties, including shallots) - an as i have said i got 130 onion sets from them.

[DD.]

£2.95 a kilo, personally hand selected, so no rubbish.

[mattwragg94]

yep they where 3 quid akilo at my local garden centre, as dd says they are around 3 quid a kilo at independent retailers. however ive had not problems with wilkos onion sets.

[Stratts]

Thanks, so to add another daft question to the thread, how many onions do you get from a set?

[Goldfinger]

I've nearly bought my sets from wilkos, but was informed that an independant down the road, Gosforth koi carp place at Gosforth Park was doing loose sets for £1.98 a kilo.

I think that makes them cheaper than Wilkos. Doesn't it? 

Their seed potatoes are sold loose too, but I can't remember how much it is a kilo for them. 

[Goldfinger]

Thanks, so to add another daft question to the thread, how many onions do you get from a set?

just the one, a set is an onion 'frozen in time', and planting them re-awakens them into growing.

Unless it's a shallot set, then you get about 4-6 new shallots growing out from underneath the set you planted.