Grow your own delicious onions for a fraction of the price of buying at a supermarket! Autumn planting onion 'Electric' produces shiny, red skinned, semi-globe shaped bulbs with crisp, pink-tinged flesh. Easy to grow, this is an overwintering variety to plant in autumn and harvest the following summer. Pack size info: 500g equates to approximately 150 onion sets.Plant onion sets in rows in any firm, well-drained soil in full sun. Prepare the planting area several weeks in advance by incorporating some well-rotted garden compost to improve drainage and soil fertility. Avoid planting onions on freshly manured soil. On particularly wet ground, try growing onion sets in raised beds. When growing onions from sets, plant the bulbs so that the tip of bulb is just protruding through the soil surface. Leave a space of 10cm (4") between each bulb, and 30cm (12") between each row. Companion planting: try growing onions with mint to confuse and deter onion fly.Please note: This product cannot be d