Onion 'Akado' - Starter Pack

Marshalls Garden

£3.49

Catalogue Code: 10406149

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Hardy, high yielding onion ‘Akado’ is ideal for autumn planting, producing a good crop of red onions in June and July of the following year. These delicious onions have a superb sweet flavour that works equally well in salads and cooked dishes.

Key Features

Prefers full sun

Pack Contents: Approx 30-35 sets

Description

Red onion for autumn planting
Hardy
High yields of onions with superb sweet flavour
Delicious raw or cooked

Hardy, high yielding onion ‘Akado’ is ideal for autumn planting, producing a good crop of red onions in June and July of the following year. These tasty onions have a superb sweet flavour that works equally well in salads and cooked dishes.

Onion ‘Akado’ can be planted from autumn through to late winter, and stores well.

Our Onion ‘Akado’ taster pack is perfect for first-time growers or small vegetable plots.

How you will receive your plants:

Selected by our team of experts and sent from our nursery, you will receive your onion sets in a breathable net bag. This keeps them together in a pack that is nice and airy – perfect for keeping them healthy while in transit.

Can’t plant straight away?

Keep your onion sets in a cool, dark, and dry place and preferably hanging on a hook so that air can get to the bulbs at all angles. Ideally, you should aim to plant them within a week of receiving them, but if this is not possible, store them in a cool, dark place until you are ready to plant them.

Planting tips and hints:

A couple of weeks before planting, dig over the soil with a shovel to clear weeds. Rake in a general purpose fertiliser.

To plant your sets, push the sets into the soil with the pointed end upwards. Leave 5-10cm between sets. Cover the area with horticultural fleece to protect the young plants from birds.

Water regularly in dry periods, and weed regularly. Stop watering once the leaves start to yellow.

Harvest bulbs once the leaves have turned yellow and flopped over. Use a fork to carefully lift the bulbs.

Click here to view our full Onion and Shallot Growing Guide.

Growing Calendar

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Harvest

How to Guide

Planting Onions and Shallots

Prepare the ground with our Pre-Planting Onion, Garlic & Shallot Fertiliser to ensure strong bulb development and growth, early ripening and maturity, good skin and bulb firmness.

Planting Sets:

Place onion and shallot sets in the soil with their pointed ends facing upwards. This ensures proper growth orientation.
Leave 5 to 10cm (2 to 4 inches) of space between individual onions and 15 to 20cm (6 to 8 inches) between shallots.
Create rows of onions with 25cm to 30cm (10 inches to 1 foot) of spacing between them. For shallots, allow 30 to 45cm (1 foot to 18 inches) between rows.

Planting Onion Plants:

Utilise a dibber to create holes in the soil that are the same depth as the plants' original root depth in their cell tray.
Place the plants into the holes, ensuring they sit at the same depth they were in their cell tray.
Gently water the area to facilitate proper settling of the plants into the soil.

Read our full How To Grow Onions and Shallots Guide here.

Delivery

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*Orders to Northern Ireland have an automatic additional £3.00 delivery surcharge applied at checkout.

Order Type	Delivery Charge	Delivery Charge
Seed only order	£2.99	If you purchase any other items you'll be charged the standard delivery rate of £4.95
Plants, bulbs & gardening accessories	£4.95	If we need to split your order into separate deliveries we'll only charge one delivery fee
Extra large or long plants & heavy items	£9.99	These are clearly displayed at check-out
Compost (and any other large or heavy items)	£4.95	These items are subject to a delivery multiplier where orders containing 3 or 4 items will be subject to an additional £4.95 for every further 2 items added. This is automatically applied at check-out: 1 - 2 bags £4.95 3 - 4 bags £9.90 5 - 6 bags £14.85 7 - 8 bags £19.80 9 - 10 bags £24.75 If you'd like more than 10 bags of compost please call our Customer Service team who can arrange for a bespoke competitive quote on 01480 774555 (standard network charges apply)

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Delivery to outside of Great Britain

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We now deliver to Northern Ireland, additional delivery surcharges automatically apply at checkout.

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