help for potato and onion...

[Sarico]

today i manage to dig a little bit considered that i spent almost 3 hrs to build up the new shed and make a base with slab so doesn't stay on soil and get roten faster..
now that my the potato are chitted in my politunnel in a shootgun box ( just for extras potrection) and i bought some onion i need some advice how to plant them... i did in the past but in pots and that was so easy just put them in pot with compost... now in the plot what should i do? i know you can use manure back in autumn or your own compost but considered that i just started the allotmen i don't have any compost so what you can advice? i read some older post and someone advice to use john innes compost instead of MPC. i have some chicken pallet manure but i think is ok as general fertilizer but it will not add much organic stuff...any help?

[Tripmeup]

Is it onion seed or sets Sarico?

If seeds, then mpc is fine or to save expense, mix it with soil from your allotment to make it go further... If it is sets, then you can either wait a few weeks to plant them directly in the ground, or start them off in modules now and then transplant them
I usually throw a pinch of BFBM in when planting them into their holes, but if you are starting sets off now in modules, you could scatter the pellets over the ground now in advance..

[Sarico]

i will plant some onion set.. i read a lot about how to grow them but how should i treat the soil? what i thought us to buy some compost bag and put some on the bed and some chicken pellet manure as general fertilizer... next year will be different because i can get a lot of veg waste from the restaurant like carrots, potato, parsnip peeling and broccoli and cauliflower stalk and leaves, so i can make may own compost...

[rustylady]

Sarico, you should be OK just planting into the soil for this year. Just use some general fertiliser when your crops start growing. Chicken manure pellets will be fine.

[Sarico]

Thanks rust lady. I will do that as well.