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dustcartkev

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onion sets
« on: October 29, 2014, 16:41 »
hi everyone could anyone tell me if it is too late to put my onions in, cheers all ? :mellow:

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Re: onion sets
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2014, 16:43 »
I only got mine in the post sent to me last week, so hope not!! :)

I'm planning on putting mine in this weekend.

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Re: onion sets
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2014, 16:47 »
yah same as that mine come on monday, so hope its still ok to plant :mellow:

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cadalot

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Re: onion sets
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2014, 16:49 »
I put mine in Sunday and covered with Hoops and debris netting to stop the birds pulling them out when they start to show above the soil

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Re: onion sets
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2014, 17:32 »
I only put mine in Monday and Tuesday.  It has been such a mild autumn and the soil is still warm, so I reckon it will be fine.  You don't want them too far advanced before the winter sets in, so late planting could work to your advantage  :)

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Re: onion sets
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2014, 19:32 »
put mine in a week ago    there now shooting   so i guess its ok

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Re: onion sets
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2014, 19:57 »

DO NOT press them into the ground (even the right way up)!  This compresses the soil, far better to dig a hole so the roots don't have to struggle.

Cheers,   Tony.
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Re: onion sets
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2014, 20:05 »
thank you everyone, will get them in tomorrow,  :)

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Re: onion sets
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2014, 20:15 »
mine have been in a week and have rooted already  :D
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Re: onion sets
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2014, 15:40 »
onions in today, hip hip hooooray. now grow you little oooooops better not say that. :ohmy:

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Re: onion sets
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2014, 21:35 »
onions in today, hip hip hooooray. now grow you little oooooops better not say that. :ohmy:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

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cadalot

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Re: onion sets
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2014, 18:00 »
OK so they are in so when will they be ready to harvest?

The back of my pack was not informative at all it says 

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Onions will benefit from an application of general fertiliser into the soil prior to planting. Plant as instructions. Check every few days, until growth commences and re-plant any sets that are disturbed by birds etc.

But there are no instructions  :wacko: is it because they are SENSHYU YELLOW Onions and something got lost in translation?

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Re: onion sets
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2014, 18:41 »
Ready at the end of June/beg July but you can use them green before that if you want to  ;)

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Re: onion sets
« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2014, 18:43 »
Harvest anytime from late April through to July next year..... as Spring/green/full bulb onions as you feel the urge... that's their beauty. A fair 10 to 15% will probably go to seed anyway.
They don't store well, so don't bother to save the best to last, as it were. I treat them quite differently from onions planted at the normal time next year.. they serve a totally different purpose. With onions being such a "staple" cooking ingredient for many of us, any sort of onion is valuable come the Spring/early Summer. I plant quite a few as obviously many, but not all, get pulled well before full maturity, unlike the "traditional" onions that get left in the ground late for their foliage to droop etc.
« Last Edit: October 31, 2014, 18:54 by beesrus »

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cadalot

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Re: onion sets
« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2014, 20:40 »
Thanks for the info, I have covered with debris netting to stop the birds from pulling out, but apart from blue pallets of death, what else if anything do you have to do over the winter? I was thinking of putting fleece around the bottom of the enclosure?

Half the bed is overwintering spring onions and the other half is the Onion sets,
2014-10-26 Onions Bed 9.jpg
« Last Edit: October 31, 2014, 20:42 by cadalot »



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