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« on: March 17, 2007, 21:57 »
Have bought some two weeks ago they are still in netting but are sprouting stems will they be ok in netting or do i plant them.Snow and frost has been forcast for this area.
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« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2007, 22:02 »
Planted mine today in Nottingham

Frost wont do them any harm.

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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2007, 22:07 »
leave em till the snows gone they will be ok till then the roots will show when the are first put in the ground .remember to bury them up to the last of the brown skin .check them so they are not getting pulled up by birds .but i think its more the roots that actually push them out if the soil is to hard under them to be able to penetrate
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« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2007, 22:12 »
Somo of my shallots have just started to sprout so they`ll be going out as soon as the arctic spell clears.

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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2007, 17:26 »
ok dumb question time? my onion sets also have green shoots from them? from what i presumed is the top?....hmmm..now are these what you are all calling roots? so i should plant them with these pointing down when i get round to it?

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« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2007, 17:27 »
No Dan, green bits point upwards they are what grows out of the ground.  the other end is the roots (or will be!!!)

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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2007, 17:28 »
Quote from: "Dan"
ok dumb question time? my onion sets also have green shoots from them? from what i presumed is the top?....hmmm..now are these what you are all calling roots? so i should plant them with these pointing down when i get round to it?

Plant green end up Dan

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« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2007, 17:35 »
well thats what i had thought and planned but this thread had me confuzzled?

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« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2007, 09:18 »
mine have started up within 1 week with the warm weather we are having

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« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2007, 14:39 »
im still confused about this roots/shoots thing? green end up ( makes sense) but the back of the onion set packet says " in heavier soil plant with a trowel to avoid damaging the immature roots, TIPS OF THE ROOTS should be showing just above the soil"???? eh?

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« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2007, 14:50 »
Quote from: "Dan"
im still confused about this roots/shoots thing? green end up ( makes sense) but the back of the onion set packet says " in heavier soil plant with a trowel to avoid damaging the immature roots, TIPS OF THE ROOTS should be showing just above the soil"???? eh?


Looks like a misprint - that should be 'tips of the sets'. Probably a mis-translation from the original Chinese!
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2007, 15:21 »
Ahh good point....most probably



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