[DadBear]

Easy question.. should you water onion sets or not?  

[Aidy]

easy answer, if in ground and its very dry then yes, give em a sprinkle, if not in ground nope.

[muntjac]

no
. let em set and then the first rains wil do i for u ... watering them with hoses  etc usually means they get washed out  

[Aidy]

I knew youd be different munty, spose it depends on soil type, I am very sandy so bit of water does no harm.

[muntjac]

its realy because i am lasy why mess about watering em when the rians gonna do it fer ya .. now if we was in for a week of hot weather then id put me sprinkler on   and send the kids out to watch it  

[ruffmesiter_69]

give them a little sprinkle if dry but rain should do the rest, then water once they are off and away

[DD.]

That's yes & no, then.

[WG.]

Here goes ... I can scarcely believe the question, let alone some of the answers!  My answer would be a categoric no.  Just because the surface is dry doesn't mean it needs watering.  Dig a hole if you don't believe me.  Anyhow, a sprinkle on the surface will only evaporate anyway.

It is still only March & if you water now, you'll be watering until your hosepipe ban comes in in the summer.   Leave them be and they will put down deeper roots to get water themselves.

We get 900mm of rain per annum and the only thing I water in the garden is courgettes - even they don't get very much since a black polymulch causes water to RISE.   Stuff I'm transplanting will get a drink but that is it.

End of rant.  

[Aunt Sally]

Well lucky you WG  :evil:   We still have a hose pipe ban which has been in place since Summer 2005  :!:

Luckily it doesn't apply to allotments  

[DD.]

Here goes ... I can scarcely believe the question, let alone some of the answers!  My answer would be a categoric no.  Just because the surface is dry doesn't mean it needs watering.  Dig a hole if you don't believe me.  Anyhow, a sprinkle on the surface will only evaporate anyway.

It is still only March & if you water now, you'll be watering until your hosepipe ban comes in in the summer.   Leave them be and they will put down deeper roots to get water themselves.

We get 900mm of rain per annum and the only thing I water in the garden is courgettes - even they don't get very much since a black polymulch causes water to RISE.   Stuff I'm transplanting will get a drink but that is it.

End of rant.  

That's:



to the waterers then.

(Sorry I've found some freebie emoticons and I'm damn well going to use them!)

[DadBear]

right, thanks all... on balance then I'll leave them alone unless we have another 1976...! And there was me thinking there woluld be an easy answer.....!! Thanks all, very interesting...    

[WG.]

Well lucky you WG  :evil:   We still have a hose pipe ban which has been in place since Summer 2005

Not sure why I'm lucky Auntie.  My self-imposed hose-pipe ban has been in effect for 21 years.  With a private water supply (well) for the house, then even the water for the courgettes comes from catching rainwater.  No mains water hereabouts.    

[muntjac]

hang on  i said dont water em when ya shoved em in not after whennthey start growing if its dry watter em if its raining dont

[Aunt Sally]

Well lucky you WG  :evil:   We still have a hose pipe ban which has been in place since Summer 2005

Not sure why I'm lucky Auntie.  My self-imposed hose-pipe ban has been in effect for 21 years.  With a private water supply (well) for the house, then even the water for the courgettes comes from catching rainwater.  No mains water hereabouts.    

I wouldn't need to water much if we had your rain fall WG.  

I had loads of garden plants die last summer: Honeysuckle, Hazel, 3/4 of my herbaceous perennials just withered and went brown and crispy.  I know there is no point planting annual flowers at home.  Even with 3 large water barrels I can only water the pots and tubs :cry:

[muntjac]

Well lucky you WG  :evil:   We still have a hose pipe ban which has been in place since Summer 2005

Not sure why I'm lucky Auntie.  My self-imposed hose-pipe ban has been in effect for 21 years.  With a private water supply (well) for the house, then even the water for the courgettes comes from catching rainwater.  No mains water hereabouts.    

I wouldn't need to water much if we had your rain fall WG.  

I had loads of garden plants die last summer: Honeysuckle, Hazel, 3/4 of my herbaceous perennials just withered and went brown and crispy.  I know there is no point planting annual flowers at home.  Even with 3 large water barrels I can only water the pots and tubs :cry:

 try my lemondae bottle watering trick sally