Preparing ground for onions

ClaireMc · « **on:** October 23, 2007, 12:41 »

Drat and double drat. I dug a few barrowloads of compost/manure into the rows where I want to plant some onions, THEN read the instructions that say they don't like freshly-manured ground.

Should I abandon these rows (chosen because they had legumes in this year)? Does anyone have experience of manure vs onions?

muntjac · « **Reply #1 on:** October 23, 2007, 12:43 »

dont worry .they like your ground but not the manure around thier bases. go for it .. " werks for others "

Sadgit · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2007, 12:56 »

so.. if I rotorvator manure in now, will the ground be ok for the onions going in next year?

muntjac · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2007, 13:01 »

absolutly

Sadgit · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2007, 13:02 »

Quote from: "muntjac"

absolutly

ta love.. glad you said that, as the muck is all over the place now..

muntjac · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2007, 13:04 »

Quote from: "Sadgit"

Quote from: "muntjac"
absolutly

ta glad you said that, as the muck is all over the place now..

love

?

Sadgit · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2007, 13:05 »

Quote from: "muntjac"

Quote from: "Sadgit"
Quote from: "muntjac"
absolutly

ta glad you said that, as the muck is all over the place now..
love ?

Oh come on now munty.. don't get all shy with me...

muntjac · « **Reply #7 on:** October 23, 2007, 13:06 »

ANTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

agapanthus · « **Reply #8 on:** October 23, 2007, 13:18 »

Trillium · « **Reply #9 on:** October 23, 2007, 18:19 »

Contrary to some advice, we manure our beds every fall with lots of old muck. And we get whopping great big onions every time. And if the summer is drought ridden, the mucked soil seems to keep enough moisture in for the plants. We had a very dry summer this year in Ontario, never watered the onions once, and got bigguns you could hurt someone with

Even got a bumper crop of carrots to our surprise. And no, we don't find mucking makes our carrots fork; they just get rather hairy if we add too much. Maybe this is something I should mass produce and market - Trillium's Hair Tonic for balding men

Calou · « **Reply #10 on:** October 23, 2007, 18:40 »

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ANTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Thats all I'm saying!

ClaireMc · « **Reply #11 on:** October 24, 2007, 11:29 »

Thanks everybody, I'm going to chuck the little beggars in the ground this weekend then.

And the flirting was very entertaining as well.

Claire

Sadgit · « **Reply #12 on:** October 24, 2007, 11:35 »

Quote from: "muntjac"

ANTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Oh come now.. marines do it together.. you can call me a marine in training..

squiffy2 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 24, 2007, 11:53 »

squiffs - gettign slightly worried he may have strayed into the wrong forums......

muntjac · « **Reply #14 on:** October 24, 2007, 11:58 »

somebody lock the person up will ya ..........................
lmao call the mps

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