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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Robin Redbreast on May 28, 2009, 18:01

Title: onion sets
Post by: Robin Redbreast on May 28, 2009, 18:01

i still have some onion sets that are in good nick so to speak if i plant them now will i get a crop or should i leave it they are sturon! :D

Title: Re: onion sets
Post by: DD. on May 28, 2009, 18:02

Leave it, you'll get nowt.

If you've got the space, put them in, they may be small, but it's better than compost.

Title: Re: onion sets
Post by: Robin Redbreast on May 28, 2009, 18:08

b==-/;[=r it i will give em a go should i try starting them off in pots to give em a good start or just straight in the ground? ::)

Title: Re: onion sets
Post by: DD. on May 28, 2009, 18:10

I'd put them straight in. Not a lot to be gained this time of year.

Title: Re: onion sets
Post by: Aunt Sally on May 28, 2009, 18:14

And you can use them like spring onions for salads and stir fry too.

Title: Re: onion sets
Post by: Robin Redbreast on May 29, 2009, 00:16

thanks peeps :D