Spuds and Onions !!

Hey,

Sorry for the late reply but i've been away with work.
Thanks for everyone who responded.
Tatties in hessian sacks in garage and onion in the multi storage facility......... BIN!!!

Cheers.

do you use capillary matting or anything like that underneath for watering and feeding purposes?

Yes, but its not essential. I use that for the whole of the greenhouse staging, but only mostly to save time.  I'm in two minds about it - it delivers a one-size-fits-all amount of water, and for some things it is too much ... but ti does mean I can just chuck some water on and it distributes it around the whole of the bench.

My capillary matting is covered with [thin] micro-pore plastic sheet. Supposedly stops the roots growing into the matting (maybe it slows them down a bit), but it definitely prevents the algae/moss growing on any exposed bits, and when the pots are removed it makes it easy to remove all spilt compost / leaves etc. before the next batch is put in place.

Haven for slugs and snails in the damp conditions on the capillary matter, and under the pots but that can be combated with pellets and, to a certain extent, by standing the staging feet in copper rings / oil / whatever. Some still get introduced, unspotted, on the base of pots that are brought into the greenhouse