Winter Onions

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Thephoenix572

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Winter Onions
« on: June 28, 2012, 22:26 »
Bought some  winter onion plug plants today from aldi as I've never grown them before which is the best month to plant them? They are snowball variety
All the way from my allotment in beautiful Derbyshire. I'm in year 3 of my allotment and wish I'd caught the bug years ago, things growing from strength to strength

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Re: Winter Onions
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2012, 22:47 »
If they are already plants, you don't have a choice.  Bung them in now.
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days all attack me at once...

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Re: Winter Onions
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2012, 23:36 »
That's odd; the variety sold in our Aldi is Tuffball.  Must be regional differences in what they are selling.

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Re: Winter Onions
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2012, 05:23 »
are these for overwintering,,like the sets u get to plant in the autum ,seems very early

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Re: Winter Onions
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2012, 06:23 »
It is a bit early as the seeds usually say to sow in August, but if you bung them in and they get to a decent size you can always eat them as giant spring onions in the autumn.

Hardly any of my overwintered onions make it to maturity as I scoff the lot each spring as soon as they are big enough to be worth pulling up :)


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