[m1ckz]

morning all.thinking ahead,,,which onion sets will grow the bigger onion..and is it best to overwinter or plant in spring ,, ty

[Nikkithefoot]

Depends on so many factors. The weather being one of the key players!!!.

This year my over wintering onions are the best they have been for years. I put it down to the mild winter and wet spring. My Summer onions this year are pants.

Overwintering onions don't store so well and are generally uses as a stopgap from the end of the previous years onions to the lifting of the current years.

I had said last year that this would in all liklihood be the last season for overwintering onions...............now I'm not so sure given the results 

I'm sure there will be plenty of other opinions.

[Flump]

can you tell me when to plant overwintering onions and when they usually become available?thanks

[alancas]

can anyone say if onions can be pushed back into the ground,mine are loose because of the rain.

[mumofstig]

can you tell me when to plant overwintering onions and when they usually become available?thanks

From about September/October

can anyone say if onions can be pushed back into the ground,mine are loose because of the rain.

no, don't push them back in, you'll damage the roots.

You can mound them up a bit if the soil has washed away, but the lifting up is often part of the bulb's ripening process

[alancas]

ok thanks.

[angelavdavis]

We like overwintered onions - simply because it is good to have something in the plot over winter when there is more room in the beds.

[Auntiemogs]

I'm definitely going to grow them again, although my Senshyu Yellow (white) have done far better than my Karmen (red). I've just harvested them and have now planted dwarf french beans in their place. 
Then again, I have very little growing space and I don't mind freezing them (to me it's a bonus) as they don't keep well...

[Kirpi]

I started my autumn planting onions off in modules so I could control the amount of moisture they got over winter. I also added mushroom compost to the onion bed, which is supposed to prevent white rot. Best onion year I have had so far.

[Flump]

can you tell me when to plant overwintering onions and when they usually become available?thanks

From about September/October

can anyone say if onions can be pushed back into the ground,mine are loose because of the rain.

no, don't push them back in, you'll damage the roots.

You can mound them up a bit if the soil has washed away, but the lifting up is often part of the bulb's ripening process

thanks Mum!


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