How far can you push it?

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lincspoacher

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« on: September 15, 2008, 19:30 »
Japanese Onions sets.

How far into the ground you you push them.

And whats going to eat them  thats not a member of my household ?

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« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2008, 19:50 »
I plant them so that just their little noses are showing.  I plant red onions - electric - in the autmn too !

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« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2008, 19:53 »
Planted mine yesterday. Instructions that came with them said:
Plant at a depth of 3cm.

I assume that this meant stuff the little blighters into a hole that was about 3cm deep. Not plant so that the top is 3cm below the surface.

You don't really want to know what is going to eat them  :alien:  :rendeer:  :cyclopsani:
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« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2008, 20:00 »
I thought you just push them down deep enough so there little heads are just beneath the surface? :roll:  That's what I did last year and they were great :D  ( someone once told me that if the're sticking up they are prime targets for Blackbirds? :roll:  :wink:
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« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2008, 20:17 »
Quote from: "srebmob"
( someone once told me that if the're sticking up they are prime targets for Blackbirds? :roll:  :wink:


Definitely attract blackbirds who like to pull them up. I leave the tops  showing but keep replanting them for the first few weeks until their roots hold them in.
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« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2008, 20:48 »
We've always started ours off in the greenhouse in egg trays so that they get a bit of a root ball started and the green bit is too long to be interesting to birds.  Never had a problem.

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« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2008, 20:51 »
just put a bit of fleece over the top until they are established so the birds can't get em.  :wink:

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lincspoacher

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« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2008, 20:56 »
Even when you plant  onions nature works hand in fist against you :(

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« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2008, 20:59 »
Don't push them in .....Aaaargh !!!!!!!!!!

When you push them in you compact the soil beneath the roots. Then when they grow the little B****** force themselves out of the ground and have you scouring the countryside for imaginary badgers.

Dibble a hole n pop them in so the nose just pokes out.

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« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2008, 21:35 »
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Don't push them in .....Aaaargh !!!!!!!!!!

When you push them in you compact the soil beneath the roots. Then when they grow the little B****** force themselves out of the ground and have you scouring the countryside for imaginary badgers.

Dibble a hole n pop them in so the nose just pokes out.


i use my finger as a dibber, its fully adjustable.

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« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2008, 21:38 »
Don't push it. You ruin the dormant root buds. Just gentle. Nothing eats them. 8)

I have no rabbits mind. :lol:

You can net or burry them from birds , makes no much difference, whichever takes your fancy.
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« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2008, 22:44 »
Quote from: "Cleo"
Don't push them in .....Aaaargh !!!!!!!!!!

When you push them in you compact the soil beneath the roots. .

I'm very gentle when I push! :)

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« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2008, 23:36 »
mine get undermined by moles, and also dragged down their runs, and brought to the surface yards from where I planted them  :roll:   I must have replanted them half a dozen times, they were all over the place  :evil:


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