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Have you planted your onion sets?

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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2010, 22:08 »
Thanks Mandy.

However, when the weather gets warmer and we can get out to the plot - you're on youre own!

(Not really).
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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2010, 22:28 »
It may just take a little longer to get a reply  ::) :lol: :lol:
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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #17 on: March 06, 2010, 22:41 »
Is it warm enough to plant onions?? Its going to be -5 here tonight!!  :unsure: :unsure:
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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #18 on: March 06, 2010, 22:47 »
Well I was about to ask what happens with frost will they mind ?

I'm planting Shallots,Red and White Onions and Garlic tomorrow and it's supposed to be sunny all day.

When are you planting DD. ?
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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #19 on: March 06, 2010, 23:36 »
Shallots I am sure will be fine and need to go in to get a long season.

Not so sure about onions - I am sure they will survive frost but it might make them bolt. I would hold off until it is warmer.
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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #20 on: March 07, 2010, 00:26 »
I put my shallots in a couple of weeks ago. I hope it was not too early!

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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #21 on: March 07, 2010, 07:41 »
Quote from: garddwr on March 06, 2010, 22:47
Well I was about to ask what happens with frost will they mind ?

I'm planting Shallots,Red and White Onions and Garlic tomorrow and it's supposed to be sunny all day.

When are you planting DD. ?

Depends on a lot.

Weather.

Chest infection.

Sprained foot. (Holidays are bad for you).

However as it's only early March, I'm not panicing. They went in at the end of March last year and I had my best crop ever.
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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #22 on: March 07, 2010, 09:34 »
Quote from: DD. on March 07, 2010, 07:41
Quote from: garddwr on March 06, 2010, 22:47
Well I was about to ask what happens with frost will they mind ?

I'm planting Shallots,Red and White Onions and Garlic tomorrow and it's supposed to be sunny all day.

When are you planting DD. ?

Depends on a lot.

Weather.

Chest infection.

Sprained foot. (Holidays are bad for you).

However as it's only early March, I'm not panicing. They went in at the end of March last year and I had my best crop ever.

 I see ! Well get well soon and I'm sure those onions will wait.

Do you know if frost will do them any harm because I've looked in John's book but it doesn't say.

The soil here is frozen at the moment but I'm going to give the greenhouse a final clean before starting my beans and leeks this afternoon so later on it should have thawed.
 
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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #23 on: March 07, 2010, 09:44 »
The odd frost won't harm them, but at the moment it's cold, warm, cold, warm...... and as Zazen999 said in another thread, this is not good for onions - and I think she knows her onions!
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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #24 on: March 07, 2010, 09:47 »
Quote from: DD. on March 07, 2010, 09:44
The odd frost won't harm them, but at the moment it's cold, warm, cold, warm...... and as Zazen999 said in another thread, this is not good for onions - and I think she knows her onions!

Thanks

Well I think I might risk it and put them all in as I don't want everything catching up with me as it did last year and I didn't get a chance to sow half the things I wanted on time and it's lovely out there today so I think I might take my chances with them.
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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #25 on: March 07, 2010, 10:45 »
I put half mine in yesterday (white and red) maybe I should have waited till it was a bit warmer but was getting impatient......
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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #26 on: March 07, 2010, 11:05 »
I put mine in a fe days ago. The soil was dry and warm so I planted them and then put cloches over so I am hoping they will give enough protection if we get heavy frost.
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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #27 on: March 07, 2010, 11:30 »
Quote from: DD. on March 07, 2010, 07:41

 They went in at the end of March last year and I had my best crop ever.

Same for me, my Sturons went in last weekend of March last  year and I had a great crop.
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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #28 on: March 07, 2010, 17:45 »


Onions. Done. :D


Ps My eight year old wrote on the tag!
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Re: Have you planted your onion sets?
« Reply #29 on: March 07, 2010, 17:47 »
She can write on mine.

Never can read what I've written.
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