Topic: Over winter onions

[chriscross1966]

it's a frenchi seeds said sow august to overwinter, tried it last year and it worked  ;D

So it does!... Must admit I find the Franchi packets hard to translate sometimes :D... well I've got two packs so it's worth a crack.... got some Red Baron off a friend too....

chrisc

[Anisemary]

When do you crop winter onions & would they go in this years alium bed if not where would they go?

Our local radio gardening expert says to follow on with onions, garlic and leeks where you have dug up potatoes.

[muddylou]

When do you crop winter onions & would they go in this years alium bed if not where would they go?

Our local radio gardening expert says to follow on with onions, garlic and leeks where you have dug up potatoes.

Glad to hear that as that's what I'm about to do (swap leeks for shallots), just preparing the bed now for a planting of all three at the end of October.

[grannyjanny]

We've put brassicas in our potato bed as it's the biggest bed. It's our first year so all very new to us.

[flowerlady]

Titchmarsh wrote in Oct last year ...

Over-wintering onion sets should be put in this month; a 200g pack contains roughly 50 sets, which – spaced 4in apart – is enough to plant two 8ft-long rows. You’ll find several varieties. Radar and Senshyu Yellow mature in June (though you can start using them in May, while the foliage is still green). For mild red onions to use raw in salads, grow Electric which is ready from late June.

... hope this helps  ;)