Topic: Overwintering onions?

[lottie lou]

Wilkos are selling a bag of mixed onion setts - red, white and yellow.  Can I assume that these are for overwintering or are they just being a bit previous for their spring offerings?

[bluecar]

It's far to early for the stores to be offering spring sets as the in store temperatures would not allow them to last that long. I think you can safely assume they are overwintering.

[lottie lou]

Thanks, was hoping that was the case.

[gavinjconway]

Your best bet would be to read the growing instructions    You never know if they found them left over from Spring or not!!

[manicscousers]

We planted these last winter, must admit, the whites weren't very good, they went mouldy. The others were ok :-)

[steve76]

I planted 2 packets of them last year very hit and miss, but you get what you pay for 

[bluecar]

After losing quite a few over the winter period, I now start them off in modules ant plant them once the tips have got to a couple of inches and the root is established