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Title: Welsh onions?
Post by: grannyjanny on April 13, 2009, 20:23:25: Today I was given 2 clumps of Welsh onions. Should I plant them as 2 clumps or should I thin them out.
Janet
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Post by: tonybloke on April 13, 2009, 20:48:42: divide!! if you plant them in small clumps (3 or 4 onions) in reasonably fertile soil you will never have to buy or grow spring onions again!!
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Post by: grannyjanny on April 13, 2009, 20:55:08: Thanks Tony.
Janet
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Post by: Jokerman on April 13, 2009, 20:57:59: Any spare???? :-[
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Post by: grannyjanny on April 13, 2009, 21:07:44: How many do you need JM?
Janet
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Post by: davyw1 on April 13, 2009, 21:11:47: I think you will find when you come to splitting them they split into natural clumps usualy 2 or 3. Dont plant them on the surface, give them a couple of inches of depth. At the end of the year you will find that some which you have not thined need splitting again. I take out a clump take off what i want and put the rest back into the ground.
In a couple of years time you will be begging people to take some evem offer to pay them to take some.
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Post by: thifasmom on April 13, 2009, 23:53:20: these sound interesting does anyone know where i can find a supplier.
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Post by: grannyjanny on April 14, 2009, 20:36:58: I've had a look at them today & they look easy enough to split but how do you harvest them?
Janet.
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Post by: saddad on April 14, 2009, 21:13:56: I could split you some Thifasmom... :)
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Post by: davyw1 on April 14, 2009, 21:23:22: Quote from: saddad on April 14, 2009, 21:13:56
I could split you some Thifasmom... :)

When they start growing each onion splits into two IE a bunch of four goes into eight and so on. To harvest them you simply dig out a clump take off what you want and put whats left back and they start again.
I have found that they are not fond of manure.
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Post by: thifasmom on April 14, 2009, 21:24:49: Quote from: saddad on April 14, 2009, 21:13:56
I could split you some Thifasmom... :)

thanks saddad, have you still got my addy? and would they work ok in a herb patch or are they to invasive?
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Post by: saddad on April 14, 2009, 21:42:08: I don't find them anywhere near as invasive as Chives or tree onions on our clay... I'll have your addy in my deleted folder as I haven't emptied it recently..
:-X
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Post by: thifasmom on April 14, 2009, 22:15:19: Quote from: saddad on April 14, 2009, 21:42:08
I don't find them anywhere near as invasive as Chives or tree onions on our clay... I'll have your addy in my deleted folder as I haven't emptied it recently..
:-X

hmm now that i think about it i may stick them on the edge of one of my perennial veg beds. time to consult my companion chart :).
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Post by: KathrynH on April 14, 2009, 22:29:14: If anyone has any to spare I'd quite like to try them. Never heard of them before but I'm attracted by the thought of never having to grow spring onions again! Can you harvest them all year round?
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Post by: thifasmom on April 14, 2009, 22:32:14: Quote from: KathrynH on April 14, 2009, 22:29:14
If anyone has any to spare I'd quite like to try them. Never heard of them before but I'm attracted by the thought of never having to grow spring onions again! Can you harvest them all year round?

thats the attraction for me as well as this will free up some space for something else maybe later this year and certainly for next year :)
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Post by: KathrynH on April 14, 2009, 22:40:52: and anything that frees up a bit of space is good for me.........I kinda over-ordred on the seed potatoes and onion sets this year and have already run out of space!
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Post by: Eristic on April 15, 2009, 14:55:19: Quote
Can you harvest them all year round?

During the worst of the winter months there is no top growth and the clumps go dormant so there is nothing to eat.

I tend to use mine like chives just snipping the green leaves to chop up in a sandwich.
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Post by: davyw1 on April 15, 2009, 15:53:07: I have thined all mine out so at the moment i dont have any big clumps but come September i will have so if you send me a reminder i will also send some out. This will giv me time to get some suitable boxes.

I only started with a clump in a 6" pot.

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Post by: adrianhumph on April 15, 2009, 17:36:53: Hi all,
I have had 4 clumps of these for 3 years, but they seem to have died off, with our very cold spell we had in February ??? I hope I can scrounge some from another plot holder ;) They are as good as everybody here has said I just used to shove a trowel in & dig some up as needed.

Adrian.
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Post by: saddad on April 15, 2009, 18:21:12: I'll be digging up a clump for Robert and Rekella.. so if Adrian and Kathryn PM me they can have some too... :)
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Post by: GRACELAND on April 15, 2009, 18:41:44: Any Spare Near Gloucester ? :)
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Post by: grannyjanny on April 15, 2009, 19:49:12: We went down to the plot today & one of my clumps have gone :(.
Janet
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Post by: GRACELAND on April 15, 2009, 19:51:08: Quote from: grannyjanny on April 15, 2009, 19:49:12
We went down to the plot today & one of my clumps have gone :(.
Janet

not guilty :o :o :o
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Post by: GRACELAND on April 15, 2009, 19:55:38: Quote from: GRACELAND on April 15, 2009, 18:41:44
Any Spare Near Gloucester ? :)

Can you pop a couple in the post if not !!! ;D
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Post by: Jokerman on April 15, 2009, 21:17:02: just 2 or 3 to try :)

Tried getting them before but couldn't fnd them anywhere.... shame as I live in Wales.. ::)
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Post by: tonybloke on April 15, 2009, 21:18:57: pm me! ;)
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Post by: loopyloulou on April 15, 2009, 22:56:14: oooh curiositys got the better of me now, the oh loves anything vaguely oniony! if anybody has a spare few going id gladly pay the p n p :) happy to wait until theres some going :) pretty please xx
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Post by: tonybloke on April 15, 2009, 23:12:46: pm me then! ;) (will need your address to post them toyou) ;)
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Post by: GRACELAND on April 16, 2009, 13:50:14: Quote from: tonybloke on April 15, 2009, 23:12:46
pm me then! ;) (will need your address to post them toyou) ;)

:D

Wow

Have PM you Thank you !!!!!! :)
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Post by: davyw1 on April 16, 2009, 14:32:38: I am afraid i have to be honnest here. There is something Tony & Saddad has not told all you people about these onions.

If you eat to many in one go, when you go to the toilet your A*^se will go bown for a drink
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Post by: Robert_Brenchley on April 16, 2009, 18:48:35: Sounds like a remedy for constipation!
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Post by: pamsdish on April 16, 2009, 18:53:20: Hi Guys
I dont often post but i visit every day for the "down to earth advice" exscuse the pun.
My husband loves onions ,(and hes Welsh) so if any one can spare a couple ,i would gladly pay p&p
pam
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Post by: GRACELAND on April 17, 2009, 14:54:25: Quote from: pamsdish on April 16, 2009, 18:53:20
Hi Guys
I dont often post but i visit every day for the "down to earth advice" exscuse the pun.
My husband loves onions ,(and hes Welsh) so if any one can spare a couple ,i would gladly pay p&p
pam

:o oi get in the que ;D

Joking :D ;D
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Post by: davyw1 on April 19, 2009, 14:53:13: Pulled my first bunch today took what i wanted and put two back

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