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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: RenishawPhil on March 11, 2013, 13:29:14
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Put mine I'm last Monday on a lovely day before this artic blast.
Anyone else. They should be ok I hope!
Also planted my shallotts to
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why all the rush, you can only eat em once, that's if they don't bolt ?
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Ive always planted onions Begining of march that's all.
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I agree with Jim. I'll be planting mine later in the month providing ground conditions and the weather are okay.
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I've only 'done' my shallot sets, but those are in GH and planted into modules. I'm sitting tight even with seed sowing..no early rush this year. BRRRR...its cold!
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Yes definately doing seed sowing later this year.
Will the onions be ok with this chill?
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They should be OK - onions are fairly frost tolerent.
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Put mine in last weekend.
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I am still waiting delivery from Thompson & Morgan for onion sets also seed potatoes, always ordered from them but delivery seems to be taking quite a long time this year, still its tried to snow on and off today here in Yorks, but I would like to get them in soon ....cudsey
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I checked one I put in Monday and its sprouting roots already
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Still waiting for the right conditions for planting. Maybe in the next week or so.....Maybe.... :happy7:
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Apparantly due another cold Spell at end or month!!
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After this cold snap :happy7:
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If onion sets start growing, and then get a cold period, they can read that as a winter season. As they are biennial, they may then try to set seed instead of bulb up, thinking it is year two.
Best to wait until you can be confident of warm conditions before planting. Shallots and garlic are fine though, as are the special onion varieties bred for autumn planting.
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Hopefully they won't think tht as just putting a few roots out.
But it happened last year when they had been doing well when we gor the awful April.!!
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Last years weird weather casued osme of my seed-grown onions to bolt.... I'd have thought sets would have it worse...
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Not yet. No scientific reason, just too cold for me :icon_smurf:
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Yoo cold for me too.
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I put some in at the weekend and will continue to do so, staggering them for the next few weeks, the reds will go in at the end of March. :wave:
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I have some in modules getting good roots in the GH.. Will plant them out when the cold spell goes towards the end of the month. Then maybe another packet direct in mid april along with my seedlings when they are big enough.
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Mine are going in in a few days. I cover them with a few inches of mulch, so I'm not too worried about overnight frosts affecting them.
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I planted 6...yes 6 shallots today :toothy10:
They were left over from a bag I got reduced at Asda, so decided to give them a try in the ground.
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Planted 100 sets (Stuttgarter) 2nd. March.
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I planted all of mine last late last October, my plot is near Kew, all seem to be doing well. But not all of the garlic have made it though.
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Hiya, happy on the plot, so am I, By the way :happy7:
Ours are going in tomorrow, the ones in trays have been outside for a few days
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Am glad our soil is well drained with this wet weather. Hopefully they will be happy enough even though its far from spring like weather. Luckily got quite a few spares!
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More went in yesterday and will save the rest until the end of the month especialy the reds. :wave:
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Done, all 140 of them :toothy10:
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Bit worried about them now as they are under 3 inches of snow, I am wondering weather I will need to replace them when they snow goes or if they will be ok?
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Mine are still in the set bags I purchased them in. Maybe next weekend subject to weather.
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Not planted anything not even flower seeds its so cold that I will be honest don't think April will be any better pots and onion sets can wait lost a lot last year to blight will only grow to the weather this year and keep fingers crossed :coffee2:
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So do I start again? And replace them or shall I just leave them to it?
Just don't want to leave them in if they are going to be ruined when I cam quickly replace them
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Mines been in for about 3 weeks, when we had that nice weather. :wave: more cold weather predicted for the next week ,my white and red onions and garlic went in, held off putting in the shallots so fingers crossed they will be ok . :BangHead: :
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Haven't managed to get my summer ones in yet. Hoping that the shallots down in the shed on the lottie are okay. Have a tray of onion setts sitting in compost in greenhouse.
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So do I start again when the snow melts as it looks. Like it will hang around for about the nxt four /five days or should they be ok ?.
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Frustratingly :BangHead: I haven't actually made it to the allotment this year yet, (major building work going on at home). And my plans to go down this week and plant have been scuppered by the crappy weather. I am guessing it's not a good thing to plant out in these freezing conditions. Should I put them in cells in the green house to start them off or keep them inside?
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Basfordlad,
Frustrating when you seek some advice and all this lot wanna do is talk about themselves?
The problem might be that your location isn't listed so I would wait a couple of weeks and see if you have some growth. I planted very early and didn't expect this awful weather but am prepared to wait a couple of weeks for some signs before replacement. Sets are quite hardy so - Hold Hard!
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Yes ill do tht , they all have roots which is a good sign n most of the snow now seems to hve melted.
Btw am in Nottingham
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Planted my sets before going on holiday at the end of Feb. Reasonable amount of growth sticking out of the snow but who knows if they will survive the late winter experience! Garlic looks ok though, and still waiting for the shallots to appear. Who said I was an optimist...?
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Like most of you I'm holding on for the right conditions (if they ever arrive!) but my Japanese and garlic, planted in October, are looking healthy.
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Got about 150 onion sets in today at last, about three weeks later than usual. The lottie soil was so wet and cold before but the dry weather has dried and broken it up nicely.
April showers next week with temperatures getting back to normal so tomorrow it will be the rest of the onions sets ,about 50 more, and get the parsnip seeds in. (parsnip plank method as usual).
With the early broad bean plants already planted and peas/broad beans sown along with the Jerusalem artichokes planted in february the allotment is beginning to be a place of hope again. :happy7:
There are also loads of things in the G/H waiting for their time in the sun :happy7:
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Still some snow on my plots yet so i though i would push start them ready for when the ground is workable so potted them up into cell trays this morning to get them set off as you can see here;
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd27/tgalmanac/2nd%20April%202013/OnionSetts3_zpsdcbb6528.jpg)
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They look good. At least the birds can't get to them in there on your bench. :happy7: After last year's poor onion crop this year just has to be better (says hopefully). :happy7:
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Late report for 'basfordlad',
Hope your crop is doing OK, I counted my numbers today & found 85% success & growing strongly. Not bad for surviving such a god awful start to the growing year & direct planting! I'll keep growing 'Stuttgarter'.
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Sturon in about 2 1/2 weeks ago and going well 3-4 inches high now..
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Still some snow on my plots yet so i though i would push start them ready for when the ground is workable so potted them up into cell trays this morning to get them set off as you can see here;
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd27/tgalmanac/2nd%20April%202013/OnionSetts3_zpsdcbb6528.jpg)
Mine were done the same way - ready to go out onto the plot anytime soon. Shooting nicely. :icon_cheers:
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Another 55 in yesterday with a few more to go. :glasses9:
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Mine are in, but so far showing no sign of growth. The shallotts, which have been in for several weeks, are just beginning to sprout.