feeding overwintering on ions

[seagreenqueen]

Hi all,

Was wondering if anyone could tell me what to feed overwintering onions with?  Many thanks
Seagreenqeen

[seagreenqueen]

[PAULW]

I usually give them a bit of growmore.

[manicscousers]

hiya, seagreen, welcome to the site  ;D
we fed ours with potash, seems to have worked, they're thickening  :)

[caroline7758]

Do you feed your garlic too?

[manicscousers]

we did but only 'cos it is next to the onions  ;D

[tonybloke]

wotch SGQ ! ;)

[chriscross1966]

The normal spring booster would be nitrogen based to get them to put on more "leaf" then something with plenty of phosphate in it to improve the roots/bulb.... I always used to use dried blood in mid-March and then fine bonemeal in mid-late April..... generally used to grow Radar I think it was called..... haven't grown overwintering onions for a while now though so YMMV...

chrisc

[Psi (Pronounced 'Si'!)]

was thinking of some fish, blood and bone around over winter garlic and broad beans - anyone think its a good/bad idea?

[chriscross1966]

was thinking of some fish, blood and bone around over winter garlic and broad beans - anyone think its a good/bad idea?

It's what I'd be doing if I had overwintered beans and garlic in the ground but I'd probably mix 50:50 with bonemeal for the onions

chrisc

[saddad]

Hi Seagreen, Welcome to A4A...
I'm lazy I use growmore as well... might get a bit of urea if the soil is damp...  :-X

[chriscross1966]

Hi Seagreen, Welcome to A4A...
I'm lazy I use growmore as well... might get a bit of urea if the soil is damp...  :-X

hmmm,.... when I add urea, I'm making the soil damp as I go :D

chrisc

[saddad]

Well of course... it's no good as dry crystals...  ;D

[chriscross1966]

Well of course... it's no good as dry crystals...  ;D

paniful if nothing else  :'(

chrisc

[saddad]

double ouch....  :o