How are your onion sets doing?

[Dandytown]

Phew, the ice buckets and have melted, he sun came out and those little shriveled leaves on the onions are now pointing to the heavens

[Dandytown]

[EnglishRose]

The ones that survived the foxes seem to have been killed off by the snow  >:(  Given that they were pretty much the first thing I planted on my plot, I'm not a happy bunny.....

[Robert_Brenchley]

Try again with the spring-planted ones. I fleece them until they're well established, as a precaution against onion fly. I don't know whether you've got it in your area.

[Dandytown]

Hi English rose, I got my plot in Sept 09 and planted some winter cabbages ssoon after.  They grew well and then after the snow I removed the window frames protecting them.  They were my first plants and were decimate by ther blasted pigeons.

Looking back on the year that was just a small setback, but reminded me that with gardening you shouldnt count your chicks.. :)

[TheEssexYorkshireman]

Mine look fine at first glance, leaves all green & straight but dig a little deeper and all the bulk has gone from the sets, they are all soft and squashy - we had snow for weeks & weeks ....

[chriscross1966]

Mine look fine at first glance, leaves all green & straight but dig a little deeper and all the bulk has gone from the sets, they are all soft and squashy - we had snow for weeks & weeks ....

Thats pretty normal, the food in the set goes to feed the growing plant early on, gives it a head start over things trying to grow from seed... it's the point of a set.....thing is you're fighting nature from that point on though, it wants that plant to run to seed, the seed grown ones in their first year don't have that urge...

chrisc