I was thinking of planting my onion sets today as the weather seems quite nice.
We have had a lot of rain so the plot is looking a bit wet, think I should leave it for another few weeks?
Also are onions hardy?
Thanks
Chris
Hi Chris,
I planted mine 2 weeks ago! I live down south west corner surrounded by sea - so possibly warmer here! They are hardy though and the only thing they don't like is constant wet and cold when they are starting off! Mine are still not through yet though!
I don't think they hurt if you do plant them later !
Good luck
Old Bird ;D
I'll be doing mine after the first earlies, broad beans, second earlies, first peas - then the onions, so there is time - there is always time :)
Snow next week,I will wait a bit longer ;D
In cells in a cold Greenhouse...
;D
im waiting too as there is snow on the way ive started them off in seed trays with compost and they are good to go in but with the threat of the snow im waiting till next weekend.
;D
End of march beginning of april for me. I have some senshyu overwintering onions in but they're exactly the same size as they were in November. Which is worrying!
They'll be fine Sawfish... they get their rootsout over winter which you can't see but allows them to grow quickly once it warms up!
;D
Why so early? These are surely meant to be harvested to last through the winter, if you put them in now they'll be ready in July. I put mine in about the middle of April so that they keep through until finished in August/Sept and stored till spring. Of course I put a lot in in October so I'll be harvesting them continually from April through May before pulling out for storage.
I have put mine in newspaper pots about three weeks ago to get the roots started, they are in a cold greenhouse at the moment, but won't plant them out till another 3 weeks. I have done red barons and sturons, and my jap onions
Well there in! ;)
Thought I would just get it done now, as I had success this time last year, and what with a baby on the way may not have time later.
silver moon sets went in today, just not got the room for any more things to come on, they were sprouting ;D
I suppose if you get some in now, you can put more in in a couple of months so you'll have more maturing throughout the season.
SNOW !!
:( though the weather was supposed to be getting better!"!
I have a job to do tomorrow to clean out my mini greenhouse and get it planted up with some bits and peices for planted when i am back in the country on the weekened of 14th or begining april inc some onion seed but sets went in well before christmas and are popping up nicly.
Cam
Haven't had time yet. I've almost finished hedge chopping, and once the horrible job is out of the way I'll have time for planting.
All mine are in, finished putting them in yesterday. Snow forcast for tomorrow,well never mind. :P
Thought about planting a bag of sets that have started sprouting but decided to dig and add a dressing of fish blood and bone instea.instead and hang back for another week. For all the stuff about global warming, I'm still being cautious!
I won't have much time for planting this year due to work commitments. So I put some in at the end of Jan. Yes yes, I know it is way too early. Sods law, I now have an extra 2 weeks free end of March when I could of put them in. Umming and arring as to wether or not to dig them over and put in new ones now.
I was always taught that if you got them in the ground too early and you got a cold spell then they have a tendancy to bolt.
Mine went in two weeks ago, early I know, when I checked my diary from last year, I put them in March 17th, why bother having a diary if I don't check it first. ??? ??? ??? :P ;D ;D ;D
Quoteif you put them in now they'll be ready in July.
Exactly right. But they keep out of the ground as well as or better than in the ground. Clearing the site in early July means another summer crop from the same spot.
Don't know why everyone is so worried. Onions are hardy and Mid Feb onwards has always been the traditional time to plant sets. I doubt a bit of snow is going to hurt them.
Quote from: Eristic on March 02, 2008, 19:16:29
Quoteif you put them in now they'll be ready in July.
Don't know why everyone is so worried. Onions are hardy and Mid Feb onwards has always been the traditional time to plant sets. I doubt a bit of snow is going to hurt them.
I'll second that. I've already planted a Kilo each of Sturon and Red Barron two weeks ago and they're doing fine. If a week of -6 degree frost didn't faze them then an itsy bit of snow won't hurt!
My Mammoth seeds are up and ready to go out but I may save them for a week or two.
I planted mine last week. The quicker they're lifted, the happier I am
Quote from: Plot69 on March 02, 2008, 19:27:02
If a week of -6 degree frost didn't faze them then an itsy bit of snow won't hurt!
Its not now but later in the season when the temperatures increase that they may have a tendancy to run to seed.
Put my onions and shallots in last week, and my garlic has been in for weeks. My plot is quite sheltered so hopefully they should be okay.
Cheers,
Rob ;)
Just echoing most responses, sow them in cells indoors, this gives em a good start until the weather picks up. ;)
Temp here is dropping and the wind is howling so i dont think i am going to make it out to sort the minigreenhouse or even get to the plot now for another couple of weeks :(
Sounds like i am not alone though.
Mine went out last week. As well as this I thinned out the over-wintering onions and these made three rowsa.
I have also sown Spring onions in an unheated greenhouse for growing under glass.
Not putting mine in till the soil is warm enough to sit on with a bare bum ;D
How would you like to sit in cold soil ;D
I have planted early in the year previously, they tend to bolt. try planting at the equinox, they grow strongly as the day length exceeds the night length.
Quote from: flowerofshona2007 on March 03, 2008, 14:04:10
Not putting mine in till the soil is warm enough to sit on with a bare bum ;D
I should very much like to observe the process involved in determining the correct moment :o
it was cold and wet when I put mine in last year - and about 90% bolted - so I'm waiting a bit this year - see if it makes any difference...
Might plug plant them in a cold frame first though...
Half mine went in in cell trays in the greenhouse about 4 weeks ago. I've just moved them to the cold frame. The rest will go in at the beginning of April.
I'm also growing from seed this year, but the mouse presences is decimating them as soon as the covers come off when they come out of the propagator.
I've lost most of my Bedfordshire Champion and Mamoth, but have a few surviving Alisa Craig. Strangely enough they've left most of the Musselburgh leeks alone, but had out most of the Atlanta.
Rather than waste 'em I stuck out a bag of sets that were an impulse purchase in november.
They were either sad and shrivelled or sprouted. Not going to be wonderful - but since we're still eating last year's crop, I may have overdone the numbers in the past
Bought sets for the first time this year and put them in a month ago. Will they ever sprout? Nuffin is happening :(. I have most things crossed as I don't want to do it again. Grew from seed very successfully the last 2 years.
have eventually got our sturon in today, I'm gonna leave the red ones for a couple of weeks :)
Centurion and Red Baron in today. Had been warming the bed with clear poly for the last couple of weeks. Fingers crossed ;)
Quote from: flowerofshona2007 on March 03, 2008, 14:04:10
Not putting mine in till the soil is warm enough to sit on with a bare bum ;D
I'd like to see the look on the other allotment holders faces if i tried this :o Having said that is sounds theraputic. ;D
Why not plant at different times.
I have some planted in September as well some waiting to go in.
Take a tip and plant the remainder close together as shown on my site
http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments_Vegetables_onions.html
Many people have commented how pleased they were with my tip.
Hi all,
I put my first rows of onions in about two weeks ago and some more since then.
I will make multiple sowings depending on what space I have. If they start to go to seed in the summer I pull them and eat them as needed. If they don`t go to seed I store them for winter use and if they are small I pickle them. I also have shallots in the ground now and will later grow spring onions. I didn`t over-winter any this year because of the pipe-works.*
My soil is very free draining and so it dries very quickly.
Col
*large blue water pipe being put through my top plot.
started mine in cold frame three weeks ago and planted out 10 days ago all doing fine..
Want to lift out as early as possible have more going in this week end hopfully
put 45 Setton in the ground end of Feb and a further 45 last weekend...seem to be doing OK at the moment
I put 230 Sturon out a week ago along with 230 Red Baron, all are doing well with only 2 or 3 needing putting back, Shallot Red Sun went out at same time, all showing signs that all is well.
Shall be putting out 1/2 kilo of each again this weekend, weather dependent obviously.
not sure how mine are doing yet, but we have had so much rain the plot seems a bit water logged. How long does it take till they rot?
I pushed onion sets in....er ...end of Nov....and a few more in Decemberalong with garlic . Last Saturday pushed in 10 Shallots...not grown shallots before. I will be venturing out to see if they haven,t been washed away in Monday night,s storm. All seems well...to protect them untill they get their roots down I lay a couple of old metal grid things over them on to the ground...to keep next doors cat off ,seems to work . Rohaise
I put mine in on Feb 16th and they only just started to sprout last weekend, so they'll be left in the bag later next year, as all ready been said its better than sitting in the cold ground, Rohaise when you said you pushed them in the ground I hope you didn't mean literally because you can damage the roots if there forced in. ;D ;D ;D