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Allotment Stuff => The Basics => Topic started by: johno on March 17, 2009, 13:53:28

Title: To Early
Post by: johno on March 17, 2009, 13:53:28
Put some of my  potatoes and onions in at the weekend have I jumped the gun or will they be ok more onions to go in this weekend weather permitting 
Title: Re: To Early
Post by: saddad on March 17, 2009, 14:15:31
Depends where you are... Alaska might be pushing it but onion sets will be fine now in most of the UK, Spuds OK if a frost threatens after the leaves are showing cover them either with fleece or by earthing over them...  :)
Title: Re: To Early
Post by: johno on March 17, 2009, 17:16:13
Not alaska but outskirts of nottingham

Thanks for the reply
Title: Re: To Early
Post by: debster on March 17, 2009, 20:55:55
cool will get my onion sets in then
watch out ill be posting the rest on the swap thread far too many for my garden lol
Title: Re: To Early
Post by: saddad on March 17, 2009, 21:11:11
I have 400 sets now growing well in cells, will harden them off over the next couple of weeks and get them "in" over Easter...  :)