Hi all,
Was wondering if anyone could tell me what to feed overwintering onions with? Many thanks
Seagreenqeen
I usually give them a bit of growmore.
hiya, seagreen, welcome to the site ;D
we fed ours with potash, seems to have worked, they're thickening :)
Do you feed your garlic too?
we did but only 'cos it is next to the onions ;D
wotch SGQ ! ;)
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
was thinking of some fish, blood and bone around over winter garlic and broad beans - anyone think its a good/bad idea?
Quote from: Psi on April 20, 2009, 14:07:25
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
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
Quote from: saddad on April 21, 2009, 07:47:41
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
Well of course... it's no good as dry crystals... ;D
Quote from: saddad on April 21, 2009, 22:49:44
Well of course... it's no good as dry crystals... ;D
paniful if nothing else :'(
chrisc
double ouch.... :o