Can you buy onion sets this year and plant them next year, there seems to
be a lot on offer at the moment in wilko's
No I wouldn't as they'll start sprouting or go soft! Wait and buy new ones next year.
I planted onion set this time last year and they turned out fine if a bit smaller than normal. I've a spare 1/2 a bed, if I see them or early spuds they are going in ;)
Quote from: GlentoranMark on May 15, 2010, 09:11:12
I planted onion set this time last year and they turned out fine if a bit smaller than normal. I've a spare 1/2 a bed, if I see them or early spuds they are going in ;)
Cheers, I got a batch out into containers at "the right time" as I couldn't plant direct then. I would rather have more small onions than too few so I'll give it a go with the rest of the onion setts I have.
no, they will sprout or dry out. Don't be such a tightwad!
No it does not even work to plant them late.
Those on sale cheap now are only fit for the compost bin.
Don't waste your money. It is not a bargain buy. If some one tells you they have had a harvest from such a late sowing they were either very lucky or they are fibbing.
Every year some one tells me they have got some cheap and last year even I was tempted at 30 ish pence or so for a bag. Just a waste of space. Few people admit to buying a mistake but when I told those who had previously bragged about their bargain that my results were rubbish they THEN agreed that theirs had only produced a few small onions, not worth having.
If small onions are good enough for you then why not sow some White Lisbon?
Do the job properly and get a result.