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General => The Shed => Topic started by: jimtheworzel on January 24, 2011, 18:34:07

Title: ONION SETS SOWING TIME
Post by: jimtheworzel on January 24, 2011, 18:34:07
got my onion sets   sturon   from kings to day, can i plant in feb or is this to early?   should i wait till march
Title: Re: ONION SETS SOWING TIME
Post by: rugbypost on January 24, 2011, 18:44:58
It would be to early here kev you need the ground warmish you need to make a hole with your thumb  with no resistance thats how i judge it, And it does not matter what part of the country cover with a fleeze every night to protect the young shots April to begining of may  watch for that last frost that no one expects .
Title: Re: ONION SETS SOWING TIME
Post by: saddad on January 24, 2011, 18:48:44
You can start them off in cells in a cold greenhouse then out into a frame for planting out in March...  :)
Title: Re: ONION SETS SOWING TIME
Post by: Flighty on January 24, 2011, 18:55:09
If you're planting direct in the ground then I'd wait until at least mid-March!
Title: Re: ONION SETS SOWING TIME
Post by: cornykev on January 24, 2011, 19:10:15
Weather permitting early to mid March, I'm going to stagger mine, if you put them in when its too cold they just sit there and sulk, others that go in later soon catch them up.    ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: ONION SETS SOWING TIME
Post by: grotbag on January 24, 2011, 19:33:41
and there is nothing worse than sulking onions  :)