Has everyone put their maincrop onion sets in yet?
Our Allotment has Allium fly so we put ours in around May, in hope to miss the fly >:(
Yes Shirl 4 lines on the 8th of March. :P
I planted the first lot today, with the rest to follow later this week.
Thanks mates. Will put mine in tomorrow. I am trying T&M's new White rot resistant sets. I got them with me £5 voucher.
Oh not seen them!
I've got white rot on old plot- not sure about new one. I never grow overwintering onions in the ground only in spent compost and start onion and garlic and shallots in pots then plant out a bit later. I also use yellow sulphur in planting holes.
Would like to know how you get on with them ;)
I'll be putting mine in later this week.
Oi I want some of those onion anti white rot snot resistant onion thingies. :P
The name of the onion is Santero
Quote from: cornykev on March 21, 2011, 20:44:03
Oi I want some of those onion anti white rot snot resistant onion thingies. :P
thanks Shirl
I had an attack of white rot snot a few years ago and it's a nasty complaint! :D
I'm not sure "resistant" varieties is the way forward... eelworm resistant potatoes just caused a build up of eelworms in the soil. If you have to grow onions grow them in containers to avoid contamination while the soil rests... for about a decade.. :-X
mine went in 10th march,old favorites sturon and turbo,red baron going in today. ;)
Yep, although it is much further south here. All of them - Stuttgarter and Jaune paille des Vertus for browns, and Red Baron reds all went in in March. I don't get white rot but sometimes bolting is a problem. last year I had loads of great onions.
got mine in over the warm weekend, sturon ,stuttgarten, red baron. tried a white variety last year but they were very poor keepers. Was also given some onions that reproduce on top of 1ft long stems like a clump of ariel shallots ??? any ideas? has anyone grown them before?
Welsh onions. ???
planted nearly 200 so far over the past couple of weeks the last lot will go in next week probably - could do with a gentle rain on them now though
Quote from: gruesome on March 22, 2011, 17:41:43
Was also given some onions that reproduce on top of 1ft long stems like a clump of ariel shallots ??? any ideas? has anyone grown them before?
sounds like walking/tree onions, I'm hoping to try these for the first time this year too. there's quite a few posts on here about them if you search egyptian/tree onions.
good luck :)
Quote from: gruesome on March 22, 2011, 17:41:43
Was also given some onions that reproduce on top of 1ft long stems like a clump of ariel shallots ??? any ideas? has anyone grown them before?
A tree or top-setting onion of some description.... Egyptian tree onions most common, Catawissa's are a lot bigger, there are others..... IIRC Welsh onions sometimes topset too..