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I have some Suttons Seeds Ramrod spring onions. It says on the packet that they can be sown directly into the ground in September and overwintered under cloches.

My silly question is this: Do I put the cloches over them as soon as I have sown them or when the first frosts start?

Cheers

Shouldn't need a cloche at all.  As long as they are of a decent enough size come the frosts then they will (should) come through...

You might try starting them in modules.... I've put a couple of bedding strips of Overwintering spirng onions into bedding strips adn I'll do some more this weekend, gives you an easy start adn they're simple  to plant out .... ptrobably put them where there are currently beans....

chrisc

I'm going to start some this weekend in my new allium bed, lost this summer's to white rot, I've 'accidentally' overwintered White Lisbon very successfully in previous years. Mind you, if we get the icy weather like last year I think they'll need more than cloches...

I do overwintering japanese onions, usually in september. i just bung them in the ground, and replace all the missing ones in march. Otherwise I just leave them to it. last wintre i  lost 120 of 500 over winter.

Lincs - that seems a lot too loose.. I normally only loose a handfull... but mine do overwinter in the greenhouse... maybe the reason?

I lost so many the winter before last I didn't bother last winter. I think it's the specific garden conditions; I get a lot of winter waterlogging, and cold on top was probably too much.