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Put mine I'm last Monday on a lovely day before this artic blast.

Anyone else.  They should be ok I hope!
Also planted my shallotts to

why all the rush, you can only eat em once, that's if they don't  bolt ?

Ive always planted onions Begining of march that's all.

I agree with Jim. I'll be planting mine later in the month providing ground conditions and the weather are okay. 

I've only 'done' my shallot sets, but those are in GH and planted into modules. I'm sitting tight even with seed sowing..no early rush this year. BRRRR...its cold!

Yes definately doing seed sowing later this year.

Will the onions be ok with this chill?

They should be OK - onions are fairly frost tolerent.

Put mine in last weekend.

       I am still waiting delivery from Thompson & Morgan for onion sets also seed potatoes, always ordered from them but delivery seems to be taking quite a long time this year, still its tried to snow on and off today here in Yorks, but I would like to get them in soon ....cudsey

I checked one I put in Monday and its sprouting roots already

Still waiting for the right conditions for planting. Maybe in the next week or so.....Maybe....

Apparantly due another cold Spell at end or month!!

After this cold snap 

If onion sets start growing, and then get a cold period, they can read that as a winter season. As they are biennial, they may then try to set seed instead of bulb up, thinking it is year two.
Best to wait until you can be confident of warm conditions before planting. Shallots and garlic are fine though, as are the special onion varieties bred for autumn planting.

Hopefully they won't think tht as just putting a few roots out.

But it happened last year when they had been doing well when we gor the awful April.!!

Last years weird weather casued osme of my seed-grown onions to bolt.... I'd have thought sets would have it worse...

Not yet. No scientific reason, just too cold for me

Yoo cold for me too.

I put some in at the weekend and will continue to do so, staggering them for the next few weeks, the reds will go in at the end of March.   

I have some in modules getting good roots in the GH.. Will plant them out when the cold spell goes towards the end of the month. Then maybe another packet direct in mid april along with my seedlings when they are big enough.