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hello

I hope someone can help...
i planted some onions on the allotment a few weeks ago and all the green shoots have been eaten the bulbs have not been touched. think it may be mice. i have covered the onions with netting, but was wondering if the onion would regrow or should i give them up for a loss cause..

I can't help you with any advice MF, but I do sympathise with you. I lost a few to the birds, even though they were covered in net, but you seem to have lost alot.

Good luck!

Are you sure mice and not slugs?Slugs ate the tops of some of my onions 2years ago.There was still little bit of green on them and they did resprout,but the onions were smaller and they didn't keep as well,but still had reasonable crop.

could well be slugs lyndap.. thanks for that there was a few onions that where completely hollowed out as well which is slugs... out come the little blue sweeties for the slugs ha ha ha

Yes I've had to give in and resort to those' little blue sweeties' unfortunatly!!!Well, your hollowed out onions definatley wont grow, but any with green left on worth giving a go.

Just to finish this thread of the onions didn't survive at all...

I think there might have been a chance if we hadnot of had that rain when we did but the poor little mites didn't stand a chance
Thanks for help

Better luck next year.