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23-04-2007, 10:01 PM
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 Onion Sets - too late?? Hi Can anyone let me know if I am too late to plant onion sets? (I am in East Anglia) I've just moved allotments and am a bit worried as everyone else seems to have had theirs in ages! Cheers
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23-04-2007, 10:43 PM
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| Just put mine in yesterday here in the North East!  Sometimes planting onion sets too early can cause them to bolt
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23-04-2007, 10:50 PM
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| They are still selling them at my local store so i beleive it is still ok to plant. Also says to continue planting shallots if not already done so on my gardening calender! My shallots are just coming up green now.
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23-04-2007, 11:12 PM
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| Drifting off thread a bit, the gardening expert book says onion seeds should be in by the beginning of April. I've not grown onions befor and thought about having a go from seed. Has anyone planted seed this late or should I leave it 'till next season? |
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23-04-2007, 11:23 PM
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| Sorry terrier, never done seeds. Grow so easy from sets that i didnt want to waste the space in the greenhouse.
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23-04-2007, 11:35 PM
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| Only grow bigguns from seed and they were sown in December!
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24-04-2007, 10:29 AM
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| Planted mine yesterday too! |
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24-04-2007, 10:54 AM
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| Mine have been in for some time - now shooting well. However, yesterday I 'found' some that I'd intended to carry on planting (when I'd stopped for a rest!) so I bunged them in. I can pretend it's deliberate successional growing!
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24-04-2007, 06:35 PM
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25-04-2007, 11:09 AM
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| Sets don't bolt either Jacob, if you forget to plant them! Flum
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25-04-2007, 01:56 PM
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| Going to plant some sets tonight that I was given a couple of weeks ago. I've got some seeds that have been in (pots) for a few weeks now with varying degrees of success... They look a bit spindly to be honest. |
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29-04-2007, 09:57 AM
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| Last year i didn't get my allotment till May and I put the onion sets in around the middle of that month. Got quite a decent crop but none of a massive size. Last year i grew Stuttgarter. Kept well only lost about a dozen or so from storage.This year i've gone for Stureon and a red one called Red Baron..Hope this helps with choices. |
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