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  • Lifted my onions, what next in that bed?

    I planted onion sets at the start of April in a 4ft. long x 2ft. wide x 2ft. deep container and lifted them today. I was pleasantly surprised by the results and they are now spaced out on a wire rack in the garage. I think this is the correct thing to do.

    What can I plant in that container now i.e. what plants are happy following onions? I have pea seeds although realise it may be too late to be planting seeds. I also have bean, sweetcorn, beetroot, pumpkin and squash seedlings that would happily go into a bigger container. Any of those suitable for following onions? Thanks.
    Last edited by Complete Novice; 20-07-2010, 05:42 PM. Reason: more detail

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    Pretty much anything you have ready, really. I'm stuffing pumpkins into every available pocket of ground
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      Yikes. I planted some red onion sets in April, and they're looking particularly pathetic. Wouldn't dream of pulling them up yet. Well done for that!

      PS think you can still squeeze in some peas?
      Caro

      Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day

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      • #4
        Sow some spring cabbage in rows and use the thinnings as spring greens leaving one every foot to mature into hearty cabbage!

        Anything apart from alliums really!
        My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
        to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

        Diversify & prosper


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        • #5
          My onion bed will be planted with PSB, spring cabbage and red cabbage .
          S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
          a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

          You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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          • #6
            Totally agree with the above grapes - I follow my onions with brassicas of all sorts!
            Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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            • #7
              Thanks for your replies.

              It seems brassicas are the most popular choice for following onions, however I don't have any so I freshened up the soil, removed most of the onion roots and planted bean and sweetcorn seedlings and a row of pea seeds in between them. I hope they're ok following onions.

              I felt like the seedlings really had to get out of their pots soon as they've grown big enough and needed to go on to bigger things. I wish I'd waited now though. We had a big thunderstorm this evening and a torrential downpour so don't know if they've survived it or not.

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