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    I've just put down some senshyu onion sets in between my leeks and brussels. Just realised, though, that once the leeks and sprouts are done, I ought to dig over the patch, but these onions will be in the way!! Would I be able to take them up one by one once they're established and transplant them to a dug area, or do I need to leave them in situ now?

    Or would I be better off digging an area of the empty patch and moving the sets there now, before they get too established?

    And on that thought, is this the time of year to add some manure to the bottom of the trench as I double dig?

  • #2
    I wouldn't move them once they've rooted
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    • #3
      Move them now if you have to. I think they'd be quit badly knocked back if you did it after they'd established
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      • #4
        I agree - move them before they become too established

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        • #5
          Thanks everyone, I shall get out there in the next couple of days and dig over some of the old potato patch, then move them over.

          Should I put some manure in the bottom of the trenches as I dig them?

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          • #6
            Just to add,if they have not put roots down yet,you could put them in pots/trays of compost,just until your ground is ready,they will put down roots in that,and transplant well,good luck.
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            • #7
              Righto, so I forked over the far end of the patch, threw some homebrew compost over the area and mixed it in, ran my hand tiller over the area to fine it up, then raked it all over. Dug up the sets, they only have very little roots, and only a couple with shoots, so I dibbed holes and popped them into the prepared bed, about an inch deep, just loose soil over the top.

              A few of them had some fine white fluff on them, like a fungus, I sometimes see this when digging the patch, is it anything to sorry about, or just normal soil fauna?

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