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  • Snowball Onion Sets

    I've been given some of these, but without any instructions on the bag.

    Having gurgled for info - some sites say they can be autumn planted and others say they're for spring planting. Are they pretreated any differently for the different planting times?

    Gi's a clue, what to do with them and please not the impolite answer LOL

  • #2
    They're treated as autumn-planting here. Get them in now for a crop that's a bit earlier than most autumn-planted sets. Quite handy.

    Marshall's says autumn-planting, but Gardener's World claims autumn or spring.

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    • #3
      I’ve just planted some, I’m not sure if they were snowball but they are round and white!
      Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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      • #4
        I tried Snowball Autumn planted sets one year, wasn't impressed.(I can't remember why but I have never grown them again).

        I'm growing Autumn Champion sets for the first time this year so I will see how they perform.
        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
          Apparently white onions in general tend not to do well in this country. Too cool and damp. They don't get to a very good size, and the skins don't harden properly so they don't keep.

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          • #6
            Sadly Ameno is correct. Mine didn't get much bigger than a bulb of garlic, they are tasty though so I planting some again this autumn. Along with some reds. The beds are all ready and waiting I am expecting the delivery any day now
            V.P.
            The thing I grow best are very large slugs!

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            • #7
              Apparently white onions in general tend not to do well in this country
              That's not good news
              Thanks for the replies..
              I think I'll split the difference and put them into modules in the greenhouse in Jan or Feb so they get a good start before planting out. Will still have room for seed sown ones, and some shallots - so shouldn't be a total failure, if they don't fare too well.

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              • #8
                If you haven't too much room for onions, I'd pass them on to someone else and sow ones you like.

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