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Old 02-04-2016, 09:42 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Charlie Pridham[_2_] Charlie Pridham[_2_] is offline
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Default onion sets mystery!

On 02/04/2016 07:05, Chris wrote:
Yesterday I put in onion sets and netted them to stop birds pulling them
out.
This morning many of them are out of the ground.
Some have moved about five inches!
What can have done this?
Worms?
Slugs?
(Are slug pellets needed?)
Is this a known phenomenon?
What's the answer?
I suppose plant them very deep?


Birds, big ones, net not high enough!

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