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Old 13-10-2017, 02:15 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default What is a good overwinter onion?

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I find it important to transplant
while the sets are truly juvenile and not "too big" because it seems to
reduce doubling, to which the variety I grow is inclined


Sorry, I mis-typed. I install transplants grown from seed. Within the
context of alliums I've always understood "set" to refer specifically to
small bulblets grown, cured, possibly "treated" (basically, exposed to
fungicide) and stored for the purpose of transplanting. Am I the only
one?


that has always been the terminology i've used.

sets are small onions, dried out or
they may even be bundles, but dry.

transplants are growing active plants.

i've had some small bundles of transplants too
which need to be teased apart and then replanted
(not too fond of this approach).


songbird