Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Planting Onions
Fed up with the birds hooking out and scattering the Onion Sets each year,
SWMBO, 'The Gardener' of the house, has planted the Onion Sets in Plug Size trays. We don't need a lot, in fact we can't plant a lot as we only have a small garden. Anyone else tried this and does it work? AND, do they come out of the plugs OK? Mike -- .................................... Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive .................................... |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Planting Onions
"'Mike'" wrote in message ... Fed up with the birds hooking out and scattering the Onion Sets each year, SWMBO, 'The Gardener' of the house, has planted the Onion Sets in Plug Size trays. We don't need a lot, in fact we can't plant a lot as we only have a small garden. Anyone else tried this and does it work? AND, do they come out of the plugs OK? Mike I put 4 sets round the outside edge of a pot about 6" dia, then when I've got a pot full of roots, and shoots about 6" high, I plant the clump. It works a treat. Steve |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Planting Onions
On 07/04/2011 15:42, shazzbat wrote:
"'Mike'" wrote in message ... Fed up with the birds hooking out and scattering the Onion Sets each year, SWMBO, 'The Gardener' of the house, has planted the Onion Sets in Plug Size trays. We don't need a lot, in fact we can't plant a lot as we only have a small garden. Anyone else tried this and does it work? AND, do they come out of the plugs OK? Mike I put 4 sets round the outside edge of a pot about 6" dia, then when I've got a pot full of roots, and shoots about 6" high, I plant the clump. It works a treat. Steve Planted mine out yesterday after planting them in plugs 5 weeks ago in the greenhouse, worked well last year so hopeful for this year Barry -- Corporal Jones "Don't panic don't panic" Life will go on albeit somewhat reduced |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Planting Onions
'Mike' wrote:
Fed up with the birds hooking out and scattering the Onion Sets each year, SWMBO, 'The Gardener' of the house, has planted the Onion Sets in Plug Size trays. We don't need a lot, in fact we can't plant a lot as we only have a small garden. Anyone else tried this and does it work? AND, do they come out of the plugs OK? Not going to answer the question you asked, but .. I've always planted my onions a bit deeper than they're meant to go, and have rarely had a problem with any going missing. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Planting Onions
David in Normandy wrote:
Ditto that. Perhaps one in every fifty onions gets relocated by the birds - and there is no shortage of birds here! Apparently the oldsters trick is to trim off the top dead bits of onion sets prior to planting them so the birds aren't tempted to pull them. That is probably less hassle than setting them in plug trays. Personally I just plant them so the tip is barely out of the ground. By the time they've rooted and start to grow the tops of the bulbs soon appear above the surface of the ground anyway - which I gather is important to help them ripen. Actually, maybe my success is due to the fact that I rarely remember to plant my onion sets until they have a huge chunk of green sticking out of the top. :-) |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Planting Onions
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 Vicky wrote:
Ditto that. Perhaps one in every fifty onions gets relocated by the birds - and there is no shortage of birds here! Apparently the oldsters trick is to trim off the top dead bits of onion sets prior to planting them so the birds aren't tempted to pull them. That is probably less hassle than setting them in plug trays. Personally I just plant them so the tip is barely out of the ground. By the time they've rooted and start to grow the tops of the bulbs soon appear above the surface of the ground anyway - which I gather is important to help them ripen. Actually, maybe my success is due to the fact that I rarely remember to plant my onion sets until they have a huge chunk of green sticking out of the top. :-) Here's something to make you laugh. I bought a string bag of onion sets in France the other week. There must have been around fifty to a hundred in the bag. I left them overnight on the floor. Next morning my wife saw them and thought, "Oh good, David's already planted some of them," but didn't think to mention it to me. In fact I didn't get round to planting them the day after that, by which time there were just *four* (yes four!!) sets left in the bag. Wretched mice! I looked all around to see if I could find where they'd stored them but to no avail. Silly me, I knew we'd got mice because last time they nicked my chocolate from my desk drawer! All of it! Moral: don't put off until tomorrow what can be done today. Next time, I'm taking the cats! David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK http://rance.org.uk |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Planting Onions
wrote in
: David in Normandy wrote: Ditto that. Perhaps one in every fifty onions gets relocated by the birds - and there is no shortage of birds here! Apparently the oldsters trick is to trim off the top dead bits of onion sets prior to planting them so the birds aren't tempted to pull them. That is probably less hassle than setting them in plug trays. Personally I just plant them so the tip is barely out of the ground. By the time they've rooted and start to grow the tops of the bulbs soon appear above the surface of the ground anyway - which I gather is important to help them ripen. Actually, maybe my success is due to the fact that I rarely remember to plant my onion sets until they have a huge chunk of green sticking out of the top. :-) Spot on! I always have left onions and garlic until I can see where I can plant them after everything else has been planted. Finding a spot in a kitchen garden is impossible when in the planning stage. A few spots in the asparagus bed? A small gap after the broad beans have been gobbled up? The allium bed is where we can find a gap for and that means anywhere there is space for. This is only my view. Baz |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Planting Onions
Baz wrote:
Actually, maybe my success is due to the fact that I rarely remember to plant my onion sets until they have a huge chunk of green sticking out of the top. :-) Spot on! I always have left onions and garlic until I can see where I can plant them after everything else has been planted. Finding a spot in a kitchen garden is impossible when in the planning stage. A few spots in the asparagus bed? A small gap after the broad beans have been gobbled up? The allium bed is where we can find a gap for and that means anywhere there is space for. This is only my view. Heh, I do that with leeks. I have leeks all over the place atm! But the onions cover about 1/4 the plot (and potatoes about 1/2 or more!). I have just put in my 7th row! (First white row) |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Planting Onions on top of the ground | Edible Gardening | |||
Spring Onions - Onions? | United Kingdom | |||
Spring Onions - Onions? | United Kingdom | |||
When are onions ready? | United Kingdom | |||
Onions | Edible Gardening |