Planting Onion sets
 

I unexpectedly came into 500 Japanese onion sets yesterday when I hadn't intended planting till Spring. I spent part of yesterday digging and spreading manure to get a bed ready. The manure is 2 years old so I'm hoping it's rotted enough to skimp on waiting time before planting the sets. Any thoughts on how soon I can plant without the manure causing problems?

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 14:09:08 +0100, DJBrenton
wrote:


I unexpectedly came into 500 Japanese onion sets yesterday when I hadn't
intended planting till Spring. I spent part of yesterday digging and
spreading manure to get a bed ready. The manure is 2 years old so I'm
hoping it's rotted enough to skimp on waiting time before planting the
sets. Any thoughts on how soon I can plant without the manure causing
problems?

Two year old manure shouldn't present any problems - the only risk was
from scorching, but that's only likely with fresh manure... and fresh
isn't what you got!

Assuming your soil isn't already waterlogged, you should be able to
plant right away.

Regards,



--
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"DJBrenton" wrote in
message ...

I unexpectedly came into 500 Japanese onion sets yesterday when I
hadn't
intended planting till Spring. I spent part of yesterday digging and
spreading manure to get a bed ready. The manure is 2 years old so
I'm
hoping it's rotted enough to skimp on waiting time before planting
the
sets. Any thoughts on how soon I can plant without the manure
causing
problems?

Immediately.

Franz