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Richyrich
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Posted: 22 December 2007 08:17 pm | 1st Post |
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Just a reminder if you havent already done it  nows time to think about planning your seed purchases, garlic should be in by now.
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Villageways
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Posted: 27 December 2007 11:11 am | 2nd Post |
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Thanks for the reminder. For those of you that are interested in ordering your plants/plugs/seeds online, then you might want to take a look at the sites below:
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piggybreeder
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Posted: 31 December 2007 04:23 pm | 3rd Post |
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Went outside today to see where Im going to plant everything this year , looked around ,got wet then decided it was time for a cup of tea only thing i decided on was where the onion sets where going to go  Last edited on 31 December 2007 04:24 pm by piggybreeder
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piggybreeder
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Posted: 27 January 2008 11:30 am | 4th Post |
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Today Ive just put in the first 300 onion sets , only another 500 to go. I prepared the beds last year and have been able to get out over the last couple of days to be able to loosen the ground and hopefully give them a good start.
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Richyrich
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Posted: 27 January 2008 03:51 pm | 5th Post |
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My lottie plots are still stcky an horrible, not done any work on them for about 2 months now  bad abck and the weather.
How may onions do you normally grow then Piggybreeder ? are they just for home use? I grow mine from seed in modules.
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contadino
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Posted: 28 January 2008 10:50 am | 6th Post |
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Have you got any tips on getting them to germinate? I've tried 3 different types (red, white and yellow) and never got a single seed to do anything. Sets are pretty cheap, but seeds are cheaper and I want to start seed-saving so it would be good to improve my track record.
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piggybreeder
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Posted: 28 January 2008 10:57 am | 7th Post |
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Hi richirich We used to only grow one pack of sets but most of the onions this year will be for the chutney that we make hence the amount. i cant grow them from seed tried but no success.
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Richyrich
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Posted: 28 January 2008 09:35 pm | 8th Post |
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Here's the way I grow mine, I sow in mine modules ( or 3" pots whatever is better for yourself). Sown about Early - mid Feb in a greenhouse.
I fill the modules with multi purp compost water before sowing seed, Sow 4-5 to a module, lightly cover with more compost. cover the whole lot with glass or clear plastic and cover that with a few sheets of newspaper. As soon as they germinate remove the paper and remove glass before they reach it ! Do not thin.
Keep moist and harden off towards the end of March.
Plant out a hand span apart both ways ( about 8" for me). you can stagger the planting to save room if space is tight.
So they look like this from above . . . . .
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At no time do I thin, they quite happily push themselves apart at this spacing and produce reasonable sized onions usually at least the size of a golf ball usually a bit bigger depending on how well I've manured the ground. I like growing them this way as I've found it to be very productive and the size of the onions produced tends to be about right for cooking salads etc.
Usually I grow bedfordshire champion and red baron or a similar red onion, champion makes a nice flavoured onion that stores well.
Hope this helps.
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