Can I still plant onions?

agreenmess

Hi,

Sorry if this has already been asked, my mum dropped off alot of onion sets yesterday (around a bag of white and a bag of red). Does anyone know if they are still ok to plant. Sadly they dont have any planting instructions at all.

Thanks for any help

Nessy x

katskorner

yes you can. Just push them into the soil leaving the top half uncovered and then net to stop the birds pulling them up while they get rooted. Then you can remove the net.

Primrose

Yes you should be fine. I make a slight dip in the ground when I plant minem push them in firmly & then pull the earth up a little around them which helps prevent them being loosened by birds, heavy rainfall etc. They'll be ready when the green tops eventually collapse. Then they need to be pulled out & left to dry until all the tops have died completely back.

aliasojo

katskorner wrote: »

Just push them into the soil leaving the top half uncovered .....

Primrose wrote: »

I make a slight dip in the ground when I plant minem push them in firmly & then pull the earth up a little around them......

The bag my sets came in said to push them into the ground so they were an inch deep.

Why is gardening and growing things so confusing? :undecided

Ainsley1

Just make sure you plant them the right way up! Pointy bit for shoots at top, flatter base for roots t'other way!

I draw soil up almost over the bulb to help keep planted. Rain etc. will wash away later so bulbs are uncovered which help ripening and thus helps prevent rotting in storage. Lift (harvest) later in summer whilst there is still dry sunny weather to dry and 'ripen' then before storing (say August).

Onions like a lot of feed so fertilise well and they do not like freshly dug ground as movement of the soil breaks the roots which stay close to the surface so care with weeding!

agreenmess

Oooo thats a relief, will get them into the ground hopefully tonight, unless it rains really heavy.

Thanks

j2011

I was going to sow some onion seeds today but the garden is covered in snow.