How are your onion sets doing?

[Dandytown]

After the snow, my onions are looking a little ropey.  Wish I had a picture to show as I am not sure if they will survive or bounce back.  They are extremely weedy and limp.

Last year was my first and I grew excellent kelsea onions of which I had no cause for concern at all.

Time will tell but one of the things that I have learnt this year is that even the most pathetic looking seedling can grow to give a strong and productive plant.

[Dandytown]

[daitheplant]

Are you talking about Japanese onions or maincrop, and, are they in the ground?
If Japanes they are hardy and should pick up, if maincrop they shouldn`t be planted before the end of Februaury. :D

[Dandytown]

Fingers crossed then.  They are Japanese and red ones (radar?).  I planted them in the ground late September

[PeterVV]

mine seem to be springing back up after the 6 or so inches that flattened them, some have broken shoots, but I am hopefull they will recover.
my seeds I just planted are germinated now.

[cornykev]

Mine looked a sorry site last year but bounced back and did OK, I haven't been over for a while so I don't know how they're looking at the moment.   ???     ;D ;D ;D

[saddad]

We only had 3 or 4 inches of snow and they were sticking valiantly through it when I last looked...  :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

I haven't put any in yet. 90% of my overwintering onions died last winter so I didn't bother.

[schmelda]

Mine only have tiny green shoots - not much to see above ground.  Should I be worried?

[Robert_Brenchley]

Not necessarily. If they weren't above ground at all, that would be the time to worry. They need a good start before winter, but it's the root system that really matters.

[manicscousers]

ours are looking good  :)

[Mr Smith]

At the weekend the onion sets and garlic looked fine also the winter brassicas, :)

[kt.]

Mine are all fine.  I put them in the ground mid November but put a tunnel plastic cloche over them to get them started with them going in late.  Just as well really because if they were in on time I would not of bothered.   With the recent snow it has paid dividends.  Just removed the cloches today to allow some rain and will recover tomorrow.

[pigeonseed]

Isn't it incredible, the way some plants can withstand such cold and ice?

I've also sown overwintering onions, they're very small indeed and though the leaves haven't grown all winter, they have just poked through the snow and ice and have all survived. I just hope the wet weather doesn't do for them instead.

[Busby]

I no longer plant onions in autumn - over the past years most of them vanished before spring came - I presume that they have been taken from underneath by mice.

[shirlton]

Ours were looking ok. Perhaps not as advanced as other years but then winter came early didn't it

[Sparkly]

My garlic isn't showing yet, but I didn't get them in till Nov.

[Carls3168]

My garlic isn't showing yet, but I didn't get them in till Nov.

I didnt plant my garlic till last weekend!!!!  :-\

[Poolcue]

Is it too early to plant Bedfordshire Champions in modules in an unheated conservatory.
The packet says to start in mid March

[cambourne7]

my onions looking good considering they were small sets 5 pence a bag from wilko planted in June and forgotten about so all sprouted :) garlic which went in same time is also doing well :)

[saddad]

Is it too early to plant Bedfordshire Champions in modules in an unheated conservatory.
The packet says to start in mid March

No they'll germinate and grow in those conditions... but I'd leave it a couple of weeks myself..
My garlic is showing through now too...  :)