DIDO.1 22,851 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Am i to late to get my onion sets in? I've also got some onion seeds? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,731 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 (edited) plenty of time for sets my old mate down the plot hasn't got his in yet but they will be 4 x times the size of mine regardless lol. Things just take off when the weather is right rather than just sit there. Too late for seeds though I imagine but don't know much about growing from seed but I beleave you need to get them in jan,feb time Edited April 12, 2017 by terryd 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 22,851 Posted April 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 (edited) Cheers pal. Anymore recommendations to plant this month in raised beds? Edited April 12, 2017 by DIDO.1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 I find spring high pressure to be a waste of time for planting out anything. It gets too cold in the nights so what you gain by the day time temperatures you lose by the night temps. Far better to wait for low pressure and less fluctuations between night and day temps. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,731 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 pea's, broadbeans, and your sets. Spuds if you are doing them. Beetroot ?. Being up north I guess its a lot chillier than down here and like tc says at night its still cold. I like to start as much as I can in the cold frame. I started some onions sets in half toilet roll tubes. They shot off in the cold frame and got some serious roots going on I was surprised on the amount of root. Once planted out a week or so ago they look really happy. But that explains why in the past when I have rammed sets in wet ground that has set like rock they have never done well. Yet last year going in a nice tilth they did good. Any way be interesting to see how the planted out ones fair compared to the sets planted direct. I do repeat sowings a lot so if one lots fails all ways more coming on and some things bound to work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 22,851 Posted April 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Coldframe? Like a little plastic greenhouse? Can i start my sets off in pots on window cill? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 22,851 Posted April 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Coldframe? Like a little plastic greenhouse? Can i start my sets off in pots on window cill? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 10,861 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Coldframe? Like a little plastic greenhouse? Can i start my sets off in pots on window cill? Aye, they'll shoot away mate, shallots aswell 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,731 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 (edited) Yea they soon take off once the weather is right I wouldn't bother starting them off else where if you don't have room. My cold frame is just wooden frame with a window laid ontop Edited April 12, 2017 by terryd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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