onions transplanting

hi have just got our first allotment have been busy tring to clear it and get it dug over on one of the small plots the last person planted some onions which are still there can I transplant the onions so I can dig this plot over ? also what do I feed the onions with and how often as I have read conflicting advice after tying in google about feeding / not feeding, chicken pellets some say no some say yes !!! confused .com !!!!

 

thanks for that advice I will leave them in place untill they are ready for eating and give them a feed in the spring

 

If they were planted last spring, I would say rip them out and put in the compost. If they are autumn planted, leave them alone and you should have a decent crop in August.

 

If they were planted last spring they will just go to seed after winter.

But if sown as autumn sets, they will overwinter and form bulbs mid summer.

 

Also, DO NOT FEED.:D

 

What happens if you over feed onions? I was always led to believe they were quite hungry feeders.

 

So did I clueless I was told to feed them once a month with a good helping of growmore ?

 

They'll have a tendency to go to seed if you overfeed, the plant thinks it's done enough to re-produce!

I prepare my onion beds in late autumn, dig in loads of organic material and let the winter frosts and rain/snow do their stuff diluting the nutrients. I never, ever feed my onions once established, plenty of nutrients in the bed if they lay down a decent root system!

 

Well once when I was trying to grow a record breaker:D, the word was, feed high nitrogen up until the longest day, then go over to high potash.

Manure is great if you can get it, but I'm not sure I'd want it bearing in mind all the problems of contamination recently with weedkillers.

I just use chicken pellets a week or so before planting, and maybe another dose on a wet day in early June.