Onions..

....is any one planting any this month for over winter?

My sets are en route but not grown them before so would like any & all advice please :-)

 

In addition to birds pulling them out, watch out for frosts/frozen ground pushing them out of the ground.

 

Tried em once, but they didn't do very well, think they would have benefited from a bit of protection.

 

Thank you @Scrungee & @Zigs

So you think I should fleece them over? Do they require any particular kind of nutrients/soil or anything?

Will also betrying the whole "giant onion" thing when you all start after Christmas...may ask for a set of scales off Santa!

 

I'd be more inclined to put something to keep the wind off them Just a firm soil.

Santa's got scales?

 

Well ofcourse! They keep his skin fresh when hes reindeering it through the snow..

Thanks Zigs, will see what Junk i can muster up as a 'draft excluder' at the weekend

 

If just laid over them it might distort growing leaves, or damage them if blown around or snow falls on it. A fleece cloche might help, think I might try one of those I got reduced to 10p at Wilkos http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/wilkos-half-price-sale.42517/page-19#post-963158 Don't know if plastic cloches would be better (had to pay a whopping 50p each for those!).

 

Hi this is my first post on this site so hello !
I grew some last year in my small veg patch at home but they where poor against the ones planted in the spring when I got my allotment.
D.

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner

 

I've not tried them myself but have seen others growing on the allotments.

They appear to not get as big as spring sown onions, but do fill in the gap between last years and those of the new season.
So I'd say worth growing a few, but make the spring sown ones your main crop.