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Super onions!
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Posted by Grajean (U13953712) on Tuesday, 9th August 2011
This year my onions are fantastic! Last year they hardly grew, almost looked like the original sets.
Tried a new site this year with lots of manure dug in and today lifted them to dry off and I'm really pleased with the sizes. Sorry to boast! -
Message 2
Posted by Oldends (U13875463) on Tuesday, 9th August 2011
Although I didn't do anything differently when planting them, my onions are also brilliant and much bigger than last year's.
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Message 3
Posted by thedogcody (U14659366) on Tuesday, 9th August 2011
Congrats to you two
Newspaper reports say top year for onions and plums-so this weather has worked for some not others. -
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Posted by Global_Worming (U14532104) on Wednesday, 10th August 2011
This year my onions are fantastic! Last year they hardly grew, almost looked like the original sets.
Tried a new site this year with lots of manure dug in and today lifted them to dry off and I'm really pleased with the sizes. Sorry to boast! Same for me and this is my first proper onion year, the leaves are still green so I pulled one because I could not resist its the size of a medium orange.
My neighbors plum tree is so full of fruit that the branches that hang over our hedge needed propping. -
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Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Wednesday, 10th August 2011
Doing a good job in the garden or allotment is like wee'ing your self in a dark suit. . . . . gives you a warm feeling but nobody notices ! ! ! Cheers, Tony,.
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Posted by Global_Worming (U14532104) on Wednesday, 10th August 2011
Doing a good job in the garden or allotment is like wee'ing your self in a dark suit. . . . . gives you a warm feeling but nobody notices ! ! ! Cheers, Tony,. Blimey Tone I have wandered all my life why that old gardener I think his name was Venables tied string around his trouser legs just above the knee, and there was me thinking It was to stop his ferrets escaping.
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Message 7
Posted by Papa Nopsis (U14479902) on Wednesday, 10th August 2011
I planted seeds in the spring outside and my onions are now the size of setts; if taken out of the ground now they might make good setts next spring, but i shan't be doing that shall I?
My soil quality is quite questionable, being rather too easily draining top soil. I mixed it with light clay to hold more water, but that is apparently not the answer. I need more nutrients in the ground, for my next onion seed plantings in the spring, and my garlic sett/cloves segments in December.
Your success is almost certainly due to your adding rich nutrients before you got going. Well done.
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