Onion Sets.
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Just had next year's onion sets delivered.[Red Baron] Though they are a bit early. Any thoughts on the best way to store them.
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Shallot Man wrote:Just had next year's onion sets delivered.[Red Baron] Though they are a bit early. Any thoughts on the best way to store them.
Are you sure that they aren't for planting in autumn?
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I don't think Red Baron would survive outside, GL. Sending them out in November seems to suggest that they are for early spring planting rather than autumn planting.
If you have a greenhouse, Shallot Man, I would plant half of them in small pots, divided trays or roottrainers under cover and keep the rest in a cool but dry place in the dark. We have a cupboard under the stairs which, being against an outside wall, always keeps cool but frostfree and I keep all my bulbs, seeds etc in there for months. The sets planted under cover can of course be planted out in spring in he normal way.
If you have a greenhouse, Shallot Man, I would plant half of them in small pots, divided trays or roottrainers under cover and keep the rest in a cool but dry place in the dark. We have a cupboard under the stairs which, being against an outside wall, always keeps cool but frostfree and I keep all my bulbs, seeds etc in there for months. The sets planted under cover can of course be planted out in spring in he normal way.
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Monika. Hadn't thought of under the stairs. But I am only a mere male.