Bored with onions
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Am I the only one bored with growing onions? I have actually decided not to bother with them this year. Garlic, shallots and definitely lots of leeks but onions, no. I cannot grow an onion that looks or tastes any better than the cheap and plentiful supplies in the shops, they're a fiddle to weed and they never look terribly attractive at any stage in their growth. I can think of lots more interesting things to grown than onions, so that's it! My plot neighbours are aghast, how can any self-respecting plot-holder not grow onions. Am I peculiar in this respect or are some of you as bored by onions as I am?
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oldherbaceous
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Dear Giulia, i have to say i'm most surprised at your view regarding onions, maybe you are just feeling a little low at the moment, and it's the onions that are taking the brunt of your feelings. 
All joking apart, i really enjoy growing onions, they come in so many shapes, colours and tastes.
And i do enjoy growing some large ones for the harvest sale.
What would happen to the old Bedfordshire Champion if everyone had your present thoughts, quite unthinkable.
Kind regards Old Herbaceous, member of the onion appreciation society.
All joking apart, i really enjoy growing onions, they come in so many shapes, colours and tastes.
And i do enjoy growing some large ones for the harvest sale.
What would happen to the old Bedfordshire Champion if everyone had your present thoughts, quite unthinkable.
Kind regards Old Herbaceous, member of the onion appreciation society.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
There's no fool like an old fool.
There's no fool like an old fool.
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I take it that it was the Onion Appreciation & Protection Society (OAP's) you were referring too..... obviously a senior moment!
I have to agree that I do like my onions.... and whatever would I do without my shallots
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I take it that it was the Onion Appreciation & Protection Society (OAP's) you were referring too..... obviously a senior moment!
I have to agree that I do like my onions.... and whatever would I do without my shallots
.I am in my own little world, ...it's OK, ...they know me there!
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How about some spring onion instead? We have a few hundred packets here!
We're giving away thousands of seed packs!
See our thread in the seed swap section - and apologies for me not getting around to offering this earlier (it was plugged in the last KG!)
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We're giving away thousands of seed packs!
See our thread in the seed swap section - and apologies for me not getting around to offering this earlier (it was plugged in the last KG!)
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Weed my dear fellow, i have to say you really have excelled yourself in your humorous capabilities regarding the onions, not only that it was very funny as well.
Dear K.G.Admin, i'm sure we can turn a blind eye to you not getting round to offering the seeds earlier.
Dear K.G.Admin, i'm sure we can turn a blind eye to you not getting round to offering the seeds earlier.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
There's no fool like an old fool.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Hi Giulia. I have decided not to grow onions this year but for a different reason, my husband loved growing onions every year, but each year they had either the onion fly or white rot, even though he grew them in a different place each year, now I am on my own I may try a few red ones.
Bren
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Well good luck with them. I must confess I do have a row of overwintered onion sets in the ground but that's it for the year. In a fairly small space you have to prioritize! I think I've stretched my plot to its limits so I'm concentrating on favourite veg and stuff that's needlessly expensive in the shops. (and flowers for cutting).
I've also discovered that the normal rules of rotation don't really hold water on a little plot.. if you've got the rot, you've got it all over the place, rotation won't escape it. Nowadays I try to avoid planting side by side, plants that share the same 'greedy feeding season'. I've noticed in the past that if you have two veg next to each other that both enter their gross feeding stage at the same time, both are somewhat diminished by the contest for food and water. (I'm on light soil). So I've devised my own 'small plot rotation' system instead! I'll be doing it more consciously this year in the initial planning stage so we'll see if results are improved!
I've also discovered that the normal rules of rotation don't really hold water on a little plot.. if you've got the rot, you've got it all over the place, rotation won't escape it. Nowadays I try to avoid planting side by side, plants that share the same 'greedy feeding season'. I've noticed in the past that if you have two veg next to each other that both enter their gross feeding stage at the same time, both are somewhat diminished by the contest for food and water. (I'm on light soil). So I've devised my own 'small plot rotation' system instead! I'll be doing it more consciously this year in the initial planning stage so we'll see if results are improved!