It's been really windy and a bit rainy this afternoon so I thought I'd have a go at stringing my onions in the shelter of the lean-to. Here's the result!
Wow, mine started dying back a while a while ago and I lifted three weekends ago. We have v dry sandy soil which I expect affects the growing season length as I don't tend to water v much either. I think one year they died back in June! This year I used enviromesh which protected from pests and helped keep in the moisture. If I hadn't been successful I was going to give up on onions, so pleased I gave it another go. Also added chicken manure pellets at beginning of planting out and May I think. The soil had previously been manured for potatoes.
I should have mentioned, I used the method on this site http://www.gardenstew.com/about11490.html though tucked the onion necks under the same onion rather than the one below, which seemed to work ok. None fallen off so far!
WE haven't lifted our onions yet as they are still green
ReplyDeleteWow, mine started dying back a while a while ago and I lifted three weekends ago. We have v dry sandy soil which I expect affects the growing season length as I don't tend to water v much either. I think one year they died back in June! This year I used enviromesh which protected from pests and helped keep in the moisture. If I hadn't been successful I was going to give up on onions, so pleased I gave it another go. Also added chicken manure pellets at beginning of planting out and May I think. The soil had previously been manured for potatoes.
ReplyDeleteI should have mentioned, I used the method on this site http://www.gardenstew.com/about11490.html though tucked the onion necks under the same onion rather than the one below, which seemed to work ok. None fallen off so far!
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