First early onions? Too late?

[blue411]

Ive just found a pack of first early onions and a pack of Senshu Japanese in my potting shed, it says on the pack to be planted by December, how ridgid is that? would i be able to plant them this month??

[Scarlet]

I have never had much luck with onion seeds but I do plant sets, the Japanese ones are usually planted in the Autumn - I plant mine in September so it could well be a little late although its worth a try, you haven't got much to lose!

[solway cropper]

Like Scarlet says: bung em in, you've nowt to lose.

My japanese ones went in last October and made a few inches of green growth before shutting down for the winter. This gives them a head start when things warm up in spring and you can expect a crop much earlier than with spring planted ones. Yours will just be late but they should still produce something.

[gojiberry]

Hi Blue, reading your thread it sounds as if they are sets you are talking about. I have a bag I haven't planted yet. I dug over a bit of ground yesterday, put some cardboard and fleece over the ground to warm it up a bit and will lift the cardboard at the weekend and plant mine. Better late than never. If its seeds you were on about I sowed some onion and shallot seed yesterday.

Ian

[blue411]

Yep, i was talking about sets, but hey i'll give em a go!
Many thanks for the info guys