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My soil is clay and pretty wet and cold, can i set out my onions or do i wait for warmer weather in the hope soil dries out. Frost forecast for next few nights but nice during day.
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I would at least wait until you are forecast a wee spell without frost. The idea is to get them going and keep them going. A cold spell could well give them a check which could stunt them.
Having said that, 4 weeks or so from now, I'll be setting mine out and our season is normally 4 weeks or so behind yours in the midlands. -
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I am in the Midlands and have just popped my onions into modules today (synodic), shallots have also gone in to my allotment soil today, but I am free draining and somewhat sandy, which gives me a different soil to yours. Maybe let soil dry out and pop onions into compost modules? Shallots hold off?Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein
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My shallots have been in modules in a cold greenhouse for a couple of weeks now but I tend to plant my onions direct in about 3 weeks time, I don't find they do much before then.
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I have wet, cold, clay. I carry on...well, sorta. Wait til its not so wet ish.Comment
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