First earlies in yet?

[jacob]

I'll be sticking a few into big pots in the greenhouse in 10 days or so. Got a good crop doing this last year.

End of March for the outside ones.

[toby6668]

Thanks everyone. I'll hold on a bit longer then and distract myself with more digging.
In the meantime though, any thoughts on planting onion sets yet? I'm near Uttoxeter in the Midlands.


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[Tripmeup]

Mine are chitting in a cold conservatory but might pot them up and stick them down into the cold greenhouse....1 potato per 13cm ? ...then plant them out when it gets warmer

Not sure I am following you, but why would you pot them up and then move/disturb them?

[Capsid]

They are called earlies because they can be harvested early not because they can be planted early.

[Stu8706]

I still think we are going to get a cold snap before spring arrives. I'm going to put mine in on St Patricks Day. The wife's half Irish so that will make her happy eating Irish potatoes. Lol

All the best

Stu


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[datz]

A plus one on the way too early for earlies!
I've just set mine chitting, I won't be planting out until mid April at the earliest. Even then I will have fleece ready to deploy against the late frosts in April/May.

[Ja9]

Definitely get on with onion sets, mine in before xmas

[Scarlet]

Anyone thinking of planting spuds just now needs to have a reality check and sit on their hands.

I don't plant mine till 20th April at the earliest but then we are at least 4 weeks behind the Midlands in terms of the growing season.

Be patient. Now go put thekettle on and read a few seed catalogues

Well, I'm in sunny wilts in the south west and I don't bother until somewhere around the 12 April ( my OH's birthday) he usually takes a few days off and he gets that planting job. Any earlier and I'm running out with fleece or sheets of newspaper!

[veggiechicken]

Thanks everyone. I'll hold on a bit longer then and distract myself with more digging.
In the meantime though, any thoughts on planting onion sets yet? I'm near Uttoxeter in the Midlands.

Definitely get on with onion sets, mine in before xmas

There are 2 sorts of onion sets - some for planting in September, others for early spring planting. More info at Onions and shallots / Royal Horticultural Society

[Bigmallly]

Definitely get on with onion sets, mine in before xmas

Those will have Japanese Onion sets...............hold off with your spring planting sets.

[Vince G]

As soon as my "free" potato growing bag arrived from GYO, I'll be popping a couple of already chitting pots in and placing in the polytunnel I reckon.

[veggiechicken]

I have 4 in and up in a bag in the GH, Vince
One has to take a risk sometimes

[Ja9]

Had forgotten that there were different types of onion sets Veggiechicken .I have always used the autumn ones as it's nice to actually be planting as opposed to just clearing up at that time of year. Has anyone had much success growing onions from seed?

[spanish_gardener]

I plant mines on March, as part of my Saint Patrick's Day weekend celebration :-)

[iGrow]

Yep... Intend to plant mine on 16 March once Super Saturday is over.