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Veg mistakes for Beginners
When you get given plants or seeds with no instructions, it's very easy to make fatal mistakes.
The lady I visited yesterday had been given a few left over onion sets (thin of them as baby onions) by a friend and she'd done what seemed logical to her (and I can imagine a time when I might have done the same) - she'd planted them like bulbs, a few inches underground.
Onions don't work that way. You plant them at surface level. Dig a tiny hole with your trowel (don't push the onion down into the soil) and then put the onion set in it. The top of the onion set should be just above the surface.
It's really too late for planting onion sets anyway this year, but I mention it so that you'll remember for next year. Next year, also consider shallots. They taste like a mild onion and can easily be grown in a small space.
(Does anyone want an occasional calendar of 'veg things to do at this time of year'?)
The lady I visited yesterday had been given a few left over onion sets (thin of them as baby onions) by a friend and she'd done what seemed logical to her (and I can imagine a time when I might have done the same) - she'd planted them like bulbs, a few inches underground.
Onions don't work that way. You plant them at surface level. Dig a tiny hole with your trowel (don't push the onion down into the soil) and then put the onion set in it. The top of the onion set should be just above the surface.
It's really too late for planting onion sets anyway this year, but I mention it so that you'll remember for next year. Next year, also consider shallots. They taste like a mild onion and can easily be grown in a small space.
(Does anyone want an occasional calendar of 'veg things to do at this time of year'?)
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