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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 15051 Location: East Midlands
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dpack wrote: |
your season is later starting and shorter than mine in an urban canyon 250 miles north
nowt wrong with small onions, if you expect small plant them tight, thinning is no prob if they start to squash together, eat spring onions
big is fine for big, big crop is fine even if the individuals are small
they dry better as well as being tastier
big uns are mostly water |
This worked really well for me this year. I planted our clumps, had spring onions in the spring, pulled a lot of ‘shallots’ and medium onions through the early summer to eat and then dry (there’s only me eats them, so I only need medium ones day to day) and left one from each clump to get big, which I harvested today to go in big batches of soup and bolognese with other stuff that is ready and needs preserving. Mostly squash soup, although I have plans for a chutney. My veg is in short supply, as I planted things and then buggered of on holiday for six weeks in July. The squash and sweet corn did ok, though and the carrots were cropping well. We got loads of spuds, beetroot, carrots, peas and salads before we went, and the main crops spuds seem to have survived my absence. I lost all the beans (quite literally, under waist high weeds, but beans seem to have struggled this year anyway) and all the brassicas and salads have blown, of course. Calvo Nero is a bit nibbled, but hanging in there and will recover. Considering the neglect I lavished on it, I’m fairly pleased with my haul! |
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Mistress Rose
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