Forum home› Problem solving
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

onions

eddie3eddie3 Posts: 81
in Problem solving
I planted onion sets weeks ago. The tops have grown, but bulbs have not. I have tried feeding them with Growmore and Miracle Gro, but it has not worked. Any ideas why. Thanks.

Posts

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The weather has been very dry until recently ... have they been watered?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    If it's any help mine are the same after a most unseasonal dry spell.  I'm beginning to start chucking any available water on them, but Dove is probably right.
  • eddie3eddie3 Posts: 81
    Hello Dove, the onions have been well watered during hot spell, it's left me baffled. Could be the sets.
  • BazoftBazoft Posts: 9
    It's possibly the sets...what variety are they?  Many of my fellow allotmenteers are experiencing similar issues; watering doesn't appear to be helping.  I planted my sets in November and have kept them well watered and they appear to be doing well.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited June 2020
    I have 3 different types of sets planted in spring and are similar.  However, I'm not too fussed yet as the bulbs often don't start to swell-up until about now, depending on weather - they've been busy growing extensive roots.  If they start going to seed then I'll start worrying.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • GemmaJFGemmaJF Posts: 2,286
    edited June 2020
    My first year with sets, always used seeds in the past which was hit and miss at the best of times.

    April and May was super dry so watered them most nights, plenty of top showing but the sets look exactly the same as when they went in. Wet this week so hopefully they will start to bulb up.
  • eddie3eddie3 Posts: 81
    Thanks for your comments. Thought I was the only one with this problem.
Sign In or Register to comment.