30-05-2018, 07:27 AM
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Onions.
I planted some onions nice and early this year and they took off really nicely. That was until we had all this heavy rain and over a couple of days the stalks started to curl over. I've since read that the cause of this is from too much water. I was wondering if any one else is having the same problem and knows of a remedy. I thought of digging a channel on either side of the rows but it will definitely get drier in the summer, so that might not be so good.
31-05-2018, 08:31 PM
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Re: Onions.
Hi Pauline and Muddy,No, no solution yet and they're not looking any better and to top it off it's raining quite heavily at the moment. We grow tomatoes under a roof and they're booming. The bush beans, carrots and potatoes are loving the wet too but everything else seems to have the brakes on. Maybe I expect too much and I'm just too impatient.
I'm sorry to hear your plants are flattened Muddy and yours are suffering Pauline. Hopefully they'll recover.
31-05-2018, 10:52 PM
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Re: Onions.
Originally Posted by Kev60
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I planted some onions nice and early this year and they took off really nicely. That was until we had all this heavy rain and over a couple of days the stalks started to curl over. I've since read that the cause of this is from too much water. I was wondering if any one else is having the same problem and knows of a remedy. I thought of digging a channel on either side of the rows but it will definitely get drier in the summer, so that might not be so good.
02-06-2018, 07:07 AM
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Re: Onions.
Originally Posted by Rehab44
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Odd, no flower head forming ? Can you lift one in order to look at the roots?
I think I might have found the problem. There's no flower head forming and I pulled one of the onions and the roots look nice and healthy. The other day Mrs K. weeded the onions and carrots. In quite a few places she left soil mounded around the onion stalks and on those onions the stalks curled. Where I can see a little of the top of the onions, they are OK. I'll pull the soil back this morning and I'll wait and see what happens. I'll let you know.
02-06-2018, 02:37 PM
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Re: Onions.
Originally Posted by Kev60
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I planted some onions nice and early this year and they took off really nicely. That was until we had all this heavy rain and over a couple of days the stalks started to curl over. I've since read that the cause of this is from too much water. I was wondering if any one else is having the same problem and knows of a remedy. I thought of digging a channel on either side of the rows but it will definitely get drier in the summer, so that might not be so good.
Pull one up and look at the roots.
If sound much to early to harvest
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