tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post4984726462543568223..comments2024-03-28T10:05:09.868+00:00Comments on Hazel and Jane's allotment: Onion Disaster!Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191107549698019812noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-90924060303460601542007-05-31T01:06:00.000+01:002007-05-31T01:06:00.000+01:00Oh, yes, JG - it's my mate the cheeky robin! If yo...Oh, yes, JG - it's my mate the cheeky robin! If you click in the pic he's (fairly!) clear, but he's a bit shy so it's been tricky to get a good shot of him so far.Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191107549698019812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-84173966998595253372007-05-30T20:16:00.000+01:002007-05-30T20:16:00.000+01:00Love the bir on the canes pic. Robin?Love the bir on the canes pic. Robin?Johnty Greentoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595019869097722168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-47572634894503103382007-05-28T23:25:00.000+01:002007-05-28T23:25:00.000+01:00Good idea to thing about (clever girl!) - we'd hav...Good idea to thing about (clever girl!) - we'd have to do the membrane/raised beds for everything but the lettuce and brassicas too - but on the bright side we know we would like raised beds in due course, so that could be a place - and a good reason! - to start. Wonder if you can get a membrane that will break down after 2/3 years (i.e. after the problem has gone)Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191107549698019812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-56781939431566632522007-05-28T20:51:00.000+01:002007-05-28T20:51:00.000+01:00Hazel, I wonder if it would be possible to lay a s...Hazel, I wonder if it would be possible to lay a sheet of that weed-suppressing fabric on the soil and build a purpose-made Permanent Raised Onion Bed on top?<BR/><BR/>Professional onion growers have Permanent Onion Beds, so as to build up the fertility of the soil to suit.<BR/><BR/>Only an idea to play with.....<BR/>XXshelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13408768380520097108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-49945507336401947582007-05-28T14:41:00.000+01:002007-05-28T14:41:00.000+01:00Thank you for taking the time to post that info, G...Thank you for taking the time to post that info, Greenmantle - much appreciated. <BR/>This is going to need quite a bit of thought, as clearly we'd like to be free of the eelworms but it looks like we'll only be able to grow lettuces and brassicas on the whole plot for the next 2 years.Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191107549698019812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-61444543882397880062007-05-28T12:48:00.000+01:002007-05-28T12:48:00.000+01:00Hi Hazel - Always pleased to find another Lottie b...Hi Hazel - Always pleased to find another Lottie blog to add to my feeds.<BR/><BR/>The RHS books of pests and diseases says much the same as you have stated on eelworms, but concludes: "Two types of vegetables which are not attacked and can be grown in infested soils are lettuces and brassicas. Where eel worms have occured, keep the ground free of host plants including weeds. It should then be possible to replant with onions and similar plants after two full years."<BR/><BR/>Best<BR/>Greenmantle<BR/>www.digforvictory.blogspot.comGreenmantlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869745942011646851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-31824431635819858252007-05-28T08:26:00.000+01:002007-05-28T08:26:00.000+01:00Oh no! What a shame. I suppose you have to think...Oh no! What a shame. I suppose you have to think if you can't grow onions next time then think of all the extra space you've got for something else. Or, if it's only storage that's a problem then maybe you can grow them and just enojoy them at harvest time.Frankie Babyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462000838235179259noreply@blogger.com