Overwintering onions

[Amateur]

Can anyone help me with some advice on these?
I bought some hoping to get them in last year but then the weather turned bad and I didn't end up planting them. If I plant them now do you think they'll stand a chance?

[Rosendula]

I bought some and got about 3/4 planted. The rest are in the shed still waiting. I'm thinking of planting them in spring, so will be interested to hear if others have tried it.

[Amateur]

Mine are in the cupboard under the sink, making me feel guilty every time I get a bin bag out...

[grahamhobbs]

They will grow, so long as the ground is not waterlogged or frozen when you put them in and for the following couple of weeks. They will do absolutely fine, only perhaps not growing quite so big as if they got established before xmas.
I'm assuming you are talking about autumn planted japenese onions, ordinary onion sets are not planted until later anyway.
japanese onions are grown because they are ready for harvesting about 3 - 4 weeks before ordinary onions, but remember they do not store for so long.

[Amateur]

Um, I'm not sure what variety they are without looking (can't check now) they were sold in my local garden centre specifically for overwintering... I'm going to stick them in and give them a shot. Thanks !

[chilitony]

i have planted 4 different types of onions in october, cant remember what they were called but 1 had a japanese sounding name and 1 were reds.
they are all up about 3" and the snow has not affected as far as i can see.
This sunday i will be planting my shallots which have just arrived at the trading post on the allotments

[sleepyowl]

The ones I planted were ordinary red ones, most onions you can plant in spring some prefer an overwintering, garlic however does need a cold snap to become anything decent.

[Amateur]

Brill. The garlic has def had what it likes this year then... 6 inch of snow for over a week is a cold snap and a half

[Julysea]

I'm for the school of thought that says 'bung it in and give it a try'! Most of my gardening experiments have turned out pretty well.

[chilitony]

i agree, with the climate change in this country you can virtually plant onions, garlic ect.. at any time

this was the year before last i was quite surprised