Giant onions

[Pumkinpie]

Up till now I have just grown veg to eat but my local nursery is have a show at the end of August with a prize of 50 pounds for a onion over the weight of 7 lbs and a 150 pounds for the largest onion in the show. I thought I might give it a go. If they don't get big enough I've not lost any thing and I can still eat them. If by any chance I win it will set me up for seed for next year.
I am going to put my onions where my pumpkins were last year. Any tips or hints greatfully received as it is the first attempt at large onions.

[diggernotdreamer]

I have seen adverts in the gardening mags for seeds for giant veg, I have a feeling this is what the really competitve people use, my onions get quite a bit bigger (not giant though) when I put a bit of chicken pellet manure round them, now I have alpacas, I tend to use their poo around stuff as you can use it neat and I suspend some in a bag in a drum for liquid feed, if you know someone with paca's you could ask, or I could send some in the mail

[Zech]

I'll start by saying I have no idea what I'm talking about here, but just a thought: We plant little onions (sets) and dig them up a bit later as bigger onions. How about starting with a big onion - would it get even bigger? I'm thinking of some parsnips that I left in the ground a year longer than you would normally, and they got pretty monstrous. Are there any rules about what you have to start from (and how would they know?) And if this would work, I can't be the first person to have thought of it!

[oldjerry]

You're a tad late for this year.Next time round sow the seed with bottom heat in early Jan.They might need supplementary lighting before you put them out(then perhaps in a tunnel.)I really like Robinson's 'Mammoth' seed,readily available,it sounds like a lot of hassle,but there's obviously a lot of cash riding on this,so I'd definetly go for it. BWs.

[Pumkinpie]

I have 9 good sized healthy robinsons mammoth onions as a starter from one of my allotment pals. Also we have a regular delivery of Llama poo to our allotment site so I might use some on my onion bed.
Thanks for the offer diggernotdreamer of the llama poo but I don't think the post office would appreciate it in their mail. I am sure there must be postal regulations about sending this sort of material in the post.
I will also ask the next plot if I can have some of their 1 year old chicken manure to make some liquid feed. It worked on the pumpkins and I managed to grow a 4 1/2 stone pumpkin a couple of years ago.
I will keep u posted on the outcome.

[diggernotdreamer]

I just checked, you can't send aerosols, but alpaca poo is not listed I wondered what people with loads of paca and llamas did with poo, we got ours from a man with 100, that is a lot of poo, did you know they poo in the same place all the time, they have favourite toilet spots, anyway I am sure you are riveted learning about the pooing habits of camelids. Robinsons, they are the ones I was thinking of but couldn't remember their name, good luck with the giant onion growing, I have enough trouble with normal ones what with wind, rain, hail, you will have to make them a special little hat and then sleep on the allotment so as you don't get knobbled, there was a programme on telly all about these people and their giant veg and all the competetiveness, you wll have great craic

[Odsox]

We plant little onions (sets) and dig them up a bit later as bigger onions. How about starting with a big onion - would it get even bigger?

I'm afraid the answer is no, it would proceed to flower and then probably die.
I say "probably die" as I have never left onions in the ground after they have flowered and set seed to find out.

[diggernotdreamer]

I did that thing that someone said on here, planted the hairy bottom bit of an onion that I had used. It has started doing something, what I dont know, will keep an eye on it and see what happens, if it turns into a monster I'll let you know

[doofaloofa]

... anyway I am sure you are riveted learning about the pooing habits of camelids.

Yes I am

start a thread on poo please

[diggernotdreamer]

... anyway I am sure you are riveted learning about the pooing habits of camelids.

Yes I am

start a thread on poo please

Weirdo!! I watched an episode of Euro Trash once and they mentioned a movement(!) that specialised in that type of activity, I expect a quick Doogle will turn something up.

[doofaloofa]

Weirdo!! I watched an episode of Euro Trash once and they mentioned a movement(!) that specialised in that type of activity, I expect a quick Doogle will turn something up.

OK, Startez vous une thread sur caca sil vous plais

[diggernotdreamer]

Weirdo!! I watched an episode of Euro Trash once and they mentioned a movement(!) that specialised in that type of activity, I expect a quick Doogle will turn something up.

OK, Startez vous une thread sur caca sil vous plais

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[doofaloofa]

You know I like it when you speak French

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