I’ve acquired some named varieties of potato onions from a UK based eBay seller: Dakota Red, Green Mountain and Texas Star plus an unnamed red.
I’m assuming that they were harvested last autumn. They are in very good condition but it seems that leaving planting till spring, which is Kelly Winterton’s preferred method, isn’t a good idea as 18+ months storage is asking a lot of them.
So I’m wondering whether in my East Midland garden they will be reliably hardy if planted in October (or earlier?)
Another possibility I suppose would be to plant half in pots and overwinter in the greenhouse leaving the other half to the elements in the garden. Any thoughts?
I’m assuming that they were harvested last autumn. They are in very good condition but it seems that leaving planting till spring, which is Kelly Winterton’s preferred method, isn’t a good idea as 18+ months storage is asking a lot of them.
So I’m wondering whether in my East Midland garden they will be reliably hardy if planted in October (or earlier?)
Another possibility I suppose would be to plant half in pots and overwinter in the greenhouse leaving the other half to the elements in the garden. Any thoughts?
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