Covering onions sets.

[Tom d'Angler]

I was planning to plant my onion and garlic sets today and I have a couple of questions. Last night there was a slight frost and I know there will be more to come. The bed where I am going to plant them has been dug over and covered with plastic for a few days.

Is it ok to plant the sets while there is still the threat of a frost.

Should I cover the beds afterwards with the plastic to stop the frost affecting the sets, or would this be detrimental. I've noticed condensation on the underside of the plastic - would that damage the sets?

Many thanks, Tom.

[hussybeen]

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[Tom d'Angler]

Looks like the children are up and about...

[Nicola_D]

errrm what's going on???

I'd actually be interested in anyone's serious answer to Tom's question as I've got onion and shallot sets to plant out soon

[tomterm8]

Yes, it is OK to plant them now... they like a bit of frost. You can cover them with fleece if you think they will have a particularly hard frost.

[Tom J]

the top two replies are spam bots.

i've planted my garlic and spring onions (salad onions) should be ok according to my book as you can plant them from feb onwards

[malcolmx]

plant shallots now do not use fleece as i have found it retards growth rather than promotes it it seems to hold too much wet in the centres . plant sets in trays and plant out later i have found fleece not to be beneficial for onions . if i use fleece i lift it about 2 inches off the crops as i think wet fleece can hold lower the temp around seedlings and keep them wet and airless
do not use solid plastic unless they are structured as a cloche