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Tiny Onions & Parsnips

NewBoy2NewBoy2 BristolPosts: 1,787
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Onions....I sowed them on may 11th and they are still only about 6 inches tall and the bulbs are not really showing

Parsnips....Sowed on the same day and still relatively small

Friends.........Is this normal please.

Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
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  • Dave MorganDave Morgan Posts: 3,123

    In a word no!

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 71,839

    What's your soil like?  What else have you grown this year and how did it do?

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  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 BristolPosts: 1,787

    Thanks Dave thats what I thought

    I think it may be have been not weeding eneough or not watereing every time

     

    Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 BristolPosts: 1,787

    Hi Dove

    You were the first to help me when I was a NewBoy all those months ago

    Onions.........Some were sown where potatoes had been and some where carots had  been

    Parsnips......Where Runner beans had been

    Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 71,839

    Hi Newboy - glad I could help then.  This time ............

    NewBoy2 wrote (see)

    ............ I think it may be have been not weeding eneough or not watereing every time

     

    I think you may have hit the nail on the head! 

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  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 BristolPosts: 1,787

    Thanks Dove

    ? Should I leave them or dig up and use and use the bed for an Autumn planting now

    Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 71,839

    I think I'd use the onions for pickling or as salad onions.

    How big are the parsnips?

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  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 BristolPosts: 1,787

    Will let you know after I have visited Lottie on saturday

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 15,335

    I think both should have been sown earlier. They both need a long growing season.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 71,839

    Mmmm, he sowed them early May and it was a very cold spring .... 

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