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Winter care of new potato onion seedlings?

9 years ago

I have a large number of heirloom potato onion seeds, and planted a few in a small flat back in June, and now have small seedlings. should these new tiny seedlings be planted outdoors and well mulched for the winter, or is there some other method? (btw, if anyone would like some seeds, please let me know.)

Thanks,
Rick in CT

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pnbrown
9 years ago
I have lost potato onion sets to freezing in two attempts here in z7. I would suggest put the flat outside and cover it with a foot or so of leaves or hay, uncover and plant out in early spring.

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