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They were in my house in the closed, plastic shipping bag for about 1 week until I opened them Monday.
Seemed almost wet in there - certainly very damp. Almost ALL the root ends are blue moldy. Sorted out the some that were obviously spoiled/soft, and put into a new mesh bag on my potting table in the barn.
Really need another week to plant them out ... still below freezing every night till then. This is my 3rd year buying sets - never happened before.
Will they be viable??

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Could you post a picture of them? It may help...

In my experience, as long as you can feel a bulb when you squeeze it, they’ll grow ok.

Also, if your bed you’re gonna plant them in is ready, you can plant them, even if temps dip below feezing. They’re pretty hardy.

You can also wait, if you’re more comfortable that way, or soil is not workable.

Definitely let air get into whatever container you have them in, if you will not plant them for a while.

I love onion sets. Such an easy way to get yummy onions.

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I'd plant them now, my onion starts (baby plants) are in the ground already.  

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I threw a bag of rotting onions in my compost and they survived and sprouted. Seems hard to kill them.

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Sorry no pix, but you all have made me feel better!
I'm kinda waiting because it's been around freezing overnite for 2 weeks and until Tuesday. I've got to weed out joint-grass from this poor clay before planting in ground.
And, I'm going to plant many of them in my "grow-bags" with experimental tomatoes in cloches with black-painted water bottles!
I know I could probably plant the onions now, but they would be disturbed when I have to dig a BIG hole into the bag to bury these 2ft tomato "seedlings", LOL. Maybe 2 more weeks.
Thanks much, and best of luck to us all.

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