[mattwragg94]

Hi, just wondered if anyone is growing any exhibition onions this year because im growing kelsae for the first time just for fun, and to hopefully enter i the local show?

[DD.]

I've moved you to the Show Bench, where hopefully the experts will see this.

[mattwragg94]

thanks dd

[DD.]

I'm growing them myself, but not for show!

[mattwragg94]

well i'll be eating them aswell, its just that i saw a giant onion a few years back at the local show and have wanted to grow them since. i was a little late sowing them (late jan) but i hope ill get something from them!

[DD.]

Sowed mine on Boxing Day this time - I was a day late the previous year!

Most of them ran out between 2 1/2 - 3lb, with not a lot of special treatment. They sat doing nothing for ages, then just took off.

[mattwragg94]

oops hopefully mine will catch up! oh well nothing ventured nothing gained

[yorky]

My onions for the show are coming along nicely. last year I had the biggest in show at 5lbs 5oz. Hoping to get one up to 6lbs this year.

[mattwragg94]

mine are just starting to grow too, but still aren't very big (just bigger than a blade of grass) - hopefully i'll get something out of them! - if i decide to grow them next season i'll make sure i sow them alot earlier. oh well atleast i can say that ive tried.

[yorky]

Hi Matt,
Unless you can provide them with extra heat and light there is nothing to be gained by sowing before about late Feb. They just stand still waiting for the conditions to improve, which rather defeats the object of sowing early.

[Ice]

What variety do yopu grow and do you pot them on at all yorky?

[yorky]

Hi Ice.
They are Kelsae and I started them off with two seeds per module. They were later potted into 3.5 inch pots and are now in 5 inch pots. The compost is John Innes no2.

[Ice]

Is that the final pot size?  Nice arrangement with the pegs and ties by the way.

[yorky]

Yes they will be in those pots untill planting out about the middle of April. The ties are the result of years of research and self denial 

[Ice]

The ties are the result of years of research and self denial 

You're a hero to us all.