Onions from seed - 2018

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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #45 on: January 19, 2018, 05:42 »
I did onions from seed for the first time last year,fantastic results ailsa craig were bigger than inon sets,i now will only grow them from seed,they are brilliant storing onions to great alrounder :)

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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #46 on: January 19, 2018, 14:45 »
Im excited to finally be growing stuff again after a few years of not, with moving house, so Im loving seeing all my seedlings popping their wee heads up, I've really missed it! Ive always done sets in the past..
Most of the red barons are up today now too so very happy with that. Should I think about getting them out to mini greenhouse or coddle them a bit longer?

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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #47 on: January 20, 2018, 09:16 »
Should I think about getting them out to mini greenhouse or coddle them a bit longer?

They need to stay frost free, so I would say coddle a bit longer.  Somewhere cool and bright is fine  :)

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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #48 on: January 20, 2018, 10:20 »
I have to start mine again.  I have a mouse in the greenhouse who burrowed through my tray of seedlings and destroyed them.  I have a packet of alisa Craig and Bedfordshire champion which I will get started later once I have mouse proofed the propogator.

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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #49 on: January 22, 2018, 02:36 »
Thanks for your help, New shoot, will do   :)
Sorry to hear about your mice troubles, Eblana. All the more reason to keep mine indoors for another wee while.

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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #50 on: January 22, 2018, 13:10 »
Sowed some Red Baron and Ailsa Craig into seed trays last night. Fingers crossed on the Ailsa Craig, they're last years seed. Worse case, if they fail to germinate I'll pick up some sets instead.

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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #51 on: January 23, 2018, 15:40 »
I started some Ailsa Craig, Rijnsburger  and Red Brunswick off on a warm sunny widow sill but put the in the unheated greenhouse before they got leggy but greenhouse is sheltered and I left a clear lid on them so they wouldn't get frosted, been there a couple of weeks now and seem OK  :)
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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #52 on: January 23, 2018, 15:45 »
Resowed a tray of Alisa Craig and Bedfordshire Champion.  I also sowed a tray of banana shallots.

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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #53 on: January 25, 2018, 14:51 »
Finally got my onion seeds in. Bedfordshire Champion, Stuttgarter, Red Baron and Zebrune multiple sown in modules and Exhibition sown singly. Now nestled on the spare bed - or at least they are till Mrs Dog gets home  :D

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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #54 on: January 25, 2018, 15:11 »
I forgot to say, I sowed some Globo, some Ailsa Craig and some Golden Bear (the mildew resistant ones) in the prop on the 18th - 80 in all :)

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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #55 on: January 25, 2018, 20:01 »
I forgot to say, I sowed some Globo, some Ailsa Craig and some Golden Bear (the mildew resistant ones) in the prop on the 18th - 80 in all :)

Oooohh Is your new plot white rot free  :D  Great news, although I feel under-onioned now looking at your list and may have to sow some more  :lol:

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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #56 on: January 25, 2018, 22:19 »
There have been no onions grown on it for 9 years - whether this means that they stopped because it had white rot, or just didn't want onions in those days, I don't know. The chap who is soon leaving just didn't want to grow any.
So the only way to find out...........  :dry:

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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #57 on: January 26, 2018, 17:05 »
There have been no onions grown on it for 9 years - whether this means that they stopped because it had white rot, or just didn't want onions in those days, I don't know. The chap who is soon leaving just didn't want to grow any.
So the only way to find out...........  :dry:

Best disinfect your tools etc & wellies/boots so you don’t transfer any😔
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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #58 on: January 26, 2018, 18:25 »
Ooh! I hadn't thought about that  :ohmy: I'll have to find the Jeyes - perhaps I'll find the peas while I'm looking for that  ::)  :lol:

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Re: Onions from seed - 2018
« Reply #59 on: January 26, 2018, 18:42 »
Ooh! I hadn't thought about that  :ohmy: I'll have to find the Jeyes - perhaps I'll find the peas while I'm looking for that  ::)  :lol:

And any larger gardening equipment you transfer, making sure you change shoes after the old plot & before you enter the new plot!! A pain but might save you some heart ache in the long run



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