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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: denbo73 on January 21, 2007, 13:36

Title: Onions from seed
Post by: denbo73 on January 21, 2007, 13:36

Has anyone grown bedfordshire champs from seed,If so how did you get on with em?

Title: Onions from seed
Post by: beansticks on January 21, 2007, 14:19

HI DENBO,i have not tried those yet,this year i am trying KELSAE they have just germinated

Title: Onions from seed
Post by: supersprout on January 21, 2007, 16:25

Trying them for the first time this year, will start em Feb/March on the windowsill :D

Title: Onions from seed
Post by: shaun on January 21, 2007, 19:17

Quote from: "supersprout"

Trying them for the first time this year, will start em Feb/March on the windowsill :D

you should start your seeds now unless you want small onions.

Title: Onions from seed
Post by: king cauli on January 21, 2007, 20:23

yes mine have been in approx 2 weeks and are about 4/5 cm i have bedfords and utah jumbo white

Title: Onions from seed
Post by: supersprout on January 21, 2007, 20:56

Quote from: "shaun"

Quote from: "supersprout"

Trying them for the first time this year, will start em Feb/March on the windowsill :D

you should start your seeds now unless you want small onions.

Eek! What would be your approximate planting out date if sown now?

Title: Onions from seed
Post by: shaun on January 21, 2007, 21:23

end of april early may.sow in a tray to bring them on,once they have the second true leaf put them into individual pots or modules to carry on growing until april-may,i have sown them direct into the soil around april and they grew as big as golf balls,tasted ok though.

Title: Onions from seed
Post by: Celtic Eagle on January 22, 2007, 12:20

I'm doing maincrop from sets can't let Cook int' Big House down but I'm trying a small batch of Robinsons Mammoth from seed just to see if I can do it and what result I get

Title: Onions from seed
Post by: denbo73 on January 22, 2007, 15:28

Mine have been in a heated green house for 5 days, not to late i hope.

Title: Onions from seed
Post by: shaun on January 22, 2007, 20:45

they need 10c - 15c to germinate if you can up that even better