onions from seed

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littlepete

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onions from seed
« on: June 23, 2009, 10:40 »
hi  as you can gather i am new to the allotment world and i have been given some Elista onions seeds and i was wondering when the best time start sowing them for next year
any help would be apreciated. 
cor blimey is that the time

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Re: onions from seed
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2009, 10:44 »
Sow from Feb to April
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Re: onions from seed
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2009, 10:54 »
Agreed.  They are a summer bulbing variety.  Picking in the autumn usually.  Torpedo shaped  yay. ???
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