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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: m1ckz on December 13, 2012, 07:43

Title: onion
Post by: m1ckz on December 13, 2012, 07:43

did my onion seed as nomal 4th dec,,all came up well,too well got a bit leggy,,so i put them in the cold green house,,do u think they will be ok   hmmmmmm

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Post by: Dantheman on December 13, 2012, 09:25

i have onions and spring onions seeds in my cold greenhouse they are doing ok.  ;)

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Post by: grinling on December 16, 2012, 22:23

Could you repot but deeper?

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Post by: DD. on December 17, 2012, 07:49

I'll start mine, all being well, on the traditional date of Boxing Day. Once up, they'll see nothing warmer than a frost free greenhouse.

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Post by: m1ckz on December 17, 2012, 08:24

good to hear   ty :D

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Post by: gavinjconway on December 17, 2012, 10:56

Thanks DD - just confirms my plans for boxing day as well..

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Post by: shoozie on December 17, 2012, 20:09

it won't be boxing day for me .... But won't be too far behind  :D

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Post by: tonel on December 26, 2012, 14:11

Going to try onions from seed again this year (last year tried and failed).. apologies if a daft question but is it just a case of sowing into tray/modules in coldframe/unheated greenhouse and leaving them to it? Or do they need heat to germinate and then transfer?

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Post by: DD. on December 26, 2012, 14:15

I'm going to sow mine in the next few minutes.

They will go on the kitchen window sill and when germinated, be transferred into a heated, but only just to keep it frost free, greenhouse.

The young seedlings will not stand a really cold snap, so I don't advise putting them anywhere totally unheated.

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Post by: tonel on December 26, 2012, 15:50

Thanks for the advice, will have another go in the near future :)