[johndf1]

I sowed some onion seeds in my heated propagator 2 weeks ago.  Most of them have come up now but a lot of them are now falling over.  Will they straighten out again?  I have had them in my porch which gets a reasonable amount of sun.  Should they still remain in the propagator or come out of it?

See the image below (if I have done this right!)

[Aidy]

At a guess, they do look leggy, even tho they are in the sun there is not a lot of daylight hours so are probably suffering from that.

[peterjf]

hi there looks like too much heat ,

take them away from the heat , put them in cold greenhouse and they might recover , better if you started afresh , in cold greenhouse ,

also notice that you have pressed the compost around them a little too hard ,

when planting on to seperate pots , make a pencil hole in the pots,
 
cut off 1/2 the length of the onion plants and then water in , keeping hold of the onion until the soil is upto the 1st leaf joint ,

lastly cover with 1/2 inch dryish compost,

good luck matey

[johndf1]

Thanks very much for the advice.

John

[pushrod]

agree with too much heat. soon as the majority are through you should keep them cooler. and also make sure they are not too humid.