[Tenhens]

Aidy

Thanks for the info.

[Aidy]

Your welcome.

All my little babs are popping up now.
Just 7 days from setting them off.

[Tenhens]

Never grown onions from seed before and the ones that I sowed the other day have started to show !!  Well happy!   Just need to get some more underway.

[New shoot]

Never grown onions from seed before and the ones that I sowed the other day have started to show !!  Well happy!   Just need to get some more underway.

Sounds like a great result for your first try

It does get a bit addictive this onion growing lark.  I have a mini greenhouse inside the main greenhouse stuffed with seedlings and probably no room for them all on the plot    I think it is just a way to get going early in the season,  sort through seed packets and feel you are growing something.  It speaks to the inner seedaholic in us all

[chillimummy]

Am I too late to sow onion seeds?
Presume the answer can be that nothing ventured, nothing gained 
 

[jambop]

Am I too late to sow onion seeds?
Presume the answer can be that nothing ventured, nothing gained 

No ! Sow them into some decent compost in a module tray three seed per module and germinate in a warm place.  When they are through get them into a greenhouse or under some sort of protection where they get plenty of light and grow them on until they are to be planted out at about 25 cm apart they will form nice clumps medium sized onions which will keep well if they are the correct variety... try golden bear F1 from premier seeds on eBay.

[chillimummy]

Am I too late to sow onion seeds?
Presume the answer can be that nothing ventured, nothing gained 

No ! Sow them into some decent compost in a module tray three seed per module and germinate in a warm place.  When they are through get them into a greenhouse or under some sort of protection where they get plenty of light and grow them on until they are to be planted out at about 25 cm apart they will form nice clumps medium sized onions which will keep well if they are the correct variety... try golden bear F1 from premier seeds on eBay.

Thanks for advice.
I'm just off to hunt out my seed packet  Can't remember which type they are but already got this years compost. 

[jambop]

Am I too late to sow onion seeds?
Presume the answer can be that nothing ventured, nothing gained 

No ! Sow them into some decent compost in a module tray three seed per module and germinate in a warm place.  When they are through get them into a greenhouse or under some sort of protection where they get plenty of light and grow them on until they are to be planted out at about 25 cm apart they will form nice clumps medium sized onions which will keep well if they are the correct variety... try golden bear F1 from premier seeds on eBay.

Thanks for advice.
I'm just off to hunt out my seed packet  Can't remember which type they are but already got this years compost.

One thing I would advise with onions is not to use seed that is more than one year old. I have found that the germination of seeds more than one year old is very disappointing. So for the cost of 1.50p you could get 130 santero F1 seeds inc delivery!

[Tenhens]

Never grown onions from seed before and the ones that I sowed the other day have started to show !!  Well happy!   Just need to get some more underway.

Sounds like a great result for your first try

It does get a bit addictive this onion growing lark.  I have a mini greenhouse inside the main greenhouse stuffed with seedlings and probably no room for them all on the plot    I think it is just a way to get going early in the season,  sort through seed packets and feel you are growing something.  It speaks to the inner seedaholic in us all

Hopefully they will get to the kitchen . If I'm in tears later this year all will be good 

Still cogitating if I'm a seedaholic.

[Plot 1 Problems]

After procrastinating all Winter I finally sowed some Ailsa Craig yesterday along with my leeks and around 60% of the seeds have already germinated.

[jambop]

After procrastinating all Winter I finally sowed some Ailsa Craig yesterday along with my leeks and around 60% of the seeds have already germinated.

Hopefully come September you will have some nice onions to hang up... or as I do put into trays to store.

[Plot 1 Problems]

After procrastinating all Winter I finally sowed some Ailsa Craig yesterday along with my leeks and around 60% of the seeds have already germinated.

Hopefully come September you will have some nice onions to hang up... or as I do put into trays to store.

I lazily left mine on the staging shelves in the polytunnel and they've stored pretty well!

[jambop]

After procrastinating all Winter I finally sowed some Ailsa Craig yesterday along with my leeks and around 60% of the seeds have already germinated.

Hopefully come September you will have some nice onions to hang up... or as I do put into trays to store.

I lazily left mine on the staging shelves in the polytunnel and they've stored pretty well!

My onions from last season are still storing extremely well. I think the real secret is not lifting them too soon, I let the foliage die right back the I make sure the are completely dry by putting them in the log store which is covered but open to the drying winds. I then trim the dry roots off and cut the tops off and put them in plastic trays like those seen in veg shops. They then go into my workshop which is dry but cold.

[MrsPea]

Having never grown onions from seed how deep do you plant them out i think mine are ready to go out they've grown quite tall 

[Plot 1 Problems]

Last year I put mine in deep enough that they didn't fall over easily, around an inch I think.