Re: Onions from seed - for 2020

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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #105 on: May 10, 2020, 09:28 »
have we all been beguiled by their description in a catalogue?

I think I have  :lol:  My second lot, which are clump sown in modules, are up and looking pretty good.  Whoever Isobel is, she liked the warmer days of spring much more than the chillier ones when I first tried sowing.  We shall see if I have been suckered into buying a novelty again  :unsure:  I am easy prey during the grey days of January and February every year   :blush:

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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #106 on: May 10, 2020, 10:40 »
  We shall see if I have been suckered into buying a novelty again  :unsure:  I am easy prey during the grey days of January and February every year   :blush:
You are not the only one  ::)

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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #107 on: May 24, 2020, 11:33 »
A few of my bigger varieties starting to bulk up.
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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #108 on: May 30, 2020, 15:40 »
Wish mine were bulking up. They don't seem to be doing anything  :(
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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #109 on: May 30, 2020, 21:02 »
Wish mine were bulking up. They don't seem to be doing anything  :(

They're fine and look just like my 'normal' onions do at the moment. The one in the picture is a big variety and will easily reach 4-5lb in weight with no special treatment - I was given a few seeds a few years ago by someone who regularly grows them to 10lbs+.

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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #110 on: May 31, 2020, 20:33 »
Here are mine.  Globo, which is a large variety, that were sown on Boxing Day and Isobel Rose that were module sown on 18th April and planted out as clumps.
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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #111 on: June 03, 2020, 10:45 »
Wish mine were bulking up. They don't seem to be doing anything  :(

They're fine and look just like my 'normal' onions do at the moment. The one in the picture is a big variety and will easily reach 4-5lb in weight with no special treatment - I was given a few seeds a few years ago by someone who regularly grows them to 10lbs+.


Cheers, I do need to get round to weeding them. They're taking over at one end of the row, poor onions.

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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #112 on: June 14, 2020, 16:07 »
Mine are just starting to swell, looking fantastic!
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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #113 on: June 14, 2020, 17:12 »
Cheers, I do need to get round to weeding them. They're taking over at one end of the row, poor onions.

I noticed yesterday that mine desperately need weeding - best get to it tomorrow  ::) 'cos so far they're looking good, one crop that really has appreciated the weather, I think.

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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #114 on: June 28, 2020, 11:56 »
A photo of some of my onions grown deep bed stylee. golden bear on the left and long de Florence right. The bed is   2.5m x 1.25m and I think there are about 160 onions in the bed. The sturon growing in another bed are not as far on although planted at the same time they get just a little bit more shade in the morning and it really does make a difference.
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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #115 on: July 30, 2020, 08:32 »
The necks are just starting to go over on my early sown ones. Not too far off to harvest time now  :)
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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #116 on: August 15, 2020, 20:57 »
Final harvest.  The pick of the bunch are whoppers as well  :)
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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #117 on: August 15, 2020, 21:34 »
Final harvest.  The pick of the bunch are whoppers as well  :)

Lovely crop, there  :D

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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #118 on: August 16, 2020, 10:08 »
Lovely, I had a break from growing them this year as they always get some rot, funny but the shallots don’t! So I might sow early this year in late autumn early winter, plant early with a view to harvesting early next year& see how that works.
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Re: Onions from seed - for 2020
« Reply #119 on: August 17, 2020, 16:11 »
So I have a plan :blush:
Not the best year this year, lost many early on so....
I have recenetly read you can sow Bedfordshire Champion late August/ September, well its late enough I reckon.
I plan on growing on in beds in the greenhouse over winter and transplant spring next year. Hopefully a good crop that maybe ready a tad earlier so when lifted I can then get the bed ready for me winter carrots as I grow the little ones, I have 4 rows of them in now to see how big they get.
Any ways 112 onion seeds are now prechitting
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