[New shoot]

Hopefully everyone will post pics of their onions on here!
Fingers crossed they don't all bolt in 6 months time!

Totty

Agreed    on both counts 

[devonbarmygardener]

Quite a few (probably more than I have room for) 'Bedfordshire Champion' seeds sown.

If they bolt, I'm going to blame you guys for making me sow seed rather than sets!!

Only joking!! I like a challenge!

[gavinjconway]

Thanks Totty, DD et al, . I have got some other (cheapo) grow lamps from fleabay coming so will give them a go. re-done my wiring and switchgear today and included a temp controller (coming soon) and pc fan to pump cool air in to control temp.. all looks good now..

[Nobbie]

Thanks Totty, DD et al, . I have got some other (cheapo) grow lamps from fleabay coming so will give them a go. re-done my wiring and switchgear today and included a temp controller (coming soon) and pc fan to pump cool air in to control temp.. all looks good now..

What sort have you gone for? I'm tempted to buy a couple of LED growbulbs for about a tenner each. I missed an opportunity a while back when a friend told me she had to chuck a load of kit out when she bought a house that had been used as a canabis farm. Doh!

[Eblana]

After just 4 days my first onion seedling popped it's head through this morning.

[mumofstig]

Thanks Totty, DD et al, . I have got some other (cheapo) grow lamps from fleabay coming so will give them a go. re-done my wiring and switchgear today and included a temp controller (coming soon) and pc fan to pump cool air in to control temp.. all looks good now..

What sort have you gone for? I'm tempted to buy a couple of LED growbulbs for about a tenner each. I missed an opportunity a while back when a friend told me she had to chuck a load of kit out when she bought a house that had been used as a canabis farm. Doh!

If you want to discuss growlights please start another thread - this one is for onions 

[sunshineband]

I sowed my onion seeds this afternoon.

Have one module tray with single seeds of Bedfordshire Champion and one multi-sown one too, plus one multi-sown with Kamal.

They are in the heated greenhouse, with bubble plastic across their trays to make a little tent

[pigguns]

My Red Baron in the spare room are through 

I tried an experiment after reading they like dark to germinate, some on the surface, some lightly covered with soil and put the whole tray/clear lid inside a (clean!) dark doggy poo bag.  The ones sown on the top of the soil look a bit larger.   Photo tomorrow when I've got daylight as my camera is a bit rubbish.

[MrsLev]

My first ever attempt at onions was this autumn with over wintering seeds, I had no idea it was a subject so fraught with anxiety. Perhaps ignorance is bliss! They're looking pretty good now and actually on a par with the red sets I bought on a whim from the allotment shop a couple of weeks after.

Have some seeds en route and will get then in in the next few weeks.

[Mattgregory27]

My Ailsa Craig and Sturton are through after 7 days, just need to sweet talk the Wife into giving me windowsill space now 

[Steveharford]

My kelsae are just coming through after a week but no sign of rose de roscoff (keravel), which were useless last year as only three germinated. This is a new packet so I'm hoping that I have more success. It says to sow at 10 to 12 deg which is a lot lower than others. Has anyone been successful with these? If so, what is the secret?

[DD.]

The Kelsae also through. (Not sown any others).

Now resident in the kitchen window sill with aluminium foil deployed.

[sunshineband]

The Kelsae also through. (Not sown any others).

Now resident in the kitchen window sill with aluminium foil deployed.

We know the new season has truly arrived when the tinfoil goes up 

[DD.]

That's it for a while, though. Not going to rush anything else!

[AnneB]

Sowing 3 sorts this afternoon.   Yellow Rynsburger,  Zebrune shallot plus the remainder of an old packet of Rouge Pale de Niort I found when sorting out the seed box.