[Stratts]

Thanks guys I've screwed the rack to a fence post already and good point bout the onions, a mate of mine is farm manager for Collets and laughed when I said I'd sown 200 seeds!  They drill 200,000 per acre!!! 

[Stratts]

How long do the onions have to be before you can plant them out onto the plot?  They are all poking through nicely at the moment about 3/4in high.

And how long will it take before I can plant them?

Cheers

[JayG]

Yours have presumably yet to fully straighten out the seed leaves - I'd grow them on until they get their first true leaves - they are too young and fragile to plant out now.

(I'm assuming you do mean three-quarters of an inch rather than 3-4 inches!)

[Stratts]

Ok thanks yes they are still folded over

[Benandbill]

Fair dos to you for doing from seed, that is brave!  I admire what you're doing and I think I'll give it a go next year.  This is going to be my 3rd year growing veg and I just planted a big bag of sets today.  Sorry I can't offer any advice as last year and year before I did sets, but they were delicious.  This year I've fertilised the ground and hopefully they'll be nicer still.

[Stratts]

Thanks I've never grown em before and I'm still in my first year as a veggie gardener just thought I'd try and grow everything from seed from the off  :blink:

With the advice on this site it does make things much easier though 

[Stratts]

What is this early tomato experiment you speak off?  I may have inadvertantly become involved as I have 4 types about an inch high on the windowsill as we type!!

[Yorkie]

What is this early tomato experiment you speak off?  I may have inadvertantly become involved as I have 4 types about an inch high on the windowsill as we type!!

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=87470.0

[Goldfinger]

Right.

One question - should I manure (now), before I plant my sets?

Yes or no?

I have er, 'excess' manure to use up, (I know the farmer, so the load was rather 'large').
so was thinking of putting some under the onions.

I can't put it anywhere else because roots are going there.

I can't store the excess this year, I haven't got the space until I maybe 'rearrange' a part of my lotty. 

[DD.]

If you've got it, and it's well rotted, bang it in!

[Goldfinger]

If you've got it, and it's well rotted, bang it in!

It is 

It'll be a good year old, and it has no smell so the 'rotting down' part must be past.

Ta DD 

[teabelly]

Glad I've found this thread as I was given some red onion seed today and didn't have a clue what to do with it!

[Stratts]

Well they seem to be taking a while to grow long enough to transplant, is that normal?

I've been hardening them off for a week and was going to put them high up on the rack in case we get a ground frost!

When do you thiink i'll be able to put them in the plot?

Have to confess I bought a bag of sets on saturday in Wilko's coz I'm not convinced they're gonna be ok!