[MrsPea]

When do we plant our show onions out side ?? I haven't hardened them of yet they are still in the green house but getting bigger each day. 

[Totty]

Start hardening them off on decent days now. Could be outside in a few weeks.

Totty

[qualitynotquantity]

Sowed some F1 Kamal last week in modules within unheated greenhouse and they are just beginning to show.

Becoming a bit milder up here but still quite cool so pleased they are already popping up.

[MrsPea]

Sowed some F1 Kamal last week in modules within unheated greenhouse and they are just beginning to show.

Becoming a bit milder up here but still quite cool so pleased they are already popping up.

Thank you Totty, how far apart do they have to be ??

[cudders]

Planted out half of mine today. 

Rest are hardening off and will go in this week. Think I have about 80 from around 100 seeds so happy with that.

Cudders

[Totty]

Both onions and leeks are flying now, after planting out a fortnight ago.

Totty

[MrsPea]

Both onions and leeks are flying now, after planting out a fortnight ago.

Totty

Totty were do you get your onion ties from

[Totty]

Medwyns of Anglesea. A few quid for a hundred. Work a treat!

Totty

[New shoot]

My onion seedlings moved from the unheated greenhouse to the seedling cloche about a week ago.  A bit more gradual hardening off and to the plot they will go 

They have had a liquid feed to keep then going in their modules and I will probably give them a couple more before they go out.

[mumofstig]

How about a few piccies, pretty please. Mine look very sad - dunno if that's par for the course right now 

[New shoot]

I'll grab a piccie this afternoon, but mine are fairly puny looking as well    Totty's turbo charged plants will make them look particularly pathetic 

[New shoot]

As promised, New shoot's onion seedling forest.  I think I may have overdone things here and not all of them may get planted out   

[Annen]

Mine are looking a bit disorganised since I transplanted them into bigger modules, but they seem to be getting their act together.  Nowhere near as big as Totty's, of course, but mine are not show onions.


They are having a few hours in the sunshine.

[mumofstig]

Thanks Newshoot 

Mine are laying down like yours Annen - despite not being transplanted 

[AnneB]

Thanks Newshoot 

Mine are laying down like yours Annen - despite not being transplanted 

I am so glad it's not just mine that have taken to lying down.   Mine look very similar.  Feeling reassured.