[New shoot]

Some nice crops    Mine are still going strong so will be in the ground a while longer.  They are huge compared to the picture I posted about a month ago.  I'll get an updated one on here soon as I can.

When do we start the seed off for the over wintered onions?

Now that's the sort of enthusiasm we like to see 

I've got some seed for overwintering ones this year as well.  I was going to leave it until next month, but I've not tried these from seed before, so will await advice from a japanese onion guru 

[vegbot]

Grown Alisa Craig from seed and my plants look healthy with lots of green leaf but have no bulb at  all.  Look more like leeks.  anybody know why this is? 

[Annen]

Two of my red banana shallots were blown out of the ground by the winds the other night.  When I looked they had no roots and the base was all mouldy.  Grr! I thought I had got away with it this year.

[Steveharford]

My Rose de Roscoff onions were somehow just perched on the soil. I just went along the rows and simply lifted them off. Strange that they hadn't flopped over. Fortunately no white rot though. Very pleased as I have grown them specifically for 'french' onion soup !

[tosca100]

Had problems with all my onions this year, one lot went to seed and the rest were chomped on by (maybe) mole crickets.

My seed sown did not too badly until they too got chomped which seems to stop them growing. Will try again next year and hope it's a bad year for the critters

[mjg000]

Wednesday 22nd July
Just received 3 packets of seed from the Real seed catalogue....

"Paris Early White" an overwintering onion suitable for sowing on 18th August;
 
Sturion... "quite cold hardy so worth trying as an overwintering crop too";
 
Feast" a white stem spring onion for sowing in the Spring.

Very happy with the way my seed sown onions are looking on the plot, not huge yet but very healthy.[/list][/list]

[New shoot]

Globo still growing away at home.  Keys are there for scale.  I haven't been watering these at all, although looking at the forecast today, they should get a good dousing 

[tosca100]

They look lovely...but....don't you grow weeds?

[New shoot]

They look lovely...but....don't you grow weeds?

Oh yes, but I weeded the raised bed before I took the picture, so you all thought I was super neat and tidy   

You note I didn't risk a picture of the ones on the plot 

[tosca100]

Ah, that's OK then. I might have missed a couple due to purslane a thicket.

[kitch]

Luv onions, grow from sets, seeds and Japanese types from seed thro winter put sum in poly tunnel last year they only did same as them outside, luv experimenting thrown a lot away but that's gardening. Have a nice wet day everyone

[cadalot]

Luv onions, grow from sets, seeds and Japanese types from seed thro winter put sum in poly tunnel last year they only did same as them outside, luv experimenting thrown a lot away but that's gardening. Have a nice wet day everyone

What Japanese types do you grow from seed and when do you start them off?

[kitch]

Growing mamouth ones this year wow

[luke34]

Kelsae  Onions sown on new years day and planted out on March 29

[TheWhiteRabbit]

Here are my Kelsae - still got a fair bit of growing to do.



My shallots from seed (Zebrune)...still bulking up: