[New shoot]

Well nearly midsummer (at least by the calendar - the weather has had its own agenda  ) and I'm feeling pretty happy with these so far 



These are the ones at home.  The plot ones went out a week or so later and and not so far advanced, but this is a marathon, not a sprint.  By the end of the summer, I'm sure both lots will be much of a muchness 

[mjg000]

Didn't take a photo of my seedling onions but the "seeds" are looking very healthy.  I have a bed with red "autumn" set onions, nearly ready but only 6 - 10 have survived to adulthood.  Then a 100 or so set onions which are working hard and looking bedraggled but surviving and then the "babes" which are looking healthy but yet to catch up in size.  Still watering, should I stop watering the red (autumn) ones now?

[sunshineband]

Apart from being  a bit wind-blown, mine are looking OK now, and should soon start bulking up as the days tip over mid-summer.

I have given them some Epsom salts, straight into the ground, as this, plus chicken manure pellets, seemed to boost the Autumn onions well,

The magnesium helps strengthen cell walls and the sulphur improves flavour, so what's to lose? 

[compostqueen]

I have mine in ☺ looking good for now.   I have a prob with rabbits digging things up😕

[Annen]

My blades of grass have suddenly started to fill out...




...and with a bit of imagination could look like a red banana shallot...




...albeit a small one...

[chillimummy]

My blades of grass are growing but are still not particularly big 

[jaydig]

Mine are really making great strides now the weather has improved. They started out looking very pathetic compared to the sets planted by a lot of my neighbours. I have noticed, however, that a lot of the sets have started to bolt, but so far, touch wood, none of mine have. The only gaps I have in the rows is where I have decapitated the odd one with the hoe. EVERY year I promise myself that I will allow more space between them, and EVERY year I fail utterly.  The worst think is that I just know that I'm going to do it, but I carry on pushing the hoe regardless. I think the timing between my eyes and my brain needs adjusting.

[AnneB]

Mine are still quite pathetic.   I am putting it down to the weather.

[surbie100]

Mine are mostly starting to look like mini-onions, I am so pleased with them. Thanks NewShoot for the encouragement.
Only one is jiggered and from the paw prints the allotment cat might have had a lie-down on them...

[dave43]

 hi all
 mine are starting to fill out and looking round the site at the sets planted by others it seems the sets are not doing very well. also my sets are hopeless. third row from right are the sets

[chillimummy]

My red onions from seed are looking great at the moment. Don't think they will ever be big but happy that I actually grew them from seed 

[Ma Lowe]

I haven't posted for a while but wanted to show you the onions I dug up today that I grew from seed.

[dave43]

hi nows the time.
       just harvested my red onions from seed, not a bad result. as a first time with seed  i was mildly surprised at the results. some small and not a lot of large onions but mostly useable. pity I only planted  two rows of reds and concentrated on sets. the red sets have all bolted and not a lot of use. so no sets next year and will save own seed and do this again.
dave

[cadalot]

Here are my onions from seed on the allotment, and then at home out to dry.
I'm very happy with them and will defiantly do it again.

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

[Snoop]

I've just picked my Figueres onions. Not a bad result. It's a pink-hued, slightly flattish variety and most are around 20 cm in diameter, some are quite a bit larger and a few are a bit smaller. Given that they've only been in the ground for three months, I'm quite pleased, though Mr Snoop said they weren't up to our usual standards. Normally Figueres will grow bigger and for a few weeks longer, but recent conditions have been awful (over 40 ºC in the shade) for weeks and (confession time) I didn't water them one morning a couple of weeks back after a shower but the rainfall wasn't enough and they were really flagging by the end of the day.

Figueres is a favourite of mine for cooking. I used one last night... Delicious. Even Mr Snoop commented as I was chopping it up that it almost smelt of garlic.