Advice on planting scallions please!
I've never really tried growing onions before, but would like to grow some scallions, something we use a lot. The seed I selected is called Evergreen Bunching, specifically for scallions.
Our January-February night low temperatures range from -4 °C to +4 °C, but mostly a couple degrees above freezing. Day high temperature ranges from 7 to 18 °C.
A local gardening columnist recommends "Onions are completely hardy; put them out as soon as the soil can be worked in mid- to late- winter. Start them from seed sown directly in the garden, from seedling transplants (called stick-outs), or from onion sets..."
I sowed directly into the ground about 2 weeks ago (December 14), per packet instructions. So far, nothing has come up. We had mostly warm weather for this time of year, but had one dip just before Christmas that was about -5 °C at night.
Am I expecting to see sprouting seeds too early? Is it likely our cold snap killed anything that sprouted? Other thoughts?