[CluelessCarrot]

G'day all 

I'm new here, so hello to all! This is my first year growing veggies. It's enormous fun. However, I may have THE most ridiculous question to ask (please don't laugh):

Does one onion seed produce one onion, or several? The variety I'm growing is Ailsa Craig.

Thanks!

[DD.]

One.

Or in my case, 10 seeds produce one onion.

[mumofstig]

Dis the cats get them or just bad germination?

[DD.]

Only joking!

Actually quite good. Got about 200 plants. Mind you, I forgot I'd bought the seeds and went and got sets as well!

[Parsnip]

I thought Ailsa craig were Tomatoes...?..

I'm definitely growing Ailsa craig toms...

[barney rubble]

G'day all 

I'm new here, so hello to all! This is my first year growing veggies. It's enormous fun. However, I may have THE most ridiculous question to ask (please don't laugh):

Does one onion seed produce one onion, or several? The variety I'm growing is Ailsa Craig.

Thanks!

I'm new to lots of veg growing too and asked the same question about onion and shalot bulbs  so don't feel as if you're on your own!

[DD.]

I thought Ailsa craig were Tomatoes...?..

I'm definitely growing Ailsa craig toms...

They're both!!

(Also a Scottish island!).

[barney rubble]

I thought Ailsa craig were Tomatoes...?..

I'm definitely growing Ailsa craig toms...

You get both Parsnip. I'm growing the toms too, but went for other varieties in the onion sets

[Yorkie]

Hi Clueless Carrot and welcome to the site 

Don't know much about onions but am also from York - do you have a lotty and if so which site?  I'm on Scarcroft

Feel free to pop into the Welcome section and say hi properly, you'll get lots of hi's back 

[Parsnip]

I thought Ailsa craig were Tomatoes...?..

I'm definitely growing Ailsa craig toms...

They're both!!

(Also a Scottish island!).

Thank gawd for that...I was getting worried I'd got a duff batch...

Thanks for the geography lesson dad....

You see Cluless carrot, you're not the only one who's learning...

[CluelessCarrot]

Hi Clueless Carrot and welcome to the site 

Don't know much about onions but am also from York - do you have a lotty and if so which site?  I'm on Scarcroft

Feel free to pop into the Welcome section and say hi properly, you'll get lots of hi's back 

I have dug over half of my garden, no lotty for me, I'm afraid. I live about 5 minutes walk away from Scarcroft lotties though (walked past there on a wild goose chase to save some tadpoles a few weeks ago; hmmm, maybe that should have been a wild tadpole chase!)

[Salmo]

If you are thinking of sowing onion seeds now to produce bulbs you are too late. They need to be sown in Feb/March.

You may still be able to find onion sets in a garden centre. It is plenty late enough for sets but if you hurry you will get a crop of some sort.

[Veggie Virgin]

onion seeds - I thought these had to be sown on Christmas Day....  I think Feb/Mar may be too late?

[Salmo]

I know my onions!

Onions only need to be sown that early if you are after monster bulbs and have a posh greenhouse. Mine go in the ground late Feb/early March as the soil allows. This year 23rd Feb, looking good.

[CluelessCarrot]

The onion seeds were planted some time ago, I just wanted to know about their yield.
Thanks