[mdjlucan]

sowd the seeds about 3-4 weeks ago  i put the 100 seeds down  i think it was to much first time for me  but not a seedling in sight i sowd the seeds strat in to the grand under glass i think iv lost tham

[Nige2Plots]

There's still hope. I sowed mine under glass three weeks ago and they are just beginning to show!

[Chrysalis]

That's another job to add to my list! Thanks guys  :blink:

[mumofstig]

They can't grow until conditions are right, the soil may need to warm up a bit more first. ....yes Googled.............. onions need at least 10'C.
I think you sowed too early, so you may have to start again

[Lottie Mary]

I tried the same variety in autumn last year and didn't have any luck  

Just a thought but some seeds do take a while to germinate and it has still been quite cold...  Keep an eye out - they may surprise you yet.

[mdjlucan]

can i re seed over them if i do not get no show from them

[mumofstig]

yes, but you know what will happen then don't you? They'll all come up 
It always happens 

[Junie]

I tried the same variety in autumn last year and didn't have any luck  

Just a thought but some seeds do take a while to germinate and it has still been quite cold...  Keep an eye out - they may surprise you yet.

They do 2 different varieties of White Lisbon, a summer and winter.  Was it the winter on that you tried in the Autumn?  I bought some last year, but did not get round to putting any in.  Was going to try this year.

[arugula]

I tried the same variety in autumn last year and didn't have any luck  

Just a thought but some seeds do take a while to germinate and it has still been quite cold...  Keep an eye out - they may surprise you yet.

We sowed the same in our polytunnel around last October and they only started showing a few weeks ago.

[Lottie Mary]

I tried the same variety in autumn last year and didn't have any luck  

Just a thought but some seeds do take a while to germinate and it has still been quite cold...  Keep an eye out - they may surprise you yet.

They do 2 different varieties of White Lisbon, a summer and winter.  Was it the winter on that you tried in the Autumn?  I bought some last year, but did not get round to putting any in.  Was going to try this year.

Yes, it was the winter variety.  I did get seedlings, but they never fully developed.  It was my first try at growing anything over winter, so I put it down to my inexperience.  I planted Pak Choi at the same time and had loads of that, just no spring onions   

[BabbyAnn]

I did get seedlings, but they never fully developed.  It was my first try at growing anything over winter, so I put it down to my inexperience. 

I think this is perfectly normal - by sowing them in autumn, they have already started to grow and then they go dormant over winter and start to bulk up in spring when it gets warmer.  That way you crop them earlier than spring sown seeds.

[stompy]

I start mine off in pots of compost.
3" pot filled with multipurpose compost sow a good sprinkling of seeds (30 or so) then water and wait until they start to germinate.
Use a bulb planter and plant the whole thing out in the plot, do this every couple of weeks and you will have a constant supply through the main growing season, and if you you have a greenhouse you'll get them most the year round.

[Chrysalis]

I start mine off in pots of compost.
3" pot filled with multipurpose compost sow a good sprinkling of seeds (30 or so) then water and wait until they start to germinate.
Use a bulb planter and plant the whole thing out in the plot, do this every couple of weeks and you will have a constant supply through the main growing season, and if you you have a greenhouse you'll get them most the year round.

Thanks, Stompy.  What a great idea.  I'll try it tomorrow.

[Mr Rotavator]

I start mine off in pots of compost.
3" pot filled with multipurpose compost sow a good sprinkling of seeds (30 or so) then water and wait until they start to germinate.
Use a bulb planter and plant the whole thing out in the plot, do this every couple of weeks and you will have a constant supply through the main growing season, and if you you have a greenhouse you'll get them most the year round.

Brilliant, this is the way forward for me.

Thanks 

[SkipRat]

I start mine off in pots of compost.
3" pot filled with multipurpose compost sow a good sprinkling of seeds (30 or so) then water and wait until they start to germinate.
Use a bulb planter and plant the whole thing out in the plot, do this every couple of weeks and you will have a constant supply through the main growing season, and if you you have a greenhouse you'll get them most the year round.

Brilliant, this is the way forward for me.

Good Tip Stompy, I,ll be doing it this way from now on, like all good ideas, simple but effective...

Thanks