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Post by andy on Dec 15, 2013 9:09:20 GMT
If you wanted to get some nice big onions, especially for the show bench, now's the time to get them sown. I'll be sowing 'mammoth improved' and 'Bedforshire champion' and putting them in the heated prop.
They shouldn't take long to germinate and will be ready for thinning or pricking out when they get to the "crook" stage or when the leaves form a crook.
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Post by Ladygardener on Dec 15, 2013 16:45:33 GMT
I've done this in winter before and had poor results andy. We did have the boxing day thread a few years ago. I only sow spring onions now and buy sets for my main crops. Good luck 'tho. |
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Post by andy on Dec 29, 2013 9:06:02 GMT
All germinating nicely in the heated prop. I sowed 2 seeds per "fibre pot" so i just need to take one seedling out and allow the other to grow on.
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Post by Tig on Dec 29, 2013 16:03:30 GMT
Good luck Andy. I've never done very well with them and I'm having to limit what members of the allium family I grow at the moment having been plagued by the allium leaf miner  |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Jan 22, 2014 20:23:22 GMT
I generally sow 'Santero' which is a smallish onion excellent for containers and raised beds. I've had good results sowing in mid-February, but might have a go at sowing them now as Andy suggests.
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 25, 2014 11:39:52 GMT
I have a wild onion going to my amazement. Moeslook in Dutch. It is on the red list so I hope to keep it going.
Other onions will have to wait but maybe mid February does work so I will try some in a tray.
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