is it boxing day to sow onion seeds or just sets?

[janeyo]

I was just wondering. I do have some seeds to have a go with. I only planted sets this year and did them in late feb, and they did good.

Is it worth planting seeds late december?

janeyo

[seasprout]

2 years ago i sowed my Onion seeds on Boxing day and they did great, this year i did them just after new years day, and they did great.

It's a matter of choice and time really, unless you really need to get away from the festivities.

[Snadger]

It's just an 'aid to memory' for when you sowed them. Usually it's the show onions like Kelsae and Robinson's Mammoth that are started this early!

It's also helpful in staggering the use of your propagator by sowing stuff at regular intervals and moving plants on once germinated!

[tricky]

Its definately an aid to my memory snadger
last year christmas morning went to greenhouse with a packet of kelsae and a double .
Its a tradition ive adopted .
Sowed 50 seeds and ended up with 48 lovely onions between 2 to 5 inch round .
Still have about 5 hung up in garage.
Going to do same this year with more
thats if council pull there finger out their b****m

[pigletwillie]

I sow my onion seeds some where about Christmas time and plant out my sets in March.

Onions seeds sown will be

Rose de Roscoff
Pigletwillies banana shallots
Robinsons mammoth
Kelsae
Red Pearl

Sets planted will be

Sturon or Setton
Hative de Niort

[Matt.]

Whats the best moon day after Christmas?

[zazen999]

For onions, 29th or 31st.

I'll be doing a thread on that day anyway. Open to all.

[tootles]

I read somewhere, to plant sets on the shortest day and harvest on the longest.
(but what do I know, all mine bolted!)

[zazen999]

I read somewhere, to plant sets on the shortest day and harvest on the longest.
(but what do I know, all mine bolted!)

That's garlic I think...

[janeyo]

So I can sow the onions on the same day as the toms we have also been talking about

janeyo

[nick the grief]

It's not and Aide m�moire guys it's an excuse to get out of the washing up ... always works for me but don't tell Mrs G

[Snadger]

It's not and Aide m�moire.............................

Thats the posh term I was thinking of!

[Kayt]

Very new to this but have found a packet of onion seeds so want to have a go at growing from seed. My question is do they need to be somewhere warm such as indoors on the windowsill or can they go in the cold frame on the lottie?

[burnie]

Very new to this but have found a packet of onion seeds so want to have a go at growing from seed. My question is do they need to be somewhere warm such as indoors on the windowsill or can they go in the cold frame on the lottie?

I always start off with some warmth to aid germination,harden off after pricking out into individual pots.Cold frame about March time works for me

[Kayt]

Good job I've got wide windowsills, just need to keep the cat and grandchildren off them
Thanks