Sowing onion seeds

[nick the grief]

look vaguley rude Piglet

[pigletwillie]

Batteries not included Nick

[pigletwillie]

Here are a couple of piccies of the 2006 onion crop from seed, in one of them you can see the banana shallot seed crop. The seed was sown in very early January

[Poledragon]

Ooh, I spotted some of those shallots the other day - might have been Lidl just before xmas - they looked great. Will have to go back and buy a few for seed.

I got all my seed pots from www.alanromans.com last year and ordered this year's from him in Dec. Onion and shallots I got from Kings seeds. Have saved a batch of shallots to replant this year. Am intending on sowing onions at the end of Jan into 48 module trays I got from www.lbsgardendirect.co.uk last year. No idea of the varieties though - I need to go dig through my seed fridge and sort out everything first.

Doesn't help being 8 and a half months pregnant either...

Kris

[nick the grief]

It wouldn't help me at all

Welcome to the Vine Poledragon

[madderbat]

...seed fridge....

Welcome Poledragon,
I didn't know I needed one of those! You sound very experienced Look forward to sharing your wisdom. Hope you find the vine a comfortable place to be, especially with a sprout on the way.

[nick the grief]

I've got one MB, I let mrs G use some for the Milk & veggies

[pigletwillie]

How posh is that, having a seed fridge. Welcome poledragon.

[nick the grief]

( I use the butter compartment )

[Janette]

Onions from seed

I grew Red Baron from seed last year and had fantastic success. A bit of a pain planted them all out and I took Geoff Hamilton's advise when i got bored and planted them in a clump and harvested like shallotts. Big talking poing having red pickled onions

[Earthbabe]

Ah, had forgotten about planting onion seed. Have some Bedfordshire Champion to try. Donated by my mum who picked up a huge wodge of seeds at a car boot last summer. Was thinking about making space for the propagator yesterday so that's another job reminded of. What else to plant in heat now?????

[pigletwillie]

I grew them last year EB, not as big as some but excellent onions and stored well.

[Earthbabe]

Goodie, have remembered I've also got some Giant Zittau

[Hazel at the Hill]

Onions from seed ...

Ok, you clever grapes - I've a packet of onion seed (Ailsa Craig) but have already about 3 zillion onion sets to go out.....my question is, can I sow the Ailsa Craig and pull them as spring onions, or should I go the whole hog and buy a bicycle, stripy top and a beret?

[pigletwillie]

Do you want the polite answer Hazel or the "Zoo" answer?