onion sets in modules

[goldwolf]

I set half my onion sets off in modules in the greenhouse today.
and will plant the other half stright into the garden when the weather is warmer,
if anyone has done this befor was there any differance when it came to harvesting them? also did the ones grown in modules tend to run to seed quicker?
thanks

[lottie dolly]

did some in modules last year,and they were fine,in fact they caught up with the ones i put straight into the soil a few weeks before,so,from now on it's modules,i started some of yesterday undercover,I find it much easier than sets direct in the ground,because you then know where they are,and the birds cannot pull them out,and no,nothing bolted,and they stored the same as the others,still got a few left

[bobleponge]

First year I grew onions I did a rough half/half thing, for space reasons. The only real difference I noticed was as LD just said, the birds couldnt dig up the ones grown in modules as they were so much bigger when planted out.
No real difference in bolting, size, flavour or date of readiness that I noticed.

[Plot10]

I've been planting in modules for 3 years now, simply because my plot doesn't really dry out till mid-April. My onions have been great and were one of the few real successes last year.

[gojiberry]

I cover all bases and still fail with the onions. I have some sets planted last October, I have seed sown in January. I have sets in modules and at the moment they all seem to be doing fine. The seed sown is the smallest of them all but is supposed to produce the biggest onions.

Ian