The 2018 Onion Growing Challenge

[zigs]

Looking good Ian

Go steady on the water, don't want damping off fungus or Chuck will be round covering you in cornmeal

Mine a minute ago

 

[Ian]

Looking good

Go steady on the water, don't want damping off fungus

Yeah, they were a little sodden yesterday - they're looking a little drier now thankfully .

 

[zigs]

Looking good



Yeah, they were a little sodden yesterday - they're looking a little drier now thankfully .

I'll lower Chuck to defcon 5 then

 

[CanadianLori]

A couple of my spanish onion seeds have germinated !

 

[zigs]

A couple of my spanish onion seeds have germinated !

Muy bien

 

[zigs]

 

[Becky]

I'm looking forward to seeing how everyone gets on!

@Ian has an onion addiction, so he's very excited about growing giant ones!

 

[zigs]

He'll love the kelsaes

 

[SeniorCitizen]

An old lady one day gave me (btw, she had lived in this neighborhood since before it was a neighborhood) some onion plants, the variety of which I've yet to ID, so I planted them and they seemed to die, but as winter approached they sprouted and flourished. Since that time they have come back every time this time of year and last until mid spring.

This old lady died suddenly soon after giving me these plants; I didn't really know her well, but I can't help but to think she knew she wasn't going to be around much longer when she gave me these plants. She always had somethings growing in her backyard and I regret I didn't know her better.

That nice lady gave you a start of multiplier / winter onions.

 

[Palladini]

I am growin 4 or 5 type of Onions this year, In pots. The seeds all came my Salsa Garden Seed Kit from Seeds.com

 

[zigs]

Potted the seedlings on

Ignore the sets on the left, bringing them on early for the Melplash show

 

[Ian]

Ignore the sets on the left, bringing them on early for the Melplash show

Haha, I took a look at the photo before reading the text... I was wondering what you'd been feeding them to get them that far along already .

 

[zigs]

Tee hee

 

[Becky]

@Ian's onions are not looking good unfortunately! They had too much water at first and then too little To be fair to him, it has been a busy and stressful time what with my illness and recent treatment.

I've decided to rescue them, but I'm not sure if they're too far gone. Some of them have good growth, but it's very delicate and doesn't stand upright. I've moved them to a cooler spot and I'll keep a close eye on the water situation, but do you think it's worth just starting again from scratch?

 

[zigs]

As long as the roots didn't die they should pick up

You could sow some more as back ups, even if they don't get big enough you'll have a very fat hubby