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Title: Sowing onion seeds early April?
Post by: the_snail on March 26, 2013, 11:30:25

I have not yet sown my onion seeds as I normally sow them early march but this nice spring weather (end sarcasm) has really put me off. I would like to grow from seed this year is there still time to sow and get a good crop?

Thanks

Title: Re: Sowing onion seeds early April?
Post by: Stevens706 on March 26, 2013, 12:03:01

I normall sow onions and leeks Jan / early Feb, if you sow now you will still get a crop just a bit smaller, you could always plant some sets as well to cover all bases

Title: Re: Sowing onion seeds early April?
Post by: the_snail on March 27, 2013, 03:48:41

Quote from: Stevens706 on March 26, 2013, 12:03:01
I normall sow onions and leeks Jan / early Feb, if you sow now you will still get a crop just a bit smaller, you could always plant some sets as well to cover all bases

Thanks :)

Title: Re: Sowing onion seeds early April?
Post by: George the Pigman on March 27, 2013, 20:20:25

No problem - sow them now. I only started mine a couple of weeks ago and they are just staring to show. Sow them in small modules (two seeds per module) and pull out the weakest That means they will have less root disturbance when planted out and won't suffer a check.

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