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I want to try growing onions from seed this year.....but how soon should I sow them? I live in Northumberland and have a heated propogator...but once they come out of there ... they will be going in a large unheated polytunnel...advice from those of you who've done this before would be really welcome....  :D

not done before butt i am going to be putting seed directly into soil march when things have warmed.

depends on the type, I've planted winter hardy spring onions in pots and globe onions to try, again in pots, on the windowsill, I've covered a bit of land in the poly and will plant them and throw a bit of fleece on if it's freezing  ;D

Now is as good a time as any.

see here; http://tinyurl.com/yzxd7y

Thanks for that... I'm going to sow some tonight....first seed sowing of the year, very exciting!!

I grew some red onion seed from seed for the first time last year, although they were not huge, it was not a bad crop. I have got some started in a heated propogator at the moment

the best ones we grew from seed were long red florence

Quote from: Squashmad on January 23, 2007, 10:47:51
.....but how soon should I sow them? .... 

The traditional day for monster exhibition ones is Boxing Day. For a normal crop early March indoors is soon enough or outdoors when the soil warms up - try the bottom test!  :D

Phil

Okra, I put some red onion seed into a heated propogator today too & wonder what to do with them when they come up.  Can I pot them on & put them into an unheated greenhouse?  The conservatory is getting a bit full.

Marymary I will transfer mine into an unheated g/house but I will probably wait a week or so to allow them to get a bit more established.