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I planted some Onion seeds in the garden, on the 28th February, Red Baron, Rijnsburger 5 and some Paris silverskin, my book says 21 days germination and I can see none of them showing.

Does that mean they've rotted?
Am I too late to start more indoors?

soil has been so slow to warm up this year...I think they may still come up..just late...
It is not too late for sowing..but I would do in tray instead..quicker and less chance anything attacking them..

In my opinion you sowed them far too early outdoors!

As goodlife says the ground the ground won't be warm enough at this time.

Have a read of this;

http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Onions/Onions.htm

On the 13th March 1967, when I was 21, there had been a spell of warm weather and I had dug a large vegetable patch in clay soil in the garden of my father's new house in Grimsby.

I sowed a large variety of seeds against his advice and some weeks later after a spell of miserable, cold wet weather, the whole lot had to be sown again.

A valuable lesson learned, that unless you have very light soil and access to protection if necessary, hold your horses!

http://allaboutallotments.com/index.html

Agree totally with the all the previous posts - my seeds were sown in a prop with warmth for germination, lost the first lot but the second lot were cossetted in the second bedroom then moved to a frost-free greenhouse and only just hardening them off this week ready for the plot.

Ninny

I can see 4 growing in the garden now.  ::)
However I did resow indoors and they are also germinating. ;D.
Thanks everyone, lesson learned.