2013 Onion Growing Challenge

I'm planning to re-pot mine today. Just need to buy some fresh compost and I'm not sure what to get looking at all the compost threads we have on here Maybe B&Q Verve.

 

The black plastic has raised the temp of the soil a couple of degrees, I'll be planting my sets today in one half of the bed.

 

I like your netting Vince, I'd forgotten about keeping out animals. A couple of years ago fox cubs played roly-poly in my onion bed, broke all the tops off.

 

Repotted mine, they had good root systems. If you recall I used a product called 'Rootgrow (mycorrhizal fungi)' on half of mine, I can't see any visible difference so far, they all looked like this:




They are all in my unheated greenhouse now, they are too big for my grow-lights:

 

Oh I should have mentioned I had a bit of a job repotting them, the leaves are very floppy and I bent a few in the process which I think will die off. I think it's going to be even more tricky doing the final planting, I guess they will just keep producing new leaves.

 

I think they will do better in the greenhouse now, I wonder if mine were getting a bit lax/floppy due to being indoors under artificial light all the time?

 

I agree with you Loli.

I could see the roots starting to poke out the bottom of the pots, so I assumed mine needed potting on.

Did you manage to get the pot off without damaging the plant itself? Mine didn't like being flipped over. You must have a better technique than me.