2013 Onion Growing Challenge

Hi all, sorry I'm late but life chucked me an onion curve ball, my son has Cystic Fibrosis and has been infected by a microbe called Cepacia, he's in hozy at the mo for IV's to try and erradicate it, most antibiotics wont touch it tho, on looking into how/where he could have picked the bug up it seems the microbe is all over, but found in onion white root rot, it also fixs nitrogen on the roots of other plants.

So I've held fire, I wont risk planting anything in doors, I'll be up hozy with him until next weekend, then I think I'll seed the lovely Loli's seeds at my mates house, I know he'll be up for that, so I'm hoping to join the contest still, just a little late.

hope you all have a good crimbo, PP.

 

Hope the little one is back on track as soon as PP.....No worries about the seeds you'll get there.....think we're on to a winner

 

Dreaded Onion white rot again! I hope your son recovers swiftly PP.

Knocks the wind out of my sails, but just going to mention that my Bedfordshire Champions are starting to make an appearance, 50 Kelsaes germinated (counted them), more to come I hope. I need to get up the allotment to prepare more onion bed but with my sisters funeral arrangements to cope with and a waterlogged allotment plot, that's a no at the moment, who said gardening or life was easy?

 

Once again Vince, just want to say that I'm sorry to hear of your loss, I'm guessing she was quite young?

Plant Potty, I dunno what to say really, other than I hope your boy recovers from what sounds like a nasty bug.

It's by no means too late to be sowing, indeed sowing later causes a lot less problems with respect to lighting and heating

 

Too young Freddy, 58, my elder sister, I'm 56.

Our mum "seems" to be dealing with it better than me and my little sis, that's got me very worried! :(

 

I've been giving mine 9.5 hrs as here http://keithfoster.wordpress.com/20...ns-time-to-move-into-the-greenhouse-19012011/ with 7 hours of that overnight on Economy 7 tariff.

My Kelsae and Robinsons Red Mammoth germination has been very poor:

 

Four days after sowing, germination has started already...will grab a few photoies over the next few days.

Steve...

 

I'm doing the 'vent thing' too John as my propagator isn't TC...thanks for reminding me i need to check i've closed them

 

Big temperature swings, can be a real pain in the 'tree'