A few pics and a question about onions

Hi all, here are some pics of my broad beans, herbs, rhubarb, squash & courgette and my very first galia melon (very proud).

Everything is doing well now apart from my cucumbers which I gave up on which brings me on to my question about onions. I planted a load of onion seeds a while back but nothing grew and I was wondering if there is any chance they may still grow now the weather is warmer and sunnier or should I just forget them?

Thanks

Sam

 

looking good Sam Well done on the Mellon, mines just sitting looking sad on the windowsill.

The onion seeds probably rotted in the monsoon.

 

Without knowing what variety of onion you've sown?

Maincrop onions should be sown in modules late December/ Early January at about 10c in temperature and planted out March/April into a bed prepared the previous autumn!

So sorry to hear about your failure with them BUT we haven't had the best of weather onion wise this year, my Bedfordshire Champions, grown from seed, have started bolting, never done that before and VERY unusual with onions raised from seed.

My Kelsaes and Long Red Florence are doing OK but I won't be beating my record this year though............ Or will I ?

 

That damn wet weather drowned my outside tomatoes and peppers, think I would have done better planting rice?

The allotment has been an almost waste of time, I'm getting masses of courgettes and quite a few beans but £20 worth of seed spuds seem to have bitten the dust (good job I made contingency plans?), those in my small garden patch will give me something to plant next year if JBA can't come up with the goods?

I'm not going to get the 5kg onion I wanted this year but will settle for 5 1kg ones instead and I seem on track for that!

Gardening is so un-predictable, that's why I love it!

 

My onions grown from seed appear to have given up growing this year.
I've known it to happen in dry years but I guessing its just been too miserable and not really warm enough.
That mellon looks great Sam, are you sure its galia, looks a bit like a watermellon to me.

 

My onions grown from seed this year are looking fairly good, given the conditions this year.
Sam, if your onion seed haven't even made an appearance, then forget about them, and plan for next year. As Vince says, you can sow around December/January. For this you will need some heat/light. However, I tend to sow mine probably around early March. Bear in mind, Vince is into exhibition onions, and I'm assuming you just want 'decent' results? Growing onions is a bit of an art in itself, but not difficult to get reasonable results. Many use 'sets', but I'm not a fan myself, as many just bolt(go to seed), and in the long run, sets don't measure up to seed grown. Having said that, sets ARE easy. You just push them in, and away they go. It all depends on how seriously you want to take it

Cheers...Freddy

Edit : Onion seed sown in March will still need some heat/good light

 

Yes I grow exhibition Kelsaes BUT not for exhibition! I also grow other varieties too!

Long Red Florence and Bedfordshire Champion..........

I grow for taste and the myth Kelsaes won't store is just that.... a myth!

I grow all my onions from seed and with the exception of this years "Beds", never had a problem.

Would I grow from sets? I could say simply "NO" Will say an emphatic NO, if you want the best, grow from seed! Just make sure you have a well prepared bed.

I'm by no means an expert but I do ok!