Giant Onions 2015

my biggest onion has a stem around 1cm thick now

i'm going to have to think about how to support them once in the ground

 

Could you knock something like this up to let them grow up through?

 

Same here John,won't be planting mine out for a bit yet...

 

They look pretty good Loli Out of interest, what day/night regime have you got going?

 

Well I get up in a morning..............Oh my onions you mean...

Actually Freddy since potting on they've sat there on the bench day and night no protection apart from last night as there was a chance of frost so threw some fleece over them For all they're small they look quite sturdy compared to my last two attempts.The last 2 years I kept them in a propagator at 13 degrees and was quite strict but this time they're better without my interference

 

After a late start the Kelsaes are picking up

 

I have planted a few of mine out but got three biggest in the greenhouse still

 

I planted mine out over the bank holiday weekend

 

Looking good John I'll plant mine out this week and put a polythene screen round them too or this on and off wind will play havoc with them

 

Hi

We are newbies to onion growing and this year have grown mamouth onions from seed. After hardening off, the onions were planted outside 2 weeks ago.Should the young onions be watered and fed regularly at this stage? If so, can you recommend a good feed? Also, how do we achieve the mamouth size - do you have any tips or advice? Thanks.

 

You only need to make sure they don't dry out, they don't need a lot of watering

Personally I wouldn't feed them as it can make the bolt, but I know some of the others do.

Just planted mine out this morning

 

Thanks. Your onions are a bit bigger than mine in my raised bed.