Giant onions 2016

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    Pricked mine out yesterday, they have made a good root system compared to my 'normal' onions from seed:
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    Still under the growlamps:
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      Looking good @JWK

      I'm hoping to repot mine sometime this week.
       
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        Mine are at the 4 leaf stage now:
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          Theyre coming on fab @JWK!
          Mine havent changed a great deal at all since i repotted :sad: Not sure where Ive gone wrong:scratch:
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            Those pots look a bit too large for the size of seedling maybe, but more likely the difference is mine are under grow lamps for 14 hrs/day.
             
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              I still have some to repot, so will try those in smaller pots. Thankyou :)
               
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                :wallbanging:RIP onions...none of them made it! :cool::scratch:
                 
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                  Oh Bother :sad:
                   
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                  Got about 8 come up from my second sowing.

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                  Not sure how the first lot are doing as I planted them out in Thomas Hardy's garden, bet the bloke's made soup from them by now.
                   
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                    Whar? Pricked them out. Oh no ..I haven't dkne that. How is it done please?
                     
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                    Pricking out is the process of moving a bunch of seedlings whilst they are young into individual pots, you have to be gentle - make sure the pot is well watered as it helps teasing apart the seedlings. Handle carefully by the leaves not the stem (as it's easy to crush and kill a plant that way). Some people use a pencil or you can buy special tools to yank out the seedlings and separate them, personally I just use my fingers.
                     
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                      Oh, thank you for explaining that. I was worried it meant some kind of mini pruning:redface:

                      I put my seeds in soil blocks and try to only get one per block. :)
                       
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                        Ah so no 'pricking out' is needed. You'll need to 'pot on' when they out grow their blocks.
                         
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                          I put them in plastic drinking cups a few weeks back and have larger pots ready for them when they grow big enough.

                          Just so glad I didn't miss an important step :phew:
                           
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                          It was a lovely day today so mine went outside for some proper sunshine:
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