Thread: In The Garden 2020

1.5 inches for seeds seems really deep to me????

I 'think' 1/4" to 1/2" deeps seems to be mostly recommended.

Perhaps this link will help--

https://www.burpee.com/vegetables/on...rod000779.html

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I 'think' 1/4" to 1/2" deeps seems to be mostly recommended.

Perhaps this link will help--

https://www.burpee.com/vegetables/on...rod000779.html

This doesn't show planting them in the fall?

Most articles I've found don't show that you can plant in the fall. Many even show starting indoors then transplanting in the spring.

As I said: Years ago the Italians would plant in the spring but once they found that they could plant in the fall, they got bigger onions and they could also plant in the spring to extend the season.

Since it's cooler where you are than here and have harder winters, I'd plant some right now and then some in the spring, maybe even trying the transplant thing. You've got lots of seeds to play with!

Cleaned out a small area and gave the onions a go.

They haven't sprouted yet?????? LOL

I planted a few yesterday just for shites and giggles. I've read that depending on temperature anywhere between 4 days and 10 days--

I am seeing a few sprouts that might look like onions............

I am not going to pull them as weeds quite yet! LOL

I also have a few grass like things that might actually be onions. but my little container also has a shite pot of what I'm sure are weeds trying to grow

I'll try to get some pics after a bit more time.

By the way-----I've never grown onion seeds to plant. The closest I've done was when I planted Chives and they would go to seed and propagate themselves. So I do hope I did everything correctly.

I 'think' that I do have a few onion sprouts coming up. I'd set a sprinkler and forgot about it and I found the planter full of water so I'm not real confident but here's a pic from today.



I'm thinking that the green sprouts in the RED square are actual onion sprouts since they are in a fairly straight line. The one on the left in the WHITE circle is a 'Definite Maybe'-----------------

The area in the shadow shows the weeds I posted about. Damn things just keep coming up

You probably can't see them but if you really look close I see 28.