Frenchmen stringing Roscoff Onions

[strawberry tart]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DiLm7_G ... ed&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9uSDMiF ... ed&search=
A picture speaks a thousand words..S.T.

[alan refail]

We have Roscoff onions every year in these parts. Fortunately Sioni Winwns (Onion Johnny) still brings them across as his predecessors did in 1958.

http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/blowup1/22716

[vivienz]

Good posting, ST. The older chap had a much more stylish method, no doubt honed through years of practice.

I meant to ask - when do you sow your seed & what conditions/medium do you use?

Thanks,
Vivien

[STEVE PARTRIDGE]

Hi Strawberry Tart, great videos and as Vivienz says the Old Chap is the best, you can see the years of experience in his work it's a shame that traditions like this are fast disappearing, regards Steve.

[strawberry tart]

Hi Vivien, I sow about the third week in January in my greenhouse with a bit of heat in modules. (then I pot them on into the inserts that you can buy for full seed trays.I think the 15's are about right or the 12's)grow them on,harden them off towards the end of March,plant them out early April.Should be much the same for where you are too Vivien.I mix my own compost using moss peat vitax Q4 and some lime, but any good seed/potting compost is fine, Westlands is usually ok. The thing with any compost is to make sure its fresh and not old and water sodden which is all too common in some garden centres. I always sieve the compost for seed sowing and cover the seeds with vermiculite. All the best S.T.
Tks Steve I thought they were great too...S.T.

[strawberry tart]

Something for the men.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVljWHTKjNs