Kitchen Garden Forum

Year after year I have read that many serious exhibition growers sow their onion seeds on Boxing Day.

I had intended to do so last year (2015) but it was February 2016 before I got round to it as I could not obtain any Kelsae onion seed as a result of which I tried both Mammoth and Bedford Champion, neither of which overly impressed me as much as Kelsae has in the past

As the shortage of Kelsae seed is still applicable, today I am going to sow 'Exhibition' and see what happens.

I also have some young Bedford Champion under cold frame which were sown in October by way of experiment

Well, I've just this minute found half a bag of sprouting baby onions...they'd fallen down into the bottom of my seed storage bag. The green sprouts are about half an inch long so I think I'll just pop them into the ground and see what happens. Don't know what make they are - but they were from Wilko's and I bought them last year.

Probably best to change out of my pyjamas first though (it was a long day yesterday)

Job done. 120 D T Brown 'Exhibition' onion seed sown in individual modules.

Packet was part of bargain purchase Mrs Snip made of D T Brown seeds for 2017 season, made at the Malvern autumn show.
£2.99 per packet, purchased for £1.
As were all the other peas, beans, etc. etc. ( almost complete seed requirements for 2017) she purchased

Timely reminder Pa! Cheers!

Westi