Re: Vegaholics anonymous & onions

  I have never tried growing onions from seed
> before, but
> I want to try this spring.  They are so much cheaper than sets, and there
> looks to
> be a wider variety available.  I have at least 120 frost free days each
> summer.
>      My main question is, how many days before the last expected frost
> can I
> put onion seeds in the ground, if any?  
>     
>      Stan         the cheap and lazy gardener 
>      Colorado, Zone 5? 5200ft.  (That's 5200 feet above sea level, I am
> not a millipede)
>      
Stan, onions need a long season.I have been growing onions from seed for
several years. This year I started them off in pots, 3 seeds to a pot,
no thinning, no pricking out. Owing to atrocious weather they had to
stay in those pots so I fed them and they grew quite nicely, they went
out at the end of June, got an extra feed of nitrate of soda and were
left alone. They were by far my best crop yet. They beat the onion sets
easily. It's good to hear from you again. Allan, 

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Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
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