I’m usually pretty good with my seed starting. I’ve got a light and heat setup that I’ve been modifying over the years and I almost always get good starts from my seeds, especially onions.
This year I messed up. I had two flats of yellow onions under a grow light and over a heat mat, and I didn’t pay attention for one day. That proved costly. The onions were just starting to sprout, and they got too dry and too hot. I killed off most of them. I wasn’t sure how bad things were until a few days later when it became obvious that new sprouting was pretty much over and I had lost a lot of the seeds.
I hadn’t started my red onions because the seeds were on backorder and did not arrive until almost two weeks after I had the yellow onions started. I started the reds right away and they are doing just fine.
I didn’t want to start more yellows because it was already getting too late to start more. Some will make it, and with the high volume of red starts I have, I should be okay for quantity. Unfortunately the yellow onions are better keepers, but this will be a lean year for their storage.
There’s always a lesson in mistakes, and with seed starting, diligence is paramount.
Sorry about your onions. Never tried to start them.
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It’s the first time I messed up my onions in a long, long time. Starting them from seed is actually easy, and, of course, cheaper than buying starts.
Maybe next year will try onion from seed
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Bummer! Do you sell the veggies u grow, or can/freeze etc. for friends/family ❓
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Ive never tried onions by seed, but I do enjoy starting different flower seeds. Maybe next year, I’ll give onions a try. Seed starting is amazing to me!
Sorry to hear about your “oops”! This season I had started seeds in my garage, and went out one morning to discover a mouse had feasted on all of my news sprouts! I might have to go back to using our spare bedroom again.
I grow just for family and friends. I’m considering an extra freezer since we often have too much.
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I usually set out onion sets or slips. I prefer large rectangle raise bed gardening. I have had really good luck over the years.Your articles and tips are always very helpful. Please sign me up for the cobra head give away. Could always use an extra set. Keep those helpful tips coming. I really appreciate you.