Due to circumstances entirely within my control the final terms of the land-grab treaty are still to be discussed; but until that update is ready here’s a quick update.
After just one (rather feeble) attempt at growing onions last year, I’m not going to use sets this year… well, other than the handful donated by the plotholder next door who had no more space in their onion bed, that is.
I can’t say I have any grand reason for that decision. I fancy growing them from seed, and it’s a bit cheaper but that’s as lofty as it gets.
I’ve just popped ahead in my organised-by-month seed box and my onion seeds (Sturon Globe, Walla Walla and Long Red Florence) say they should be sowed outdoors in March. Now a few things I’ve read suggest starting them around now, so I’m not exactly sure which I should be doing… I think I sense another experiment coming. I might sow a few Ramrod spring onions too… and why not?
On my Organic Allotment 