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RE: Starting To Think About The Spring And Starting Seeds
I'm not really having a garden this year. But I will be starting Walla onions and a very few herbs, on March 1.
I'm not really having a garden this year. But I will be starting Walla onions and a very few herbs, on March 1.
Are your onions going to be sets or from seed? I tried starting some from seed this last year, but they never do as well as the sets do, for me at least.
I have never used sets, so I can't speak to them. I have always started from seed. The thing about onion seed is it is very fragile. It looses germination easily. I keep all my seed in the refrigerator and don't try to use onion seed over 1 year old.
The normal results:
These are the storage onions. These are the Walla Walla Sweets, that won't store:
The thing about onions is most of them are daylight sensitive, meaning they need a lot of direct light and long days to develop. I start mine under good plant lights with at least 14 hrs of light a day.