Great work Camilla! It's funny because I had almost the same journey as you. I grew onions from seed last year despite some information online that says it takes two years for them to grow. Last year they did very well. This year I decided to do half from seed that I stared indoors around Feb/March. The other half were onion sets. To my astonishment the sets only grew to about the size of a golf ball and some only slightly larger then the size that I planted them from. The seed onions did marvelous and like you, I also saw that vidoe from Charles about planting them in clumps. I planted around six in a clump and in the spring was able to harvest some of them as spring onions. Which by the way were some of the best tasting spring onions I had ever had and remarkably sweet which is not something you usually attribute to an allium. I used a lot of them, stem and leaves and all to saute with yellow summer squash, honestly one of the best tasting and quick little dishes you'll ever have. By the time the leaves had fallen over for the onions that were left they were 3-4x the size compared to the set onions not to mention I think the taste is better as well. I don't think I will be going back to sets. In a way it almost feels like cheating and I don't get nearly the satisfaction that I get from planting them from seed. Thanks again for your post. I'm glad to hear some of you similar struggles from half way around the world!
Paul!! I can't believe how similar our onion journeys are haha. What I would give to live close again to you guys, share seeds and seedlings and techniques, and cook it all up together. I totally agree - I'm never going back to sets and it DOES feel like cheating!! Thanks for reading, and for sharing your experiences as well. I've seen the garden and it looks beautiful! Well done.
And quality growth, readers who engage, nourish, flower into neighbours, friends. So away we go; Substack is ideally a group thing, a coffee house, a pub, a picnic place.
I appreciate this. And you! I've always been ok with writing, talking, singing, even sometimes screaming if necessary into the void, but it's nice to know some good ones are there across the world to catch it.
I also appreciate the link and what you're putting out into the world.
And quality growth, readers who engage, nourish, flower into neighbours, friends. So away we go; Substack is ideally a group thing, a coffee house, a pub, a picnic place.
Great work Camilla! It's funny because I had almost the same journey as you. I grew onions from seed last year despite some information online that says it takes two years for them to grow. Last year they did very well. This year I decided to do half from seed that I stared indoors around Feb/March. The other half were onion sets. To my astonishment the sets only grew to about the size of a golf ball and some only slightly larger then the size that I planted them from. The seed onions did marvelous and like you, I also saw that vidoe from Charles about planting them in clumps. I planted around six in a clump and in the spring was able to harvest some of them as spring onions. Which by the way were some of the best tasting spring onions I had ever had and remarkably sweet which is not something you usually attribute to an allium. I used a lot of them, stem and leaves and all to saute with yellow summer squash, honestly one of the best tasting and quick little dishes you'll ever have. By the time the leaves had fallen over for the onions that were left they were 3-4x the size compared to the set onions not to mention I think the taste is better as well. I don't think I will be going back to sets. In a way it almost feels like cheating and I don't get nearly the satisfaction that I get from planting them from seed. Thanks again for your post. I'm glad to hear some of you similar struggles from half way around the world!
Paul!! I can't believe how similar our onion journeys are haha. What I would give to live close again to you guys, share seeds and seedlings and techniques, and cook it all up together. I totally agree - I'm never going back to sets and it DOES feel like cheating!! Thanks for reading, and for sharing your experiences as well. I've seen the garden and it looks beautiful! Well done.
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And quality growth, readers who engage, nourish, flower into neighbours, friends. So away we go; Substack is ideally a group thing, a coffee house, a pub, a picnic place.
I appreciate this. And you! I've always been ok with writing, talking, singing, even sometimes screaming if necessary into the void, but it's nice to know some good ones are there across the world to catch it.
I also appreciate the link and what you're putting out into the world.
Okidoke. I'm one of those nine appreciative subscribers. You're the seed, an yer gonna grow.
https://app.milanote.com/1SEr9c1TslFj8k?p=rpLKLnPoLeF
And quality growth, readers who engage, nourish, flower into neighbours, friends. So away we go; Substack is ideally a group thing, a coffee house, a pub, a picnic place.