Well done for doing ANYTHING one handed! Your soft onions will only be the onion sets. As they grow you should get good onions even if they have been left a bit long before putting in. I'd leave them and give them a chance.
As to earlies at Christmas - you can buy seed potatoes that have been kept chilled for later planting - Carlingford and (if memory serves,) Charlotte are the usual ones. But there's nothing to stop you stowing a few of your own crop in the salad drawer of the fridge - make sure everyone knows so they don't cook your seed spuds! You can put them in around about August. |