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Cleaned my big onions down to a clean skin today ready for lifting. Two of 11 at 17.5 inches, one at 19.5 Inches and the rest are 18 - 18.5 inches. The 18.5 inch ones will be lifted first and the rest encouraged to make that size but they are looking super at the moment. A split skin now will be a disaster so fingers are crossed.
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You still got snow up there AP?
They ARE looking good btw!
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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AP don't suppose you would care to donate one to my mature chedder sarnie, pretty please.
Good job mate well done.
ColinPotty by name Potty by nature.
By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.
We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.
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lol what are you two like. I'll consider a price per onion ring
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And I was so chuffed with my puny wee shallots !
Well done, you are inspiring me to greater (tooth-gnashing) efforts.
There's no point reading history if you don't use the lessons it teaches.
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I won't be able to this year because I have none of that variety of onion down to seed but at the end of next year, I should have plenty seed available. An awful lot of success in growing for showing is down to having the right varieties(and the right people who are willing to share seed around)Originally posted by snohare View PostAnd I was so chuffed with my puny wee shallots !
Well done, you are inspiring me to greater (tooth-gnashing) efforts.
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Nice one AP. Well impressed. I've never been able to grow decent onions. I'm not into showing anything (too useless for that!) but would love to grow close to that kind of quality for the pot. (I make a mean French onion soup!).
What do you feed them with, if it isn't stealing a closely guarded secret?Clay soil is just the big yins way of letting you know nothing good comes easy.
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they look like they are tucked up in bed,very nice looking crop,well done...Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View PostComment
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Paul, it's no secret. They get started off under artificial lights in December with bottom heat in ordinary seed compost. Transplanted into small pots in a 50:50 mix of gp and JI3 with only some liquid seaweed being added occasionally. next potting is into 3 " pots in the same mix with some vermiculite and slow release fertilise added and then into 2 litre pots with same mix. next move is into the polytunnel where fym has been dug in and some vitax q4 added to the top 4" of soil. No more feed after that. Just water.Originally posted by mrpaulbradley View PostNice one AP. Well impressed. I've never been able to grow decent onions. I'm not into showing anything (too useless for that!) but would love to grow close to that kind of quality for the pot. (I make a mean French onion soup!).
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no bother at all then ,i wish i had your patience,me,i bung my sets in with the parting "get on with it",and it generally works,i do like to see it done properly though,last year i gave the last of my gooseberries away to a neighbour,and later that day went to the local show ,where my "rejects" would have lifted the prize,wont make that mistake this year.....Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View PostComment
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I'll remember that last point Frank if my chaotic lifestyle ever allows me to hold onto an allotment for long enough to really get organised and get past subsistence growing !An awful lot of success in growing for showing is down to having the right varieties(and the right people who are willing to share seed around)
Meantime, you are living up to my signature, and gladden our hearts in the doing.Last edited by snohare; 25-07-2011, 03:30 PM.There's no point reading history if you don't use the lessons it teaches.
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I'm going to give it a go. I've been wanting to experiment with some LED lights that a pal of mine is working on. Little or no heat from them, and low power consumption.Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View PostClay soil is just the big yins way of letting you know nothing good comes easy.Comment
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They look amazing!
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They are off the world record strain grown by John Sifford which I assume is derived from Kelsae.Comment
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John actually died shortly after achieving the world record.Comment
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Reply to Heated mat for Tom's and chilliesI use a mix of six scoops of compost three scoops of sand/grit and two scoops of perlite,the quantity is unimportant as long as the ratio is the same, if for seeds I use this mix, if I am potting on I add some blood, fish and bone, along with a small quantity of chicken manure pellets
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