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What are people experience of growing onions? 
For the last 3 years (all I can recall with certainty) they have really come to nothing.
This years crop managed a small ping-pong ball size, last years was smaller, and I can recall pulling onions that amounted to thin feeble spring onions size - literally spring onions were substantially bigger. I think in the past 5-7 years only one year was the crop of any real use.
So that is 3 or 4 years that have proven pointless.
Reason I ask is simply that I have tried several varieties, in case the variety were not right, and for cooking with this morning I have just bought some at the supermarket for 41p a lb. Have not managed to get a useable onion in years from the garden.
Sowed some overwintering seed recently, they came up fine, and for the last 2 weeks have done nothing, no more apparent growth at all since then. This occurred a previous year, overwintering onions planted, senshyu sets, some growth, and after the winter not a survivor in sight.
Before ideas like the ground is wrong the leeks, related, are growing fine, although garlics are questionable. No sign of any disease on anything.
For the last 3 years (all I can recall with certainty) they have really come to nothing.
This years crop managed a small ping-pong ball size, last years was smaller, and I can recall pulling onions that amounted to thin feeble spring onions size - literally spring onions were substantially bigger. I think in the past 5-7 years only one year was the crop of any real use.
So that is 3 or 4 years that have proven pointless.
Reason I ask is simply that I have tried several varieties, in case the variety were not right, and for cooking with this morning I have just bought some at the supermarket for 41p a lb. Have not managed to get a useable onion in years from the garden.
Sowed some overwintering seed recently, they came up fine, and for the last 2 weeks have done nothing, no more apparent growth at all since then. This occurred a previous year, overwintering onions planted, senshyu sets, some growth, and after the winter not a survivor in sight.
Before ideas like the ground is wrong the leeks, related, are growing fine, although garlics are questionable. No sign of any disease on anything.
I've tried seeds too with the same result. 
I don't deserve decent onions........ but I'll still end up buying more this year 
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