Posted by coykiesaol on April 25, 2011, 3:55 am
I finally went outside and looked at my garden boxes today- and, woo, my
lettuces are finally sprouting and coming above ground! I got a better
germination rate than I thought, and i'll definitely be doing some
thinning out when the time comes.
However, i planted onion sets at the same time- some in each of my
garden boxes (to help ward off insects, etc) but none of them seem to be
sprouting. Am I being too impatient? I put the lettuce and the onions in
ground at the same time, roughly 2 and a half weeks ago. How long should
I wait for the onions to show above ground before i should plant some
more sets, and consider the older plantings a loss? I'm still new to the
whole onion thing, and while my seedlings inside are doing well, I'm
lost on the onions!
I may have put the first planting too deep, and fixed that by laying
another set closer to the surface in another box- I figure at least one
of them will come up.
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coykiesaol
Posted by Snag on April 25, 2011, 7:14 am
coykiesaol wrote:
> I finally went outside and looked at my garden boxes today- and, woo,
> my lettuces are finally sprouting and coming above ground! I got a
> better germination rate than I thought, and i'll definitely be doing
> some thinning out when the time comes.
> However, i planted onion sets at the same time- some in each of my
> garden boxes (to help ward off insects, etc) but none of them seem to
> be sprouting. Am I being too impatient? I put the lettuce and the
> onions in ground at the same time, roughly 2 and a half weeks ago.
> How long should I wait for the onions to show above ground before i
> should plant some more sets, and consider the older plantings a loss?
> I'm still new to the whole onion thing, and while my seedlings inside
> are doing well, I'm lost on the onions!
> I may have put the first planting too deep, and fixed that by laying
> another set closer to the surface in another box- I figure at least
> one of them will come up.
> --
> coykiesaol
I put onions out a couple of weeks ago , planted 3" deep for green onions .
You don't say where you are , but here in Memphis Tn I've got green shoots
about 3" tall now . The ones I planted a month ago are also doing well .
Now if my strawberries would only show some green , I'd be pleased ...
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Snag
Learning keeps
you young !
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> my lettuces are finally sprouting and coming above ground! I got a
> better germination rate than I thought, and i'll definitely be doing
> some thinning out when the time comes.
> However, i planted onion sets at the same time- some in each of my
> garden boxes (to help ward off insects, etc) but none of them seem to
> be sprouting. Am I being too impatient? I put the lettuce and the
> onions in ground at the same time, roughly 2 and a half weeks ago.
> How long should I wait for the onions to show above ground before i
> should plant some more sets, and consider the older plantings a loss?
> I'm still new to the whole onion thing, and while my seedlings inside
> are doing well, I'm lost on the onions!
> I may have put the first planting too deep, and fixed that by laying
> another set closer to the surface in another box- I figure at least
> one of them will come up.
> --
> coykiesaol