Hi Mark, I miss Steve, love his videos & still watch them, a wealth of growing knowledge ❤ im going to sow mine today 😊 lovely of you keeping Steves Boxing day tradition alive❤ great video, all the very best for 2025! thanks for sharing and take care 😊
Hi Christine, I love going back and watching Steve's old videos. Hope you managed to get your onions on the go today. Its great to be getting thing on the go again ready for the year ahead. Wishing you all the very best for 2025 👍🥳🍾🎆👍
We here in NZ have a summer xmas and yes we had a lovely day. With about 7 chefs and cooks that came it all went off lovely. Lovely to catch up with you watching your video. I have bought peanut plants, Egyptian walking onions, and new tomato varieties, so lots to look forward to in autumn.
Wow! Now that sounds like a fab Christmas 🎄🎅🎄🎅 Thanks for watching, really means a lot and it was my first ever premiere. Hopefully get a few more of them on the go in the near future. I've been thinking about doing Egyptian walking onions as well but haven't taken the plunge yet. Did a bit of seed shopping today to add some new varieties to the collection for 2025. Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and the growing season ahead 👍🎄🧅👍
Great to see you sowing your onions, I am doing mine on Friday or Saturday. I took am following Steve, he was an absolute gem, such a wealth of knowledge, he's sadly missed.
Cheers Barry. Nice to get a bit of time at the allotment at this time of year for a break away from all the hustle and bustle. Hope you have a great New Year 👍🧅🎄👍
Great video Mark. I’ve never grown from seed, I’m about to order a new variety Prospero from premier seed. Going to dedicate it to Steve 🌱. His videos were the first I watched when I got my allotment, such a wealth of knowledge & sorely missed by us all in the gardening community…
Thanks Vanessa. Prospero isn't one I've heard of before, off to take a look. Gives me another excuse to buy some more seeds 😊 I love going back and watching some of Steve's old videos. He was such a wealth of knowledge. Wishing you all the very best for 2025, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
Seed vs sets is a real game changer. I think it's down to the variety that works in your area. For me it's Red Ruby, however Red of Florence bulbed up nicely last year because I had too much to harvest...and they kept fab.
Growing from seed definitely seems to make a difference Robin 😊 I've not heard of those two varieties before so off to take a look and buy some more seeds. Any excuse!! 😂 Wishing you all the very best for 2025, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
I like your enthusiasm so you have a new subscriber. First year- sets- mostly bolted, 2’nd year seed- none bolted, but small bulbs. I think I need more feed under them.
Thanks, appreciate the comment and sub 😊 I've found since switching to growing from seed instead of set I have much less of a problem with bolting. I usually give mine a good scoop of fish, blood and bone in the planting hole before going out then they'll get a liquid feed at various times throughout the year. 👍🌱👍
Aah fab.. lovely to see you carrying on these traditions.. I too planted my onions, chilli’s, peppers and aubergines on Boxing Day. It’s almost like ‘Christmas over? ✅ okay let’s start a new gardening year🎉… so good to hear you referencing carrying on Steve’s knowledge - such a wonderful thing to do😊. Happy Hogmanay- heres to a fab 2025.
Thanks Debbie 🙂 Sounds like you’re one step ahead of me with the chillies, peppers and aubergines on the go already. Think it’ll be a bit later in January before I really get going 🙂 That said it’s a great feeling to get things on the go again after slowing up over Autumn. Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and here’s to a great growing season ahead 👍🎉🍻🍾👍
Great tips Mark. Nice to refresh how to before doing it & so nice to hear Steve mentioned. Still watch him. Very much missed. All the best to you & your family. Let’s hope it’s a good 2025 🙏🏻
Thanks 🙂 I love going back and watching Steve’s old videos, he was such a wealth of knowledge. Wishing you all the best for 2025 and a great growing season ahead 👍🌱👍
Great video Mark! Couldn't get home in time for the live, but will catch the next one. I'm absolutely itching to start sowing for 2025!!! Will be sowing giant onions, 'normal onions, chillies, and melons (pure long shot but you never know! 🤣)
Thanks 😊 Hoping to do another one towards the end of the month when getting the chillies and sweet peas on the go. Its great to be getting things on the go for 2025 after everything slowed down into the Autumn/Winter 👍🌱👍
Hi Mark, Steve is a great miss he knew his stuff, however I've just sown my giant onions today, I always sow normal onions March/April, always have lovely onions September, take care Steve
I still like to ha back from time to time and watch some of Steve’s old videos. He was such a wealth of knowledge. I’ll prob end up doing some more around March time as well. Need to get the shallots on the go then also. Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and here’s hoping for a great growing year ahead 👍🎉🥳🍾🍻👍
Yep, white rot. 😢 I grow a few garlic in tubs and leeks seem to be ok but onions always get it. Mind you I get through a lot of red onions and I don't think I could grow enough anyway.
I love getting things on the go nice and early at this time of year. When its been a quiet couple of months pottering about doing jobs and tidying its great to be getting the some of the 2025 things going. Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and here's hoping its a good growing season 👍🧅🎄👍
Not one I've come across before Rita. Will have to keep an eye out for it in the garden centre the next time I'm there. Wishing you all the very best for 2025, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
@@marksallotmentplot it was new to me two years ago when I visited a local nursery (six acres) after the owner came to Tollerton (our local) garden club to talk about the ups & downs of owning & running a nursery… he recommended Petersfield and sells it of course… he was right… it’s ace… fine tilth… no fail germination… beautiful stuff 👍🏻 anyway all the best for 2025! 🥳☺️
All the best to you as well Mark. Totally agree about keeping up the traditions. Onions - Keraval work well for me, with either Elista and Zebrune making up the rest. Here's hoping for a top season for all gardeners. Peter
Not hear of Keraval before. Now you're going to make me go and buy more seeds I don't need 😂 I'll be doing some Zebrune as well but prob around March time. Hope you have a fab New Year Peter and a great season ahead 👍🧅🎄👍
I use Levington Advanced Seed & Modular compost, it is basically crap free, and very fine. It comes in a 75 ltr bag, £25 delivered to your door. A lot of compost and a lot of money I hear you say. I split the with two friends down the allotment, reducing the cost to just over £8 each. Given that buying a 10 ltr bag is £10 the Levington represents great value for money and you get a far superior product
Hi Robert, I've not tried the Levington Seed & Modular compost before. Will keep an eye out for it the next time I'm at the garden centre and if they don't have any I'll be ordering some up online to get it delivered 👍🌱👍
Had a good mild stretch of weather, thought i would start my onions a bit earlier, put out under cover looking good but forecast to be colder here's hoping they pull through.
Hope they manage to do well. Temps are warm here for this time of year at the mo. We've been at about 10c - 12c over the past couple of weeks. Got storms and weather warnings at the moment with a cold spell due next week. Think I'll be keeping mine on the kitchen windowsill for a while yet 👍🌱👍
Good to hear you’re getting some onions on the go. Best of luck with them. Good thing with starting at this time of year is if the go wrong there’s still plenty of time to sow more 👍🌱👍
My absolute favourite spring onions 😊 They were a random discovery in the local garden centre a couple of years back and have grown them ever since 👍🧅🎄👍
Hahaha I didn't even think to sow onions like NOW mind you I did plant onion bulbs around 4 weeks ago 1 bucket are coming up nicely but the initial bucket I started with has only got 1 through. Anyhow will you be going through the stages of when to prick out, where to plant and how to plant do you also use manure or the likes. Thank you Andy Happy New year to all 🎉🎉
Hi Andy, good to hear you've got some onions on the go and they're coming along nicely. If you've done the ones from set keep an eye on them when it gets towards Summer as they can be prone to bolting. There'll deffo be more follow up vids to come in the coming months showing the onions being pricked out, planting out, nutrition 😊 Wishing you all the very best for 2025 👍🥳🍾🎆👍
Great video. Thanks. I am itching to do some sowing and growing. Do you have any problems with onions bolting later on? I remember reading somewhere that they are much more prone to bolt if they get frosted (cold) anytime during the growing stage. I start my indoor in Feb so by the time they go out there is usually no danger of frost.
Thanks 🙂 I used to have problems with bolting when growing from set, especially the red varieties. Since switching to growing from seed the onions have turned out much better and seem to be a lot more resistant to bolting. Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and here’s hoping for a great growing year ahead 👍🎉🥳🍾🍻👍
Hi Barry, when the first germinate I’ll keep them in the kitchen but with the lid off. When they get potted up into a cell trays when I’ll put them into the greenhouse, which is usually only a couple of weeks after germination 👍🌱👍
Maybe a touch too early for leeks. A lot of the folk who grow giant leeks for the shows will have them on the go already but I'd recommend holding off till around the end of February to the start of March. 👍🌱👍
Ahh that's a great idea. I do that with leak seedlings but for some reason have never done it with onions 😂 Wishing you all the very best for 2025, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
Oh Rita I know exactly what you mean! Feeling a little over inflated here 😂 I'm back at work today but off after that till the 6th Jan. Will definitely be getting out and about in the fresh air to try and counteract some of the Christmas excess. Wishing you all the very best for 2025, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
Ahhh but just think of the blank canvas you have to work with 😊 Still loads of time left yet to get onions on the go. I reckon you're good to sow seeds up till the end of March. if you don't make that then there's aways the option of buying and growing from set 👍🌱👍
Good Afternoon Mark, Melcourt Sylvagrow John Innes 100% peat free a product specifically for seed sowing unfortunately it is not widely available, apparently the multi purpose compost in the green topped bags is not for suitable seed sowing according to Melcourt - I'm not going to tell JB !🤣
I'm going to try a different one once the current batch has ran out. Someone recommended a Levington seed compost in the comments and always keen to give new things a try. Just need to find a local stockist and will see if its any good or not. Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and a great growing season ahead 👍🍾🥳👍
I planted Radar and another but I can’t remember how to spell it onion the name begins Shen I bought some bulbs and planted them the end of October and they are growing nicely never tried onion seeds though. I have a few bags of red barons chopped in the freezer that grew in 2024.
I've not done Rada before Steve, will be interested to see how they work out for you. Was it Senshyu you planted? They're the over wintering Japanese variety. I've got some of them on the go as well but they're pretty small at the moment. Hoping they'll pick up once the weather improves. Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and a great growing season ahead 👍🍾🥳👍
Hi Mark, yes they are Senshyu I planted I just couldn’t remember how to spell them, I also planted some old potatoes a week or two after them I had to into the today with kitchen scraps for my compost and there are a few sprouting up as well, you have a good next year as well, by for now.
JB did a great video on this earlier in the year when he went to visit Melcourt, the company who make Sylvagrow, well worth a watch. Link below: ua-cam.com/video/073K-DwH5k8/v-deo.html
Thanks Rob. I was a little nervous beforehand wondering if anyone would tune it but it was great to see folk there chatting with each other. Will deffo be looking to do more in the future. Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and here’s hoping for a great growing year ahead 👍🎉🥳🍾🍻👍
Ahaaa! I also escaped from the house and planted onions today. Red Baron, Bedfordshire Champion and Exhibition onions. Here's looking to 2025 Mark. Elaine 🧅🧅😁👍
Nice to get some time away from the hustle and bustle of Christmas out in the fresh air. Sounds like a cracking selection of onions you've got on the go there Elaine 😊 Wishing you all they very best for 2025 👍🎅🧅🎄👍
I had to wait till the tree was down, so I could set up my seed table indoors 😂
Hi Mark, I miss Steve, love his videos & still watch them, a wealth of growing knowledge ❤ im going to sow mine today 😊 lovely of you keeping Steves Boxing day tradition alive❤ great video, all the very best for 2025! thanks for sharing and take care 😊
Hi Christine, I love going back and watching Steve's old videos.
Hope you managed to get your onions on the go today. Its great to be getting thing on the go again ready for the year ahead.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 👍🥳🍾🎆👍
Ive already started mine. Couldnt wait.
Good to get the on the go nice an early Jake 👍🎅🎄👍
👍🏻Done mine this morning ! 😊
Its great to start getting things on the go again ready for the season ahead.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 👍🧅🎄👍
Hi Mark good video on planting your onion seeds hope you had a good Christmas and have a happy new year 👍🥔🌱
Thanks Robert, its good to get some things on the go again.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 👍🥳🍾🎆👍
We here in NZ have a summer xmas and yes we had a lovely day. With about 7 chefs and cooks that came it all went off lovely. Lovely to catch up with you watching your video. I have bought peanut plants, Egyptian walking onions, and new tomato varieties, so lots to look forward to in autumn.
Wow! Now that sounds like a fab Christmas 🎄🎅🎄🎅
Thanks for watching, really means a lot and it was my first ever premiere. Hopefully get a few more of them on the go in the near future.
I've been thinking about doing Egyptian walking onions as well but haven't taken the plunge yet. Did a bit of seed shopping today to add some new varieties to the collection for 2025.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and the growing season ahead 👍🎄🧅👍
Great to see you sowing your onions, I am doing mine on Friday or Saturday. I took am following Steve, he was an absolute gem, such a wealth of knowledge, he's sadly missed.
Thanks Jean 😊
I love going back and watching some of Steve's old videos.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 👍🥳🍾🎆👍
@marksallotmentplot me too. He was great.
Wishing you all the best for 2025.
Thanks Mark , will be upto my allotment tomorrow ---- and will sow my onoins ,hope you had a great Christmas
Cheers Barry.
Nice to get a bit of time at the allotment at this time of year for a break away from all the hustle and bustle.
Hope you have a great New Year 👍🧅🎄👍
Great video Mark. I’ve never grown from seed, I’m about to order a new variety Prospero from premier seed. Going to dedicate it to Steve 🌱. His videos were the first I watched when I got my allotment, such a wealth of knowledge & sorely missed by us all in the gardening community…
Thanks Vanessa.
Prospero isn't one I've heard of before, off to take a look. Gives me another excuse to buy some more seeds 😊
I love going back and watching some of Steve's old videos. He was such a wealth of knowledge.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
Happy new year Mark Great video have a good one for 2025
Cheers Barry.
Wishing you all the best for 2025 and hope its a great season ahead 👍🧅🎄👍
Hopefully tuning in tonight mate if I'm home, just Subscribed
Thanks for the sub 😊
Hoe to see you there 🥊🧅🧅🥊
Happy New Year, Mark 🎉
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 Jacqui, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
Now you have done yours I will do mine tomorrow cheers mark happy new year ❤
Its so good to be getting things on the go again for the new season ahead Ahh that's 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
Good job mate hope you have a good new year
Thanks William 😊
Wishing you all the very best for 2025, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
Done mine as well today mate 👍
Its great to start getting things on the go again ready for the season ahead.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025👍🧅🎄👍
Nice one Mark.
Thanks 😊
Wishing you all the very best for 2025, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
Quality content as always. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Cheers John 👍🧅🎄👍
Thank you, lovely 🧅
Thanks Debs.
Really does mean a lot folk watching the premiere when its my first one 👍🧅🎄👍
It’s already a 👍🏼from me.
Cheers John 👍🎄🎅👍
Thanks Mark🌱
Thanks for watching, I really do appreciate it 😊
Seed vs sets is a real game changer.
I think it's down to the variety that works in your area. For me it's Red Ruby, however Red of Florence bulbed up nicely last year because I had too much to harvest...and they kept fab.
Growing from seed definitely seems to make a difference Robin 😊
I've not heard of those two varieties before so off to take a look and buy some more seeds. Any excuse!! 😂
Wishing you all the very best for 2025, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
Hi everyone hope you had a great Christmas
Hey David, all good.
Hope you've had a good one 👍🎄👍🍾👍
I like your enthusiasm so you have a new subscriber. First year- sets- mostly bolted, 2’nd year seed- none bolted, but small bulbs. I think I need more feed under them.
Thanks, appreciate the comment and sub 😊
I've found since switching to growing from seed instead of set I have much less of a problem with bolting.
I usually give mine a good scoop of fish, blood and bone in the planting hole before going out then they'll get a liquid feed at various times throughout the year. 👍🌱👍
Aah fab.. lovely to see you carrying on these traditions.. I too planted my onions, chilli’s, peppers and aubergines on Boxing Day. It’s almost like ‘Christmas over? ✅ okay let’s start a new gardening year🎉… so good to hear you referencing carrying on Steve’s knowledge - such a wonderful thing to do😊. Happy Hogmanay- heres to a fab 2025.
Thanks Debbie 🙂
Sounds like you’re one step ahead of me with the chillies, peppers and aubergines on the go already. Think it’ll be a bit later in January before I really get going 🙂
That said it’s a great feeling to get things on the go again after slowing up over Autumn.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and here’s to a great growing season ahead 👍🎉🍻🍾👍
Great tips Mark. Nice to refresh how to before doing it & so nice to hear Steve mentioned. Still watch him. Very much missed.
All the best to you & your family. Let’s hope it’s a good 2025 🙏🏻
Thanks 🙂
I love going back and watching Steve’s old videos, he was such a wealth of knowledge.
Wishing you all the best for 2025 and a great growing season ahead 👍🌱👍
Spot on Mark a good post man you can talk😃🤣
Thanks Lawrence.
I can talk till the cows come home about growing things and allotments 😂😂😂
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 👍🥳🍾🎆👍
Great video Mark! Couldn't get home in time for the live, but will catch the next one. I'm absolutely itching to start sowing for 2025!!! Will be sowing giant onions, 'normal onions, chillies, and melons (pure long shot but you never know! 🤣)
Thanks 😊
Hoping to do another one towards the end of the month when getting the chillies and sweet peas on the go.
Its great to be getting things on the go for 2025 after everything slowed down into the Autumn/Winter 👍🌱👍
Hi Mark, Steve is a great miss he knew his stuff, however I've just sown my giant onions today, I always sow normal onions March/April, always have lovely onions September, take care Steve
I still like to ha back from time to time and watch some of Steve’s old videos. He was such a wealth of knowledge.
I’ll prob end up doing some more around March time as well. Need to get the shallots on the go then also.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and here’s hoping for a great growing year ahead 👍🎉🥳🍾🍻👍
Great video and enthusiasm as always Mark. Love to keep the traditions going but alas can't grow onions 😢 Here's to a great 2025 growing season.
Thanks Vikki 😊
How come you can't grow onions? White rot problems?
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and a great growing season ahead 👍🍾🥳👍
Yep, white rot. 😢 I grow a few garlic in tubs and leeks seem to be ok but onions always get it. Mind you I get through a lot of red onions and I don't think I could grow enough anyway.
Couldn't find my onion seeds lol but I did plant some extra tulip bulbs!! Lovely to start a few things off early, makes winter seem shorter 🌷🌷
I love getting things on the go nice and early at this time of year.
When its been a quiet couple of months pottering about doing jobs and tidying its great to be getting the some of the 2025 things going.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and here's hoping its a good growing season 👍🧅🎄👍
Hope you had a great Christmas Mark I know it’s been a bit of a tipsy turvy year but hers to a more settled and productive 2025, Ali 🎄🧑🎄🇨🇦
Thanks Ali.
Hope you've had a fab Christmas 🎄
Wishing you all the very best for 2025, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
I’ve found Petersfield peat free is very very good 👍🏻
Not one I've come across before Rita. Will have to keep an eye out for it in the garden centre the next time I'm there.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
@@marksallotmentplot it was new to me two years ago when I visited a local nursery (six acres) after the owner came to Tollerton (our local) garden club to talk about the ups & downs of owning & running a nursery… he recommended Petersfield and sells it of course… he was right… it’s ace… fine tilth… no fail germination… beautiful stuff 👍🏻 anyway all the best for 2025! 🥳☺️
All the best to you as well Mark. Totally agree about keeping up the traditions. Onions - Keraval work well for me, with either Elista and Zebrune making up the rest. Here's hoping for a top season for all gardeners. Peter
Not hear of Keraval before. Now you're going to make me go and buy more seeds I don't need 😂
I'll be doing some Zebrune as well but prob around March time.
Hope you have a fab New Year Peter and a great season ahead 👍🧅🎄👍
@@marksallotmentplot Misspelt! - it should read "Keravel" also known as "Rose de Roscoff".
I use Levington Advanced Seed & Modular compost, it is basically crap free, and very fine. It comes in a 75 ltr bag, £25 delivered to your door. A lot of compost and a lot of money I hear you say. I split the with two friends down the allotment, reducing the cost to just over £8 each. Given that buying a 10 ltr bag is £10 the Levington represents great value for money and you get a far superior product
Hi Robert, I've not tried the Levington Seed & Modular compost before. Will keep an eye out for it the next time I'm at the garden centre and if they don't have any I'll be ordering some up online to get it delivered 👍🌱👍
@@marksallotmentplot I’ve only seen it online, you won’t be disappointed I promise you
Another wee tip to get your seeds germinating is to put a hot water bottle underneath them! (or the hand warmer things you get). Works for me!
Now there's a couple of great ideas!
Wishing you all the very best for 2025, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
@@marksallotmentplot Thank you and a very Happy New Year to you too!
Mine were put in this morning
Had a good mild stretch of weather, thought i would start my onions a bit earlier, put out under cover looking good but forecast to be colder here's hoping they pull through.
Hope they manage to do well.
Temps are warm here for this time of year at the mo. We've been at about 10c - 12c over the past couple of weeks. Got storms and weather warnings at the moment with a cold spell due next week.
Think I'll be keeping mine on the kitchen windowsill for a while yet 👍🌱👍
Im female & im gunna do onions soon (3 days after boxing day when this comment was put up)
Good to hear you’re getting some onions on the go.
Best of luck with them. Good thing with starting at this time of year is if the go wrong there’s still plenty of time to sow more 👍🌱👍
Ive just ordered those spring onions off fothergills after watching
My absolute favourite spring onions 😊
They were a random discovery in the local garden centre a couple of years back and have grown them ever since 👍🧅🎄👍
Evening all
Hi Jim 👍
Hahaha I didn't even think to sow onions like NOW mind you I did plant onion bulbs around 4 weeks ago 1 bucket are coming up nicely but the initial bucket I started with has only got 1 through. Anyhow will you be going through the stages of when to prick out, where to plant and how to plant do you also use manure or the likes.
Thank you
Andy
Happy New year to all 🎉🎉
Hi Andy, good to hear you've got some onions on the go and they're coming along nicely. If you've done the ones from set keep an eye on them when it gets towards Summer as they can be prone to bolting.
There'll deffo be more follow up vids to come in the coming months showing the onions being pricked out, planting out, nutrition 😊
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 👍🥳🍾🎆👍
Fantastisch Good work Mark you the best te compost zaailing te bakjes Top weekend friend 👍☕🧤✔️🌱🌰🍌🔥🎽🧢🌡️🌿
Thanks Luc 👍🧅🌱🎄👍
Great video. Thanks. I am itching to do some sowing and growing. Do you have any problems with onions bolting later on? I remember reading somewhere that they are much more prone to bolt if they get frosted (cold) anytime during the growing stage. I start my indoor in Feb so by the time they go out there is usually no danger of frost.
Thanks 🙂
I used to have problems with bolting when growing from set, especially the red varieties.
Since switching to growing from seed the onions have turned out much better and seem to be a lot more resistant to bolting.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and here’s hoping for a great growing year ahead 👍🎉🥳🍾🍻👍
Hiya Mark ,when they germinate do they come out of the kitchen and into the greenhouse ?
Hi Barry, when the first germinate I’ll keep them in the kitchen but with the lid off. When they get potted up into a cell trays when I’ll put them into the greenhouse, which is usually only a couple of weeks after germination 👍🌱👍
@@marksallotmentplot thanks Mark
What about leeks?...... is it pushing it a bit for them?
Maybe a touch too early for leeks.
A lot of the folk who grow giant leeks for the shows will have them on the go already but I'd recommend holding off till around the end of February to the start of March. 👍🌱👍
A way to separate onion and leek seedlings is to wash them to remove most of the potting mix and separate the roots.
Ahh that's a great idea. I do that with leak seedlings but for some reason have never done it with onions 😂
Wishing you all the very best for 2025, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
Try putting a 1/2” of sand at the base of the seed tray. Helps to separate roots, and cheaper than compost.
I did everything in excess so walking it off at chatsworth today 😂
Oh Rita I know exactly what you mean!
Feeling a little over inflated here 😂
I'm back at work today but off after that till the 6th Jan. Will definitely be getting out and about in the fresh air to try and counteract some of the Christmas excess.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025, have a great New Year 👍🍾🎆🧅👍
@@marksallotmentplot enjoy your break from work! 👍🏻
Just got an overgrown plot so no where to plant yet😂
Ahhh but just think of the blank canvas you have to work with 😊
Still loads of time left yet to get onions on the go. I reckon you're good to sow seeds up till the end of March. if you don't make that then there's aways the option of buying and growing from set 👍🌱👍
Good Afternoon Mark, Melcourt Sylvagrow John Innes 100% peat free a product specifically for seed sowing unfortunately it is not widely available, apparently the multi purpose compost in the green topped bags is not for suitable seed sowing according to Melcourt - I'm not going to tell JB !🤣
I'm going to try a different one once the current batch has ran out.
Someone recommended a Levington seed compost in the comments and always keen to give new things a try. Just need to find a local stockist and will see if its any good or not.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and a great growing season ahead 👍🍾🥳👍
I planted Radar and another but I can’t remember how to spell it onion the name begins Shen I bought some bulbs and planted them the end of October and they are growing nicely never tried onion seeds though. I have a few bags of red barons chopped in the freezer that grew in 2024.
I've not done Rada before Steve, will be interested to see how they work out for you.
Was it Senshyu you planted? They're the over wintering Japanese variety. I've got some of them on the go as well but they're pretty small at the moment. Hoping they'll pick up once the weather improves.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and a great growing season ahead 👍🍾🥳👍
Hi Mark, yes they are Senshyu I planted I just couldn’t remember how to spell them, I also planted some old potatoes a week or two after them I had to into the today with kitchen scraps for my compost and there are a few sprouting up as well, you have a good next year as well, by for now.
Peat free compost is not always the same, one day it's good then the next bag is not so good why?
JB did a great video on this earlier in the year when he went to visit Melcourt, the company who make Sylvagrow, well worth a watch.
Link below:
ua-cam.com/video/073K-DwH5k8/v-deo.html
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Thanks for watching Sylvia 👍🧅🎄👍
Hi Mark
Really enjoyed the premiere, you should do them more often.
Good luck with your onions.
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Thanks Rob.
I was a little nervous beforehand wondering if anyone would tune it but it was great to see folk there chatting with each other.
Will deffo be looking to do more in the future.
Wishing you all the very best for 2025 and here’s hoping for a great growing year ahead 👍🎉🥳🍾🍻👍
Fantastisch Good work mark zaailing te bakjes uien the compost thans te video Top weekend fried 🦺🧢🧤🧣👍🌱🧅🌿☕️🌡
Cheers Luc 👍🎄🧅🎅👍
Ahaaa! I also escaped from the house and planted onions today. Red Baron, Bedfordshire Champion and Exhibition onions. Here's looking to 2025 Mark. Elaine 🧅🧅😁👍
Nice to get some time away from the hustle and bustle of Christmas out in the fresh air.
Sounds like a cracking selection of onions you've got on the go there Elaine 😊
Wishing you all they very best for 2025 👍🎅🧅🎄👍
@marksallotmentplot You too Mark. Best foot forward into 2025 👍 ps, who is going to be your first footer or are you a first footer for someone?
I have a street, and this is right up it. 🧅👍
Hope to see you there Pete 🥊🧅🧅🥊