#gardening
As I’m sure, many of you are wondering how the onions have been doing after the last snow they got around January 5. So far, I have kept them inside, so they have been warm and have been getting minimal light. I took these photos on January 9 below.
Pot with 2 onion seedlings. It is now harder to differentiate the onion seedlings in this pot from the other “weeds” that began to germinate but nonetheless, I don’t think after the freeze the little weeds are going to make it at all.
Pot with 4 onion seedlings. It’s clear that these ones are bigger and you can easily see the 4 of them rooted. Still, comparing the old 4 seedling pot to the old pictures, it looks again like the weed’s wont make it. Phew!
The onions have been indoors and I haven’t even watered them because of the moisture that was already inside and also is due back to melt. At this point, its been almost 6 days since they came inside from snow and they are getting rather dry. My total consensus is to let them get as much light as they can with the room light when its on and also thru the window if the blinds are open. When the weather gets warmer than freezing I will of course take them outside for a game of light and water.
What is my desired purpose on keeping these onion pots?
I personally wanted to learn more about the growth of onions and also other plants like carrots and radishes, potatoes, ginger, etc. that grow like them. Totally under the ground with a sprouting leaf. My total question is: would starting onion seedlings outside earlier be any sort of benefit and also how tolerant are the seedlings in general to extreme differences?
I don’t plan on growing anything out of the ordinary this year because with my only 1 year of real outdoor organic and also seed starting otherwise experience, I am definitely not ready to take on a tremendous amount. I won’t be using drip irrigations, and everything will have to be cared for manually in theory. With this being said, I want to focus on summer crops like peppers and tomatoes and eggplants in high quantity and try to learn about some preservations but also target a few potatoes and onions and garlic as a specialty. And of course, still looking forward to getting a full harvest on Cole crops in 2025 on things like kale, broccoli and brussels.
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