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Recap of first two posts about onions
- The first post details about when and how I found the onion seedlings when raking my garden in the front yard read more here
- The second post details a report on after the onions were transplanted for 24 hours read more here
Status of onion seedlings as of December 23
In this picture taken 12/23/24, the pot with two onion seedlings in the window is still showing signs of progress.
In this picture taken 12/23/24, the pot with four onion seedlings in the window is still showing signs of progress.
My initial approach after transplanting them into pots was to focus on the temperature, the watering and the lighting that they get throughout the day. What I know so far is that even if I had an indoor growing light, these were started outside so too much new light exposure is almost the same as over watering to me but that’s for final stage gardening levels.
So far, within the last few days, I have watered them twice. Once 48 hours ago with warm temperature and then again with room temperature water today.
So far, I have noticed that the light emissions coming through the window with the brutal cold is enough to keep the cold stratification growing. If these seedlings continue to look like they are holding onto cold stratification with indicators being a green top and a strong root structure, I will say its going well. The ultimate goal is to keep them living through a wild function that so many plants do have; the ability to survive through the winter.
It’s definitely something that’s odd, onion seedlings being able to survive with cold stratification, nonetheless, bringing them inside for a warm night by the floor heater might be the ultimate key to their success.
What is my ultimate goal to see from 6 onion seedlings?
Just to keep a refresher around about my idea for these seedlings versus getting new seeds, which I will do of course from Burpees online selection. My ultimate goal is to be able to put them into warm soil when spring comes to not only learn from the experience in growing them from this stage but also, I am hoping that these beauties will get a chance to bulb and make some of my very own heirloom onion seeds.