Moved Onion 'Shakespeare', Onion 'Red Winter' and Onion 'Red Cross' sets from Home Greenhouse to Allotment Greenhouse

Today I moved the Onion 'Shakespeare', Onion 'Red Winter' and Onion 'Red Cross' sets that I planted in tray's last week down to the Allotment Greenhouse to grow to allow more space in the Home Greenhouse. If a frost is forecast I will put fleece overtop of these and if needs be provide heating in the Allotment Greenhouse.

2 x 40 cell trays Onion 'Shakespeare', 1 x 40 cell tray of Onion
'Red Cross', 1 x 40 cell tray of Onion 'Red Winter' (left to right)

1 x 24 cell tray Onion 'Shakespeare' 

Pricked out remaining Onion 'Exhibition', 'Bedfordshire Champion' and 'Ailsa Craig' seedlings, Sowed Pomegranate 'Alhambra', Broccoli 'Summer Purple - Sprouting' and Tomato 'Shirley F1' seeds

Today I went down to the Greenhouse and done the following:

- Pricked out the rest of the Onion 'Exhibition' seedlings into 2 inch pots filled with John Innes No.1 Compost. (9 plants)
- Pricked out the rest of the Onion 'Bedfordshire Champion' seedlings into 2 inch pots filled with John Innes No.1 Compost. (1 plant)
- Pricked out the rest of the Onion 'Ailsa Craig' seedlings into 2 inch pots filled with John Innes No.1 Compost. (4 plants)

Onion 'Ailsa Craig', Onion 'Bedfordshire Champion' and
Onion 'Exhibition' seedlings (left to right)

- Sowed Pomegranate (Punica) 'Alhambra' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Levington John Innes Seed Compost. This has been placed into a heated propagator.
- Sowed Broccoli 'Summer Purple - Sprouting' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Levington John Innes Seed Compost. This has been placed into a heated propagator.
- Sowed Tomato 'Shirley F1' seeds into a 3 inch round pot filled with Westland John Innes Seed Compost. This has been placed into a heated propagator.

Pomegranate 'Alhambra' seeds

Broccoli 'Summer Purple - Sprouting' seeds

Tomato 'Shirley F1' seeds

Pomegranate seeds in a 3 inch round pot

Tomato 'Shirley F1' seed in a 3 inch round
pot

Broccoli 'Summer Purple - Sprouting' seeds
in a 3 inch round pot

I also noticed that the Cabbage 'Greyhound' seeds (sowed 16.01.2016), Cabbage 'Hispi F1' seeds (sowed 16.01.2016), Cauliflower 'Snowball A' and Calabrese 'Marathon F1' seeds have germinated.

Cabbage 'Greyhound', Cabbage 'Hispi F1', Calabrese 'Marathon F1'
and Cauliflower 'Marathon F1' seedlings

I also switched off the propagators that the Onion seedlings are in and now only have one large heated propagator as well as one small heated propagator.

Planted Onion 'Shakespeare' and 'Red Winter' sets

Today I planted the following in the Greenhouse:

- Onion 'Shakespeare' sets into 1 x plastic 40 cell tray, 1 x polystyrene 40 cell tray and 1 x 24 cell tray filled with a mix of Westland Jack's Magic Multi-Purpose Compost and Vermiculite. (104 sets in total)

- Onion 'Red Winter' sets into 1 x polystyrene 40 cell tray filled with a mix of Westland Jack's Magic Multi-Purpose Compost and Vermiculite.

Onion 'Shakespeare' sets in a 40 cell
 polystyrene tray

Onion 'Shakespeare' sets in a 40 cell plastic tray in the background
and Onion 'Red Winter' sets in a 39 cell polystyrene tray in the
foreground

Onion 'Shakespeare' sets in a 24 cell tray

Planted Onion 'Red Cross' sets

This evening I went down to the Greenhouse for about 15 minutes and planted the following:

- Onion 'Red Cross' sets into a 40 cell tray filled with Westland Jack's Magic Compost mixed with vermiculite. This has been placed in the unheated Greenhouse.

I will continue to plant these sets tomorrow in the daylight.

40 Cell tray (with full holes in the bottom)
filled up with a mixture of Westland Jack's Magic
Compost and Vermiculite

Tray of Onion 'Red Cross' sets

Made ring's for Onion Seedlings

Today I didn't go out into the Greenhouse however I stayed indoors and made up some rings in order to allow my onions to remain standing up while growing tall. I made these cutting 9 inch lengths of galvanised garden wire.

Ring's that I made up for Onion's

Pricked out Onion 'Ailsa Craig' and Onion 'Bedfordshire Champion' seedlings

Today I went into the Greenhouse and pricked out Onion 'Ailsa Craig' and Onion 'Bedfordshire Champion' seedlings into 2 inch pots filled with John Innes No.1 seed compost. I have put the seedlings back into the heated propagator for the time being because of the cold conditions expected.

I have put the Onion 'Ailsa Craig' and Onion 'Bedfordshire Champion' seed trays back into the heated propagator to be able to allow for further seedlings to appear.

Pricked out Onion 'Exhibition' and Onion 'The Kelsae' seedlings

Today I filled up 37 x 2 inch pots in order to start to start potting up some of my Onion seedlings. I pricked out the following:

- 20 x Onion 'Exhibition' seedlings into 2 inch pots filled with John Innes No.1 seed compost
- 17 x Onion 'The Kelsae' seedlings into 2 inch pots filled with John Innes No.1 seed compost

Due to work this afternoon and this evening I ran out of time to do the rest of the onion seedlings so will do these tomorrow.

I put the half seed trays of both Onion 'Exhibition' and Onion 'The Kelsae' back into the other heated propagator as further seedlings appear to be showing. The Shallot 'Jermor' sets now appear to be starting to sprout. The Garlic 'Lautrec Wight' and Garlic 'Early Purple Wight' cloves are also sprouting quite nicely over the other side of the Greenhouse.

I know need to make some hoops up to keep the onion's in an upright position.

Foremost John Innes No.1 compost

Onion Seedlings

Onion 'Exhibition' seedlings in the foreground
and Onion 'The Kelsae' seedlings in the background

Shallot 'Jermor' sets

Garlic cloves having started to sprout

2 trays on the right having been put back into
the heated propagator

Sowed Celery 'Marine', Shallot 'Zebrune' and Shallot 'Simiane F1 Hybrid' seeds

Today I sowed the following into the Greenhouse:

- Celery 'Marine' seeds into a 11cm square pot in a mixture of Westland Jack's Magic Multipurpose compost and vermiculite. I have put a sprinkling of vermiculite on top of the compost once sowing the seeds. I then placed this into a heated propagator.
- Shallot 'Zebrune' seeds into a half seed tray filled with Levington John Innes Seed compost. This has then been placed into a heated propagator.
- Shallot 'Simiane F1 Hybrid' seeds into a half seed tray filled with Levington John Innes Seed compost. This has then been placed into a heated propagator.

The Sweet Pepper 'California Wonder' seeds which were sown on 26th December 2015 have finally started to germinate. The Onion 'Ailsa Craig', 'Bedfordshire Champion', 'Exhibition' and 'The Kelsae' seedlings appear as if they need to be pricked out quite soon. The onion set's still need to be planted at some point in the foreseeable future. The Leek 'Musselburgh' seeds appear to be starting to germinate but currently there is no growth on the Shallot 'Jermor' sets.

Onion 'Bedfordshire Champion', Onion 'Exhibition' and Onion 'The Kelsae' seed germinated, Garlic 'Early Purple Wight' and Garlic 'Lautrec Wight' cloves beginning to sprout

Today I popped into the Greenhouse to see the progress of my seeds germinating as I have been away for a few days:

Onion 'Bedfordshire Champion', Onion 'Exhibition', Onion 'The Kelsae'
and Onion 'Ailsa Craig' in half seed trays and Sweet Pepper
'California Wonder' in the 3 inch round pot

 As can be seen in the heated propagator above, the Onion 'Bedfordshire Champion', Onion 'Exhibition' and Onion 'The Kelsae' seeds appear to have started germinating. Onion 'Ailsa Craig' appears to be further behind but these will probably show in the next few days. The Sweet Pepper 'California Wonder' seeds have not currently germinated.

The Leek 'Musselburgh' seeds appear to have not germinated either as of yet. The Shallot 'Jermor' sets appear to have not started to sprout up but this will probably start in the next week or so.

As can be seen in the photo above the Garlic 'Early Purple White' and Garlic 'Lautrec Wight' cloves that I planted on the Shortest Day (22nd December 2015) appear to have started to sprout.

Sowed Onion ' The Kelsae', Onion 'Bedfordshire Champion', Onion 'Ailsa Craig', Onion 'Exhibition', Leek 'Musselburgh', Sweet Pepper 'California Wonder' and Planted Shallot 'Jermor' sets

Today I done the following:

- Sowed Onion 'The Kelsae' into a half seed tray filled with Levington John Innes Seed compost and placed in a heated propagator
- Sowed Onion 'Bedfordshire Champion' into a half seed tray filled with Levington John Innes Seed compost and placed in a heated propagator
- Sowed Onion 'Ailsa Craig' into a half seed tray filled with Levington John Innes Seed compost and placed in a heated propagator
- Sowed Onion 'Exhibition' into a half seed tray filled with Levington John Innes Seed compost and placed in a heated propagator
- Sowed Leek 'Musselburgh' into a half seed tray filled with Levington John Innes Seed compost and placed in the unheated greenhouse
- Sowed Sweet Pepper 'California Wonder' into a 3 inch pot filled with Levington John Innes Seed compost and placed in a heated propagator
- Planted 7 x Shallot 'Jermor' sets into 9cm square pots filled with Westland Jack's Magic Multi Purpose Compost mixed with Vermiculite and these were placed in the unheated greenhouse

Levington John Innes Seed Compost

Half Seed Tray's filled up with Levington
John Innes Seed Compost

3 inch pot filled with Levington John Innes Seed
Compost

Onion 'The Kelsae' seeds

Onion 'Ailsa Craig' seeds

Onion 'Exhibition' seeds

Onion 'Bedfordshire Champion' seeds

Leek 'Musselburgh' seeds

Shallot 'Jermor' sets

Sweet Pepper 'California Wonder' seeds

Shallot 'Jermor' sets

Leek 'Musselburgh' into a half seed tray

Onion 'The Kelsae', Onion 'Bedfordshire Champion',
Onion 'Ailsa Craig', Onion 'Exhibition' and
Sweet Pepper 'California Wonder' all in heated propagator

Sowed Onion (Spring) 'North Holland Bloodred Redmate' seeds, created a hoop and started to clear out the Greenhouse

Today I went down the Allotment for about 1 hour. I sowed Onion (Spring) 'North Holland Bloodred Redmate' seeds into the other half of the drill that I took out yesterday (These are behind the Onion (Spring) White Lisbon Winter Hardy seeds).

I also tried to make some hoops using the metal rods and blue pipe. 

2 Metal rods and Blue Water pipe

I also had a bit of a tidy up of the Greenhouse and done some digging to get out some of the weeds.

Sown Japanese Onion 'Senshyu', Onion 'Hi Keeper F1 Hybrid' and Onion 'Sturon' seeds

This afternoon I sowed the following into the Greenhouse:

- Japanese Onion 'Senshyu' into a 24 cell tray
- Onion 'Hi Keeper F1 Hybrid' into a 24 cell tray
- Onion 'Sturon' into a 24 cell tray

I sowed into Levington's John Innes Seed Compost which I had brought earlier on during the year.

Onion 'Hi-Keeper F1 Hybrid'

Onion 'Senshyu' and Onion 'Sturon'