[metmom]

My onions are in flats that I put our on the porch every day it is above freezing, once they have sprouted.

I keep them in until they sprout then work on hardening them off right from the get go.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Onions are one thing I’ve never tried from seed. I usually buy ‘sets’ which are onion bulbs that I direct sew once my soil is warm enough.

What variety(s) have you started? Is it one you’ve planted before?

[Sarcazmo]

I have tried seeds and sets and never had them develop onions. Well, sets worked once, then never again.

We started getting a product from a grower, they come in bundles, they’re little plants, green with roots. Not sure what to call them, but they have worked for the last 3 years or so. They come in several different varieties. We have about 50 in the ground now.

[daniel1212]

My onions are in flats that I put our on the porch every day it is above freezing, once they have sprouted. I keep them in until they sprout then work on hardening them off right from the get go.

But would they not sprout earlier if kept inside? I just filled about 75 large paper coffee cups with dirt and planted 4 different kinds of tomato seeds in them, but they need to stay inside for about 6 weeks after sprouting until they can be planted, though bringing them outside for a week or so before that for hardening.

And today hardly looks like Spring in NH and MA!

[daniel1212]

https://whdh.com/weather-blog/raw-saturday-ahead-dry-sunday/

[GaltAdonis]

My tomato and pepper seedlings are sprouting along nicely by the front den window (inside).

Sweet Red Marconi peppers, Early Girl tomatoes, Plum Regal tomatoes
- nothing else has sprouted yet. (but patiently waiting...)

(Images are of mature plants - NOT what the seedlings currently look like...)

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