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   T to songbird   
   Re: Onion seeds, how long?   
   21 Jun 22 10:58:06   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 6/20/22 15:19, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   >> Hi All,   
   >>   
   >> It has been two weeks since I planted my onion seeds.   
   >> Everything else I planted is coming up, but not   
   >> the onions.   
   >>   
   >> How long do they typically take?   
   >   
   >    do you have any clay in that soil and have you been   
   > keeping them evenly moist?  how deep did you plant them?   
   >   
   >    if you had a hot dry spell and there's not enough clay   
   > and organic material in the soil to keep them evenly   
   > moist then they're not going to have a good time trying   
   > to grow.  a layer of mulch over when it gets really hot   
   > probably would also help.   
   >   
   >    did any come up since?  have you continued to water   
   > the location where you planted the seeds?   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
      
      
   Everyone got a double watering.  The onion seeds   
   got a quadruple watering.   
      
   Fired up my liquid ph meter and measured some   
   muddy water.  The meter freaked out going   
   between 5 something and 7 something   
      
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