From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   T wrote:   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > No clay.  Decomposed sandstone mixed in with a ton of peet.   
   > About 5:1 peet to silt ratio.   
   >   
   >> how deep did you plant them?   
   >   
   > About 1/4 to 1/2".  I fertilized (organic 4-4-6) and   
   > turned the soil over before planting.  I can work   
   > the soil with my hands.  It is loose.   
      
     sand or grit has very little surface area compared to clay   
   this also means it is poor at holding nutrients or water.   
   adding even a little bit of clay will help your gardens plus   
   it will make your organic amendments go further.   
      
     if you look up any analysis method for gardening soils it   
   will tell you that prime garden soil is a mixture of sand,   
   silt and clay along with some organic matter.   
      
     to the different extents you have more or less of each   
   of the basics (the three sizes of particles) will say a   
   lot about your capability to grow many garden plants.   
      
      
   >>    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.   
   >   
   > I bet you called it.  I hvae not watered them   
   > a bunch, fearing I'd make them rot   
      
     evenly moist is what to aim for.  sodden won't work   
   well for many seeds.  intermittent they may have sprouted   
   and died.  i'm also not sure of the extremes in temperature   
   that onion seeds can tolerate so that is something you can   
   study up on.  :)   
      
     pH 5-7 i'd say it depends upon how close to 5 it is as   
   that seems rather low and too acidic (some plants will be   
   ok with this onions probably want it more neutral 5.5 to   
   6.5.  garlic would probably do better in 6.0 - 7.0 range.   
      
      
   >>    did any come up since?  have you continued to water   
   >> the location where you planted the seeds?   
   >   
   > Zero yet.  Hopefully they are still dormant and   
   > a bunch of water will wake the up.   
      
     you'll find out.  :)   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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