Here's an idea you might consider. I have trouble starting these from seed, too--they take forever. What I do now is use store-bought bunching onions to get me started early in the season. I can get three bunches here for about a $1.50. I cut the tops off just as I normally would for cooking and save 3-4 inches of the bottom stem and roots. Just plant them in the garden wherever you want them. They take off like crazy and will re-generate a full-sized green onion in about 5-6 weeks. I just cut the tops off as I need them, leaving the little bulb in the ground. Meanwhile, I plant the seedlings (any that have sprouted), but at least have some fresh onions while I'm waiting for the babies to mature. Prof Prof

I used to have tons of these, I don't know how they all disappeared, but I would like to get a start of them again. Just the straight shoots of green onions, you can eat with BBQ Also like a few leeks seeds to get those started too! Have Elephant Garlic, Heritage Sweet Onions and a few shallots, and full size egyption onions to share. Thanks! Kathy

Well I did plant in a tunnel, but its sounding like I planted too soon especially this winter - with the harsh temperatures we have had Randy - what zone are you ? I did over winter some onions in the tunnel that we planted late Oct - they look pretty good -- was wondering how soon they would be ready to come out?? (they are candy onions) as far as the varieties - I did check with the folks at Dixondale they said the varieties should be fine where I am (which is a 5B on some maps) but did the Red Candy and a Cipponlini

I've grown Evergreen a number of times, David. They never "bunched" for me. I did "bunch" them and take 'em to market. And, hopefully, that's were those hot peppers will go. I'm afraid that I went overboard with the Super Chilies this year. The record cold we have been having helped but there's only so many of these necessary for supplemental heating. Keeping these onions thru the winter is just something I haven't tried despite first growing them about 20 years ago. I don't know how they'd survive the winter but my guess is that they'd bolt immediately to seed come spring. Some folks say that they can use bunching onions for a perennial onion bed. I wouldn't want to allow that with self-sowing, however. Baby onions are tooooo much trouble to thin and, especially, to weed to allow them much freedom. And then, they don't compete very well with the weeds. You'd think they'd have some kind of allelopathic qualities in the environment - you know, like people moving away on a city bus . . . Crybabies but ya gotta love 'em . . . Steve