Onions from seed?

Onions are a fairly hardy veg. I know that people growing large onions for shows would have them coming up already. You would need to investigate how they look after them through winter, they tend to mollycoddle them and plant out after frosts in the spring. Some spring onions are sown now.

You could do an experiment and plant some now, some at Christmas and then again in March/April and see which do best for the effort involved.

The particular variety makes a difference as well. Kelsae and Alisa Craig are often planted August time to get the biggest for shows. I sowed some Kelsae this spring just to see what they were like. They really grew big without any effort but don't have much taste at all - just big bags of water I think, so I'm using them up in curries for extra bulk.

I need to get my autumn onion sets in this week and a few more garlic before it gets too late.