Folks like me with no gardening experience have been growing enough vegetables for a family, year after year, ONLY with you as inspiration. You have given us the gift of appreciating nature! Thank you ‘sir’ Charles 😇
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
I am so heartened to read this, and wish you all success with your harvests
@marcuskylen5726
3 жыл бұрын
sorry to be so off topic but does someone know a method to log back into an Instagram account..? I somehow lost the account password. I love any tips you can offer me!
@everettlondon1384
3 жыл бұрын
@Marcus Kylen Instablaster ;)
@marcuskylen5726
3 жыл бұрын
@Everett London I really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and I'm in the hacking process now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
@marcuskylen5726
3 жыл бұрын
@Everett London It did the trick and I now got access to my account again. I am so happy! Thanks so much you really help me out :D
@velvettedelaney
Жыл бұрын
Does anyone else watch Charles Dowding videos before bed as a sort of meditation or way to unwind?! Just me?! 😍
@CharlesDowding1nodig
Жыл бұрын
That's nice! I have seen other people make this comment 💚
@diracify
Жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one haha!
@katebettesworth2638
7 ай бұрын
He has a soothing voice! 😂
@thembisilemashinini8655
6 ай бұрын
I do and I love. All the way from South Africa
@selecttravelvacations7472
6 ай бұрын
4 am when the house is super quiet, before the sun rises here. It’s a great way to wake up and start planning out the garden day.
@hlegler
3 жыл бұрын
I don't want to overly dramatic, but THIS IS LIFE CHANGING!! Growing in sets? Little modules? Seedlings growing up with their friends? It may not be a new idea, but it's a new idea to me. Thank you, thank you for sharing!! I'm going to prep my winter/spring vegetable seedling sets tomorrow!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
Great!!
@squange20
2 жыл бұрын
I know! This is such a great tip.
@Renusri12
5 жыл бұрын
How pleasent the presentation is😃 no unwanted music etc....great video
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Renu
@cukka99
5 жыл бұрын
Amen.
@link_7164
3 жыл бұрын
I don’t know, could really use some royalty free dubstep to knock it up a notch. I think that would eliminate the handful of dislikes ;-)
@gailspitzer4975
3 жыл бұрын
GREAT just the way it is. I loved hearing the horse neigh in the background and the crunch of the onion stems as he harvested them. Gardening has a MUSIC all its own! Thank you!
@clairecadoux471
3 жыл бұрын
Ditto, total relief there is no music. Folk tend not to talk thru music videos, for a reason.
@healthyrootsstrongwings538
6 жыл бұрын
Seeing the joy in Charles while harvesting his onions is just so nice and contagious! I'm off to my garden!
@squange20
2 жыл бұрын
I’ll say! His passion is definitely contagious.
@YouCantEatTheGrass
7 жыл бұрын
Charles needs to use "AMSR" as one of his tags, his voice is so calming, lol
@ififallithurtslea4170
Жыл бұрын
You can eat the grass lol
@organicgardenmamavictoriab2768
Жыл бұрын
Oh I love @YouCantEatTheGrass.
@famousgrouse1966
4 жыл бұрын
Another video where Charles passes so much knowledge on without sounding like a "know it all" You really have to love what you do to be able to relay so much information and that comes over so well. I never tire of listening and learning, and hope there are lots more videos to come.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Many thanks, my pleasure :)
@tedbastwock3810
7 жыл бұрын
It took a lot of thought and foresight to make this video over such a long period of time at the right times of the plants life cycle, thank you for doing this. I like this crop-specific style, please consider doing more for other vegetables. Onions have always been a bit of a mystery to me precisely because they're grown a bit differently than most other garden veggies, and this was very helpful.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ted and have fun growing them.
@gaborsimic8359
6 жыл бұрын
Totally agree Ted, these videos are a godsent!
@priayief
5 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@paoemantega8793
4 жыл бұрын
Same here Ted my sentiments exactly - nice one Charles
@jenniferpresnell9558
4 жыл бұрын
homesteader fifty w/ ricky & martha , buy one of his many books. Then you’ll be paying HIM for this service! 😀💜
@francesmorris8207
5 жыл бұрын
Had never grown onions from seed before and so having watched this video we gave it a go, and we have just harvested a bumper crop - mostly great whoppers of onions! Not a single mouldy or rotten onion either - a far cry from our past experience of growing from sets. We should be self sufficient in onions for several months even as a large family! This is such a fantastic discovery and is definitely the way ahead! Many thanks for the tutorial.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Happy to read this Frances, and they will store well if you don't eat them first
@diogenesegarden5152
2 жыл бұрын
@@GuacamoleyNacho I leave about five or six onions in the ground to go to seed, collect and dry the heads on the window sill, then roughly clean the seed by winnowing. You don’t need to be too careful, and store them in a labelled tub. I normally do a test sowing on the window sill to make sure they are viable. Once the onions have been planted out, grown and ready to harvest, they are dried in the sun during the day for a week or so till the outer skin is dry and brown and then string them into bunches of about fifteen or twenty onions (depends on the size and how strong your string is) to hang in a cool dry place. When you are stringing them it is an ideal opportunity to trim the roots and inspect each onion for quality. Any soft, damaged, less than perfect or rotten ones can be discarded, or if not too bad can be set aside for immediate use. The end result is very satisfying and if you have a load to get through can be a pleasant family activity. I do the same thing for storing shallots, although I normally save a couple of strings of shallots each year for planting out in November (south coast UK) as sets rather than planting out as seedlings. If you save the dry, papery onion skins that you rub off, they can yield a lovely yellow clothes dye if you are into that sort of thing. As an aside, the lady at my hardware store sells her own minted, pickled onions which are delicious. She just slices normal onions and with a good bunch of chopped mint, covers them with white vinegar, they are awesome!
@rhg3212
3 жыл бұрын
It’s fantastic to have a video that tells the entire story from seed to harvest!
@lifeisgood9175
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, exactly!
@Shuna2011
5 жыл бұрын
Note to self. - before I sow anything I haven’t grown before I must check and see if Charles has video on the topic! I’ll try it this way next year! 😊
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
funny!
@meganbloopybloop4862
5 жыл бұрын
You're one of the best humans I've ever seen on KZitem!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Ah thanks Megan
@kutmulc
7 ай бұрын
Bold to assume his species!
@claudiacesar890
Жыл бұрын
Hello Charles. I stopped by to say that I currently turn to your videos whenever I have a question about a specific crop. In this case, onions, which I'm going to try for the first time. Thanks for the great explanation.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
Жыл бұрын
Lovely to hear this Claudia, may your onions grow well!
@jodycourt
4 жыл бұрын
Charles! I just had to report to you about my onion crop following your instructions here. I planted the varieties: Candy and Whitewing by seed in clusters -- 5-8 seeds per soil block. I set the fine seedlings out looking very fragile, but despite a chilly spring and even some hail, they survived and produced HUGE onions for me. I am just pulling them up today and I am so impressed. I don't know what it is about growing onions in clusters, but they seem to love it. I also enjoyed a few early spring onions along the way. My mature onions are as large as softballs. Thank you, Charles, for teaching us and sharing your garden knowledge. You're my garden hero! One more thing -- I've discovered winter onions or bunching onions that keep on giving and giving small green onions year round. I live in southeastern Montana, USA.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Jody, thanks for the lovely feedback and I am happy to imagine your huge harvest, what joy, food for the year ahead. The seedlings like being with their mates 💚
@jodycourt
4 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Thank you for your kind reply. From your student.
@DylanFM
6 жыл бұрын
Today I harvested my onions which I grew following this method. 36 modules, multi-sown with 8 seeds. Variety is Yellow Rhysburger which we got from Real Seeds. One of the trays was knocked over by our toddler, so we ended up transplanting about 20. We had a good harvest of around 30 spring onions in May and today I harvested 98 mostly good sized onions (a few small ones amongst the plump ones). Happy about this as it was grown in such a small space and gave us multiple harvests through the season. Thanks Charles!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Hi Dylan and thanks for the harvest report, nice result.
@DylanFM
6 жыл бұрын
Charles Dowding A small update - I entered 3 of the onions into the local gardening club's competition (Mey, by Thurso) and they won in the "3 onions from seed" category as well as winning the overall "Best Exhibit in Vegetables" award. Surprised! (my 2nd year growing). Your method produces good lookin onions too!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Dylan that is wonderful and thanks for sharing your success. Showing vegetables is not easy and you ticked all the boxes. I don't have time for it now so am especially pleased to hear of others showing.
@DylanFM
6 жыл бұрын
Charles Dowding Thanks!
@janepennington9520
7 жыл бұрын
How I wish I had more space, Charles! I did, however, follow your multi-sow module method for some red spring onions this year and they were lovely. I wish I'd done more in fact.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jane and well done.
@andreagrowsthings
3 жыл бұрын
I love how complete this video is! Seeing the process from start to finish is so very helpful 😀
@YACABE
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, instead watching several videos for, when and how to start onion seeds, when and how to transplant onion starts, when and how to harvest onions. 😅
@julianachandler2975
3 жыл бұрын
I love that you show every stage in one video
@user-fs2zt4tk6q
5 жыл бұрын
Best gardening yt channel, especially for the UK 👌🏼👌🏼
@cornenho
4 жыл бұрын
Husain B also for Holland where it’s nearly the same climate zone
@parko1965
4 жыл бұрын
Every time I watch one of Charles' videos I just want to get out into the garden.
@_dave4460
5 жыл бұрын
what a great video and tremendous harvest. i tried a spanish clumping onion two years in a row with little result. after watcging this persentation i will try again with a larger sweet onion in 2019. thanks for sharing knowledge!
@Gandalf-The-Green
7 жыл бұрын
Charles, I have tried your multi sowing technique and you are definitely on to something. It works very well for me with leeks, turnips, onions, but also with carrots (the round Paris market variety). I will try parsnips next year. The transplanted clumps seem to recover much sooner than single plants, plus they make a dense foliage to shade out weeds and conserve moisture. Really great method for an intensive, market-style garden, where space is at a prime.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
That is good to hear. It's simple really, when planted, multisown modules like being with their mates! I have done it with carrots but find direct sowing easier. Good luck with parsnips.
@sarahhollingshead6289
2 жыл бұрын
You’re an absolute genius! All of us in the gardening world are lucky to have you!!! I’m starting onions this last week of February, and I searched your video from 4 years ago!! ❤️
@CharlesDowding1nodig
2 жыл бұрын
Best of luck Sarah and thanks
@AntPDC
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Charles. I was thrown a bit by the need for fleece in March after you said the scallions are cold-hardy. Why fleece? Second, you brought the sown onions indoors to overwinter. Why? Is it that a cold-frame or polytunnel wouldn't work? Then you featured a raised bed of scallions which you sowed in late August and harvested in late April the next year. I'm confused - but then I'm rather dim. Thank you for all you do.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
2 жыл бұрын
A fleece cover for the first 4-5 weeks in March and April strengthens early growth and insures a better harvest, because onions do so much of their growing in springtime. The spring sown onion trays were inside for just five days to help germination. It's warmer by night in the house than in any outside structure. And the overwintered onions are good for salad, can't even make bulbs but those bulbs do not store so long.
@AntPDC
2 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Many thanks for taking the trouble to respond in such a comprehensive way. Best wishes.
@flowergrowersmith449
7 жыл бұрын
Yippee - I've been waiting for this one! What a masterclass on onion growing and what a spectacular harvest. Thanks Charles and crew!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your lovely feedback.
@dimajs4
6 жыл бұрын
I wonder why most of the farmers in Greece use small bulbs to grow spring and bulb onions witch they buy very expensive. It seems so easy from seed. Your videos are indeed very helpful.Thank you for that
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, and I am happy to help people save money!
@morgenfugl3762
4 жыл бұрын
Hello from Norway, love your movies. I have just started my own kitchen garden, I learn som much from you. Thank you so much💚
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Ah thankyou nice to hear!
@mikedelaney9575
6 жыл бұрын
Wonderful... I'm always learning.. thanks so much for your awesome information 👍👍👍
@HousewifeInTheWoods
4 жыл бұрын
I'm so thankful for your channel ... I'm a relatively new gardener and your videos make it feel like you are right here with me guiding. Makes me less nervous ♡ thank you for sharing your experience with all of us ♡
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Ah good. and do dare to try a few things, with the information I share. Best way to learn and improve is well-informed practice. Plus you het food 🧅
@joelastlight7162
7 жыл бұрын
Mr Dowding knows his Onions,bravo!
@YouCantEatTheGrass
7 жыл бұрын
I always grow my onions from seed rather than sets. I have so much more luck with them, the heat seems to make the sets go to seed. But here in Canada, we definitely can't be planting out our onions till spring.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Your winters are so different to ours! Here there is rarely a 'dead' time
@YouCantEatTheGrass
7 жыл бұрын
I used to live on Vancouver Island, which was on the ocean and had a similar climate. It was crazy how different the growing was. I could get beautiful greens all year long, but trying to get a tomato that could produce before getting killed by blight made me rip my hair out, lol. I love my perennial onions for their ability to survive the winter though. I don't grow spring onions anymore which produce in the summer for us anyways, lol) but instead use walking onions as a substitute and then I have onions super early.
@YouCantEatTheGrass
7 жыл бұрын
vitavinivideo that's so funny about the street lamps tricking the beets into thinking they should go to seed, lol. I would have never thought about having to consider what gets planted near lights, but it makes sense.
@idratherbeoutdoors3085
6 жыл бұрын
Actually, I'm in Alberta and have overwintered onions and garlic successfully. Planted early to late fall and they came up nicely in the mid to late spring
@agustasister5624
6 жыл бұрын
Qell i have turned to almost straight seeds. I have found i was bringing in awful bugs DISEASE and nothing but problems. Plants from.growers are forced into looking.great for sale...especislly floweing ..chemicals to make them bud...ect...our grocery store got in racks of mums..all just budding and BOOM...ALL thr buds died...just killed over..they are teying to get 1 buck each...not one had sold...why..they always hsve white flies or knsts or fungusnout thr kazoo..mand locals have figured it out...its a shame.
@anitalee1635
5 жыл бұрын
I forgot to say thank you for another fabulous video.
@danielhowlett572
7 жыл бұрын
love the channel! any ways you can do a video about your greenhouse and maybe construction??
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Daniel and it's not a homemade structure, see Woodpecker Joinery. At my previous garden I made a greenhouse...
@michaeltester5187
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant content and infectious enthusiasm. Thank you.
@phillcollinsjazzpiano
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Charles, I love these videos and your books, and (as a new gardener) have been following your advice really closely. I find it so reassuring to have an intelligent, experienced source of information that I feel I can trust on the internet - that is so crucial these days. Just to say, I tried the onion sowing to the letter but for anyone out there reading this I am harvesting now and it’s worth noting that if you don’t feel that you will pull onions early for use as spring onions then just stick to three or four per module. That’s what I think I’ll do next year and maybe sow spring onions separately. I didn’t end up cooking with spring onions so it ended up hampering my onion harvest somewhat, and that’s my own mistake, but it’s worth bearing in mind. Got a good harvest nonetheless though!!! Cheers.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your thoughtful comment Philip, nice you are working it out :)
@arcadiapermaculture974
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great content, as always. On an unrelated note, the Charles Dowding drinking game of "drink every time he says compost" is very dangerous to one's health.
@SheriBroadbent
6 жыл бұрын
I love your videos! I always learn something new. I’m in the eastern United States and am dreaming of my new veggie beds come spring 😀 I’ve never grown onions before but I think I’ll start some from seed next month. Thank you so much for all your expertise.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear, thanks Sheri
@james1976-nov
6 жыл бұрын
So much excitement knowing the new season is approaching ! even better that i got your diary for Christmas ... thanks and keep them coming!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear and have a great season
@riverunner9978
5 жыл бұрын
Your methods are making gardening so much easier, Thank You
@OldesouthFarm
7 жыл бұрын
Great info! Now I know why my onions did not store well. Will push them down like you did before pulling them up and curing. Thank you!
@stacichandler9084
3 жыл бұрын
Here in the US. We don't push them over. They do on their own. Than you lay them out in the sun for a couple big days and hung up on ropes. They last for 6 months.
@drunkinpiper
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Charles for very good information for novices (like me) and accomplished gardeners.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Glad you find it helpful
@jindriskamachatova5114
6 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if onions will survive a minus 15 C winter (I'm in central Europe, Czech Republic) but this year I'll try planting a few seedlings in August and cover them with mesh over winter. Unless you advise differently, Charles. Thank you for so much information, I'm planning sowing seeds this week. We've been having minus 10 C the past ten days or so, this week the temperatures should start climbing to 5 or even more.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
That sounds a good plan Jindnska, and worth trying. Enjoy the spring warmth.
@victoriadrake3582
5 жыл бұрын
Jindřiška Machatová hi Jindriska! My grandmother is Czech and grows onions in valasšsko, I’ll ask her if she is able to keep them over winter. I believe so as the tops are only dinky and pretty tolerant, might be worth fleecing a little just to keep worst of snow off x
@paolomaggi8188
5 жыл бұрын
I sowed Egyptian onions in Northen Italy.....sometimes the temperature goes down to minus 6...they resist very cold and very hot weather...,,,I don't know if they survive at minus 15 but, for sure, Egyptian onion are the most resistent variety of onion...... Let us know!
@OctillionGaming1
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite videos! So incredibly satisfying to watch the whole process. Thanks for all your videos. I revisit them often haha :D
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Katie
@squange20
2 жыл бұрын
I’ll second that!
@gioknows
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant video. Magnificent harvest. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦
@CharlesDowding1nodig
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@annettebowersox1976
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your endless knowledge on gardening! Onions have been hard for me. And now I see what I have been doing wrong. I hope you realize how much you are helping educate us US gardeners! Love your videos!!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Hello Annette and thanks for the compliment, happy to help. I appreciate the enthusiastic feedback from you US gardeners.
@cmenowOn
7 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your videos, they keep me encouraged through all MY ups and downs of gardening. Thank you for all you do!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Keep your light burning!
@indrekpringi4560
6 жыл бұрын
, Finnish subtitles? The Esto-Finns are always ahead of everyone. Actually they're Finn-Eesti The finest people in the world.
@SeamlessTeam
5 жыл бұрын
eestlane?:D
@Emiliapocalypse
4 жыл бұрын
I think you mean “the Finnest people in the world” 😇😁
@Bananaskin101
Жыл бұрын
I have a lot of black fly/aphid(?) attack my onions this year, any advice on this problem?
@c.s.5177
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I've never been able to figure out onions
@tanyaroyredcar
5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful sweet tasting veg, that gives enormous pleasure when harvesting, storing and then eating for months. Charles sums it all up to perfection. Multi sowing definitely the way - especially for springs. Sets can be planted only 4" apart in rows too, spaced 8-10" between rows. Very productive. Very nice. Thank you.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Nice comment thanks.
@MrDejasin07
5 жыл бұрын
You give all these information with recording the whole process... Mr Dowding, thanks. And also your videos made me a 'No Dig' fan even i haven't tried it yet.(due to lack of compost) :) Greetings from Istanbul.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Many thanks. Do try no dig with less compost or any other organic matter
@nickuk911
5 жыл бұрын
Great video, i watch all of your videos to help me, as i also am new to growing my own veg. After doing a few tomatoes and cucumbers last year i literally couldn't believe the difference between them compared to supermarket veg. One question though, my i have my onions about ready in the trays to plant outside, as we are in May now am i too late?? The packet states Jan-Jun Sow.(I followed the instructions on the seed pack and found your video after)
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear this Nick and fine to plant out now asap, they need to be in the ground. I sow mine under cover between mid February and mid March. More sowing dates here www.charlesdowding.co.uk/sowing-timeline-for-vegetables/
@svetlanasgardenhomeofredwa4342
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this and all other videos. I’m very much inspired, and, full of dare, have started my own onions.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Ah good! I like the "full of dare"!
@rainbowbizcic
Жыл бұрын
Hi Charles, our onions are about to flower, but the stems are still straight. Should we just harvest now? Thanks for any advice 💚
@CharlesDowding1nodig
Жыл бұрын
Oh dear, yes you need to have a snow because the bulbs are not going to swell anymore, and that stone will just get harder
@veronicaselz5764
5 жыл бұрын
Wow never knew you could do this with bulbing onions, I can't wait to try it thanks!!
@metake9231
6 жыл бұрын
I tried to plant spring onions this year but did not get very good results at last. I have been looking for videos of how to plant spring onions from seeds tonight. I spent hours but did not get anything I need and full of questions in my brain. When I see your video, I feel very impressed. You have answered all the questions I had in my brain so far and show me a very clear pictures of how to do it properly next year. I just want to leave my first youtube comment to your video. Thanks for your great work and introduction.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for writing me take, I am so pleased this helps you, may your spring onions be good next year
@twowander2470
4 жыл бұрын
Great video! I really do have to learn to watch your videos before I plant... Looks like I'm going out to plant some more onions!!!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
great 😀
@inharmonywithearth9982
Жыл бұрын
I have been trying to grow Australian brown onions from seeds. 3 times I have planted the seeds and the seedlings wither and turn greyish white and disappear. I didn't have that trouble with other onion seeds before. What am I doing wrong?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
Жыл бұрын
It's hard to say, but maybe there's something in the seed which is not right. Either that or the compost, but if other plants are okay then it should be alright.
@eadjh98
6 жыл бұрын
I love onions, I’m going to try and copy you Charles with your multi seeds in a station,then pick for spring onions and hopefully get a good harvest after 🤞🤞🤞 thanks for great videos!
@amy3458
9 ай бұрын
Hi there, Charles! What are your average day and nighttime temps around 13 March when you planted your spring onions and regular onions? Also, how far apart are you planting your bunches? I believe I remember your bed being 60” so just under 8” for you bulb onion clumps of 5? Thank you kindly, dear sir! 🙏🏼
@CharlesDowding1nodig
9 ай бұрын
Hi Amy, average day 50F and night 40F, and 10-12in normally depending how large you want them to grow
@stingaling
5 жыл бұрын
Inspirational! I will try onions from seed this year. Always done sets before.
@Anna-jt3xu
2 жыл бұрын
Your in a warmer area than Northumberland but for once I don’t think it matters🇬🇧
@ingerhaugland6763
7 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Love your videos, Charles :)
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Inger
@Warrior-In-the-Garden
7 ай бұрын
I actually did a dance when you said "It's onion harvest time". THIS WILL BE THE YEAR!!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 ай бұрын
Haha so nice!
@combitz
7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant clever video to show how you can harvest spring and full onions throughout the year. I asked my wife for your book and diary as a birthday present and I did get them, yay. Enjoying reading the book and the diary is a great idea to just have months and day numbers with tips about what to do that month, it will get some real usage :)
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear your Diary comments, thankyou
@healthyrootsstrongwings538
6 жыл бұрын
My wife gave me the exact same combo as a B-day present! :) Sounds like we got awesome wives! (Mine also loves weeding so that's a winner)
@carolboehm3562
4 жыл бұрын
Charles Dowding book
@bigwheelsturning
4 жыл бұрын
Just planted some seeds today, and I was worried about putting too many to a cup. Not any more. Thanks. Planted some green onions I bought at the store today to see if they will grow into big onions.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear. Small onions don't grow bigger unless they are called sets for planting, rather than eating.
@weatherlessworld42
6 жыл бұрын
I started cutting the onion with a clean edge just above the root base and replanting it, it grows multiple smaller onions back lol....
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Well done and Nora from Brazil (comment below) reports the same, great idea
@AnnamoonFineArt
5 жыл бұрын
I find all of your videos very informative. I watch them multiple times to make notes for my own garden. At the moment my onions start to lay down, I think it's too early. I set them as little onions in autumn and I live in Germany next to Düsseldorf and the Rhine. Mild climate but clay soil. I am not sure if I should start to harvest because some of them start to rott. It looks like that they are cracked or nibbled. Should I lay down the others too? or wait until they do it for itself and harvest the layed ones to have them used in kitchen instead of throwing them away at the end? Next time I try it with seeding. I already ordered seeds from bingenheimer. I hope you can give me a little help. Thank you.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, and this is normal for autumn sown or planted onions to be ripening now and falling over. Not sure what the rotting is about but I would harvest them all now, leave to dry somewhere with air, and use before year's end.
@saraha6401
3 жыл бұрын
LOVE the start to finish videos! Appreciate you taking the time to follow up from the moment sown to the harvest.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them Sarah!
@lucianoduco2738
6 ай бұрын
Hello Charles!! I’m not sure why but I have a lot of trouble germinating onions. I sowed 2 weeks ago and haven’t seen anything yet. Any suggestions?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 ай бұрын
I'm afraid that means your seed is old and therefore feeble. Many seed merchants do sell old seed, but the label says packeted year ending, which tells you not much! I would buy some more and sow again ASAP.
@abiplaysx
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for inspiring me
@johnsheppard8102
2 жыл бұрын
its true , my allotment leeks and baby seedling oninons had frost and they are still growing
@EnmandsBand1
9 ай бұрын
the smile on your face pulling up all those beautiful onions....
@CharlesDowding1nodig
9 ай бұрын
💚
@trevord1021
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Charles. Just been watching your onion video again. I now have a few of your 15 cell trays and just wondered how many seeds per cell I can sow in them as they are quite small. Looking to grow spring onions but would 10 seeds per cell be too many? Thanks. Trevor.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Trevor, I sow 10 seeds spring onions, transplant small at about 3 weeks old, growth is good
@cornenho
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Charles. I’m gardening in Holland, also on heavy clay. Your opinion of no-dig is so helpful for me.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear, thanks
@Andreea.sGarden
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Sir Charles, I have a question. I'm from Romania, I have the same data as you for the last and the first frost, the middle of May and the middle of October. With the specification that in our winter the temperature reaches -15 -20 degrees Celsius, and in summer 30 35 degrees Celsius. Can I sow and plant the plants after the date indicated by you in the videos and on the site or do I have to change the date a little? Thank you and God bless you and your family!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
2 жыл бұрын
Thankyou Andreea. In view of that cold in winter, I would sow the onions maybe middle of March, and then you have strong warmth by early summer and it should work out fine. Generally you can sow a little later in spring and a little earlier from the middle of August, according to the dates on my timeline and Calendar.
@ScottishVeggieGarden
7 жыл бұрын
Really informative. Thank you!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear, thanks Suz
@laurarowland7926
3 жыл бұрын
Loved video..have you tried to dry the tops??..I so love your videos..very simple & informative..thankyou for your time..be safe & blessed ✝️✝️🙏🙏
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Laura, have not, they are quite fibrous by time of bulb harvest
@herbertmeade348
4 жыл бұрын
I like how you did this from seed to harvest!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks :)
@naziamalik8495
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Charles for all your time, effort and for making such an interseting video to watch. There are very far and few videos from seed to harvest. Enjoyed watching all of your videos. I am a big fan. I will be trying this method very economical and time saving. Love the sound of the freshly picked onions!!
@MsChannigan
6 жыл бұрын
I planted onion this summer for the very first time, and after watching your video, not surprisingly, they are still quite small (I am writing in early September). I live in zone 3. Do you think I could leave them in the ground over winter if I place them under a double layer of poly... the same kind used to make a polytunnel??
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you were late sowing, and small plants survive winter better than big ones. If the plants are not more than say 4in/10cm tall, they could continue growing in spring to make onions.
@raylingomen2562
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing a sowing to harvest video like this, this took a long time to put together and I am very grateful. Absolutely love your content! Thank you!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Great thanks
@utility44
Жыл бұрын
Sadly mine all died this year, 250 of them, some went to seed, some divided into 2 or 3 bulbs some just rotted . Never had a problem before, were watered well, they just fell over in a matter of days. No idea what went wrong, no sign of maggots which i think you get with some disease, I have not composted them as I dont know what happened.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
Жыл бұрын
Oh my, that is devastating. I wonder whether chemicals in the atmosphere are having an affect and it depends where you are I think
@nickygreenfingers
4 жыл бұрын
I love watching your videos, I have a lot to learn , my best wishes for 2020, hope it’s a great growing year
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Many thanks, enjoy the journey
@nickygreenfingers
4 жыл бұрын
Charles Dowding Thsnk you Charles , I will , I love gardening & growing food , I hope for my own channel to be as great as yours one day , I have loads of really great plans , hope to chat again, my best wishes
@anjkovo2138
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Some Advice Please. I've got a raised bed with Onion White Rot in it. Any tips on how to get rid of it & What can i grow on that bed this year. THANKS👍👍
@CharlesDowding1nodig
2 жыл бұрын
Anything can grow there except onion, leek and garlic. No dig helps not to spread it, compost mulch helps to reduce the spores, and they may be there for a year or more.
@sogoodgolf
4 жыл бұрын
All I can think of when he says “on the whole” is Austin powers 🙄
@petermueller7407
4 жыл бұрын
Have just heard some people after bulbs have started to form do top off the onions plants leaves and let 6 inch remain and they also do "spooning" (removing soil around the bulb to give it more room to grow). They say that helps growing larger bulbs. To me that sounds like unnecessary extra activities - what is you opinion?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Yes I quote agree Peter, total nonsense! Good that you are sceptical of things which sound pointless, there is tons of stuff out there masquerading as "advice", not based on experience or making comparisons, or whether it's worthwhile.
@farhananyc1963
5 жыл бұрын
You have the BEST videos I've seen so far. I love the fact you show and tell us everything in stages over time. Keep it up!!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Farhana. We do what we can in the time available!
@maggsh4137
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Charles, hope you and your loved one's are all well. Could you tell me if it's ok to put onions once germinated into the greenhouse with a little extra protection overnight? I've grown onions from seed for years but this year I can't remember what I did last year and I don't seem to have made a note of it in my book. Thank you for your videos and time. Maggs
@CharlesDowding1nodig
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Maggs and all well. Yes they are fine from about now, in the UK climate at least, in a cool under cover space
@Levantine68
7 жыл бұрын
Well done Charles another great vid, you're an inspiration to us all 🌱
@zeelowsguys
2 жыл бұрын
Woah great video, ps do you have any advice with how to deal with white butterfly’s? It’s spring here in New Zealand and white butterfly has to be the worst enemy particularly with cabbage and broccoli etc
@CharlesDowding1nodig
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, and yes see my video Pest Prevention, and buy the soil bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis to spray on brassica leaves
@mikolajochocki5047
4 жыл бұрын
I'm loving how each one of your videos is basically a project. This video was made over the span of 1 year for us to clearly see all of the stages in one convenient video. Thank you so much!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure Mikolaj
@tennybadina9127
3 жыл бұрын
how lovely to see your garden..i am wondering what kind of fertilizer you use in the garden. do you make organic liquid fertilizer?cause i didn't see yet an explanation about that in your blog. thank you
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
For sure I do not explain it anywhere because I never use fertiliser or feed! Compost and no dig make them redundant
@clarkkke7
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info. I learned alot
@IsleofWightBushcraft
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you again Charles. I’ve just sown my onion seed for the first time, I usually do sets, so I’m looking forward to harvesting both springs and bulbs from multi showings. Poly tunnel was 11 degrees yesterday, so should be ok.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
It can work to sow so early in your lovely climate!
@tinaleonie5811
5 жыл бұрын
Omg that looks amazing
@jmoffat1
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the advice on growing onions - we've only used sets before so are inspired to try growing from seed now. Can you also tell us how do you stop tomato plants from growing too leggy? We let the seeds germinate in the airing cupboard then planted them into seed trays and put them in a spare room with the radiator turned down to the lowest level. However, they seem to be getting a bit spindly and bending towards the light. Is it perhaps still too warm in there and too dark?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 ай бұрын
Yes dark!! From sowing early. I sow tomatoes 10th March at earliest, saves much time and effort. If you have more seeds, I would consider scrapping those plants and starting in early March. You have a huge job from now to keep those plants going without as you are noticing, the stems being long, thin and unstable.
@billlyoliveman
4 жыл бұрын
I've never had any success growing onions, never mind them getting that big whether grown singly or in clumps. Sigh. Never mind, I'll be trying again this year....
@stevem-h3562
Жыл бұрын
we sowed our onions and shallots from sets last October/November.... its been a looooooooong time. And really slow. What there is looks to be ok, but its taking its sweet time.....
@CharlesDowding1nodig
Жыл бұрын
Should be ready now, we just harvested shallots of October planting
@freesaxon6835
7 жыл бұрын
You know your onions!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@taffpatch1
3 жыл бұрын
and thats sha,llot xx
@freesaxon6835
3 жыл бұрын
@@taffpatch1 👌🏻😁
@Lifegrowsonandon
3 жыл бұрын
Great vid which I always refer to when its time for onions! Do White Lisbon bulb up too if left? Thanks
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