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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
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IanP
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Lymington UK
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I’m still having real problems with the onions at the moment and have thrown a few out. I sent off a soil sample but I think the problem is with the conditions in the unit.
My guess at the moment is that in the germination room they were getting a huge amount of light and a temp of about 18C during the day.
The plants I potted up were amazingly strong with very powerful growth.
Now that they are in the onion house the light although very good, is not as good as the germination room. The lights are also throwing out a huge amount of heat and during the day it has been getting up to 22C.
My feeling is, that the balance between heat and light is not good enough, producing soft growth, and leaves getting stuck in the necks.
Hopefully now that the roots are growing well I will see an improvement in the next couple of weeks without losing to many more.
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