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tim · « **on:** May 07, 2004, 16:33:59 »

Being a lousy sower, I'm grateful for modules - esp for Spring Onions - grow them in ready made bunches - £1/bunch in the s/market!! = Tim

Wicker · « **Reply #1 on:** May 07, 2004, 19:58:56 »

Why have I never thought of that, tim. I sow quite a lot of spring onions successively (not always successfully) and my rows are always patchy. will certainly try modules for my next sowing.

tim · « **Reply #2 on:** May 07, 2004, 20:14:47 »

Planting them out, when ready - of course! = Tim

kenkew · « **Reply #3 on:** May 07, 2004, 20:19:22 »

I have to confess to using more modules this year than ever before. I'm being slowly converted from A4 size tray sowing. I have my second batch of spring onions in one. Endives do well there too, as do tiny seedlings like mint and lavender.

Wicker · « **Reply #4 on:** May 07, 2004, 20:35:41 »

Yes, we already sow peas, beans, lettuce, cabbages etc etc in modules I just never thought of spring onions and it does seem obvious now!

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #5 on:** May 07, 2004, 21:58:50 »

Yup, I use modules, have alsorts of shapes and sizes, weeny to start weeny things right up to biggish ones for....ahem...biggish things. I loves 'em because I loath pricKing out and this means I don't have to, well, unless the seeds are weeny in which case I do a pinch per module and thin them out...well that is the theory!

tim · « **Reply #6 on:** May 08, 2004, 06:19:36 »

Second thoughts on planting the onions out - WHY?

In a suitably sized module, might they not grow to usable size??

But they might not 'hold' so well?
Watering hassle?
Insufficient houseroom? = Tim

kenkew · « **Reply #7 on:** May 08, 2004, 22:14:37 »

It depends on the plant. I mean, 'greedys' like tom's, gourds, cuc's and sunflower such won't live too long in a small module and will need re-potting. The likes of sweet-peas, lettuce, spring onions and endive should be OK until planting out time.

tim · « **Reply #8 on:** May 09, 2004, 12:12:52 »

We're talking about Spring Onions, Ken?? = Tim

cleo · « **Reply #9 on:** May 09, 2004, 12:55:13 »

Bless modules- after the fiasco I laughingly call the veg patch-(it was posted elsewhere) I can sow stuff to be ready for when and if I put things right.

Stephan.

The gardener · « **Reply #10 on:** May 09, 2004, 13:49:08 »

I grow quite a lot of my stuff on in modules.

I keep a selection of 1", 2" & 3" modules and prick out into the size most suited to the plant/s I am growing.

As a general rule; I sow into 1"square modules, prick out bedding into 2" and veggies into 3"

Things such as Cucurbit's I grow on in 4" pots.

A knowledge of eventual rootball size and the time they will be in the module prior to planting out, helps me to select which size I need.

I certainly try to avoid the plants becoming 'pot bound' or is it 'cell bound'?

If needs be I will pot up from one cell size to the next, if planting out time is sometime away.

tim · « **Reply #11 on:** May 09, 2004, 17:26:37 »

So, no takers on my query?? C'mon now! = Tim

The gardener · « **Reply #12 on:** May 09, 2004, 18:47:27 »

OK I guess a pinch to a 3" cell/module might work, but don't let them dry out.

Will that do? ::)

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #13 on:** May 09, 2004, 21:22:16 »

I guess it depends on the size onions you want. I have bought 'salad onions' which are just like pencils, or 'spring onions' which have bulbous ends. I bet pencil like ones would be okay in the cells. After all, I have a tray of cut and come again lettuce leaves growing in a regular seed tray, now I know they aren't going to make great big plants, and they are only really going to do a couple of cuts before they are all worn out, but it is salad, quick to grow, so what the hell!

p.s. Tim, I am officially a copy cat - I have spring onions in cells in my greenhouse now, and I intend to leave them there! :o

kingkano · « **Reply #14 on:** May 10, 2004, 08:01:22 »

How many weeks are spring onions to harvest, approx?

tim · « **Reply #15 on:** May 10, 2004, 08:33:25 »

I thought I was being a bit ambitious - the cells shown are 1 3/4" square. But I'll leave a few in & see what happens. Watering? They stand on a capillary mat.

I prefer the pencil thickness - easier to chop & no pieces of bulb left over. Start at the top & work down to the white bit, Any remainder with root stands in a drop of water with the others.

Time to harvest - don't know. = Tim

philcooper · « **Reply #16 on:** May 10, 2004, 09:40:49 »

Tim,

I haven't tried spring onions in modules but I did sow some in a quarter tray on the kintchen window sill at the end of Jan (To see if they would make an educational gardening thing for schools)

They germinated ok but haven't bulked up yet

Phil

budgiebreeder · « **Reply #17 on:** May 10, 2004, 11:27:57 »

I plant my Gladioli amongst other things in Modules .Then just make a hole and pop them in.No root disturbance whatsoever.

philcooper · « **Reply #18 on:** May 12, 2004, 14:16:27 »

It's taken me some time to do it but here is a picture of a tray I got from Kays. They cost ~£6 for 3 (a lot less that rootrainers but have the same effect - unfortunately they don't open to get the plant out, but consequently they are less fiddly to set up.

The trays are about twice the size of a normal 14" tray and as you can see from the results, produce well rooted plants (they have the same vertical ridges that rootrainers claim produce good roots)

The gardener · « **Reply #19 on:** May 12, 2004, 16:18:18 »

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