Topic: Winter hardy spring onion question.....

[kippers garden]

I planted my winter hardy spring oinions last month in a pot of compost at my allotment and they are growing well.  I have just been reading these need to go in a frost free place........is this correct?  How do other people grow their winter hardy spring onions?

[Robert_Brenchley]

Mine got well and truly frozen last winter, and some survived at any rate. I'm not sure how well they cope with frost in a pot though.

[galina]

Winterhardy white Lisbon certainly makes winters here without losses.  I think they are mostly quite tough, even the ones not quoted as winterhardy.  I wouldn't worry too much if they were in the ground.

They get colder in pots though.  Can you transplant them?

[kypfer]

I'll agree with the others, onions in pots and containers are much more of a problem over winter than in the ground. If you've got nowhere permanent to transplant them to, could you just bury the pots in a sheltered spot then lift them again in the spring ?

[kt.]

could you just bury the pots in a sheltered spot then lift them again in the spring ?

Good thinking batman ;)   (Learn something new everyday and thats mine for today.)

[kippers garden]

Thanks for your replies.....transplanting it is