Why oh why can i not grow spring onions !!!!
I try every year, different ways, fresh seed everything i can think of and i just cant get them to grow ::)
No problem with tropical plants, all other veggies, fruit ect and i even germinate rare seeds for a friend but can i grow spring onions NOOOOOOOOOOO !
Help :P
I cheated and grew some normal onions from seed, we are eating the spares from the seed tray... ;D
grow them as for leeks, in a tray, and then plant them out when they're quite large. It's the slugs what get them, when they're very small
If you are having trouble direct sowing try germinating in a pot and transplanting to a deep seed box. They can then be grown to maturity in the box without difficulty. Just remember to water.
its possible the ground is crusting over before they have a chance to pop up properly ive had trouble my self in the past as the other wise gardeners on here do sow in seed trays or large pots with plenty of seeds when big enough to handle three to four weeks transplant out to prepared seed bed see if this works for you as it does for me
This is a well timed post flowerofshona so thanks all for the tips, have just started some off in pots to transplant. Thinking about erisitic's idea, you could use a deep window box, I use them for other stuff like lettuce, pak choi etc that the slugs seem to go for when young and tender
and good luck!
1066
one of our guys eats shallots as spring onions, just allows the bulb to split, pulls the whole bulb up and eats them :)
I've used spare sets in the past. I've now got some Welsh onions courtesy of Saddad, so I'm going to bulk them up and use those.
I have direct sown this year and all seem to be growing well. More effort was made to get the ground much finer than previously. I have success with spring onions in 8" pots. Usually around 10 per pot is suffice.
I always start them off in pots now after years of not being able to get them to grow. Leave them in a 3" pot until they are big enough then put the whole lot into the ground and grow them as a bunch of 10 to 15 onions, that works great for me. Now somebody tell me how to grow raddish! I get stem and leaves but no bulb at the end :(
Quote from: terrier on April 26, 2009, 18:34:31
I always start them off in pots now after years of not being able to get them to grow. Leave them in a 3" pot until they are big enough then put the whole lot into the ground and grow them as a bunch of 10 to 15 onions, that works great for me. Now somebody tell me how to grow raddish! I get stem and leaves but no bulb at the end :(
I'm trying them in last years growbags in the unheated greenhouse..... they've got until I need the space for my tomatos (ie when the tomatos wnat to go in something that big....)
chrisc
My spring onions are always a bit hit and miss but I've just noticed the seeds I sowed a few weeks ago are starting to poke through so fingers crossed.
I've also just planted some Welsh onions, also courtesy of Saddad so if the posts are right, I'm looking foward to not having to grow spring onions ever again!
Wholly agree with terrier. Ten-ish to a plug & plant when full of roots.
But sowed in rows last year in a raised bed & did well. Then again in October - broadcast in a Grow Bag in the cold house. Been pulling them for 2 months now, as shown earlier. By the handful!
And, of course, they are really Spring harvested Onions rather than Spring sown?
Woah! If they do that well in a grow bag then I might buy one or two just for radish, spring onions and paris silverskin pickling onions.