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spring onions
« on: May 29, 2011, 15:31 »
Do spring onions need to be thinned out? I have a row of them but they look very crowded to me (they are in a raised bed full of compost)

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Re: spring onions
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2011, 15:46 »
Just thin them out as you require them for the salad bowl!  :D  Cheers,   Tony.
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Re: spring onions
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2011, 16:03 »
I'd agree with that advice. :)
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Re: spring onions
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2011, 16:19 »
Really daft question but when do you know they are ready? This is the first year that I have grown them.

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Re: spring onions
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2011, 16:42 »
Really daft question but when do you know they are ready? This is the first year that I have grown them.

When they are big enough to eat (easy to see because most of it will be sticking out of the ground.)  :)
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Re: spring onions
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2011, 16:55 »
At the moment I just have green above ground. I guess I wait some more then.

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Re: spring onions
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2011, 17:32 »

'Ave a shufti' at those on the shelves in the shop and when yours are approaching that size = bingo.  But remember, those on the shelves may have been grown using unnatural conditions.  .   ::).  .Cheers,   Tony.

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Re: spring onions
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2011, 15:19 »
How do you get some many they need thinning, mine are awful i've sow 3/4 rows and have like 10 spring onions!

i'm now trying to grow them in plugs!

the packet says....Easy to grow! grrrrrrr >:(

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Re: spring onions
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2011, 17:06 »
I do them like leeks now: cat litter tray close together then separate and plant out. Take a while to grow big mind...

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Re: spring onions
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2011, 18:17 »
Do them in modules, seed tray insert, 20 cells to a half tray.

Pinch of seed in each, germinate somewhere warmish, then move outside.

When about 3" high plant in final postion, still in clumps, no need to thin. Keep sucessions going.

Germination is better and faster using this method.
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Re: spring onions
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2011, 18:20 »
i've experimented this year. i sowed some direct into the ground and others in pots in the greenhouse. the ones in pots raced away yet i've had pretty good germination from both sets. i've weeded the ground-sown ones a lot and watered them well when young and they're looking really good. i've started to eat the thinings already. water well before you thin so they come out easier.

like lettuce they take longer than you might think to grow.

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Re: spring onions
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2011, 22:51 »
As you have plenty start picking the biggest when they are only just big enough to eat. These first few are the best, tender and mild. If you wait until they are shop size they will soon get big and too strong flavoured.



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