spring onions.

tulsalady · « **on:** February 28, 2010, 13:54 »

Has anyone got any ideas on what i'm doing wrong, but I just can't seem to grow spring onions.I have tried them in the ground and in containers,all i get are whispy little things with no sign of a lovely white bulb.I am determined to have an other go this year but I don't want to keep wasting seed.I look forward to some help from you gardeners out there.

zazen999 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 28, 2010, 14:04 »

Get some modules.

Fill with compost and tamp down

Sow a pinch of seed in each.

Cover with a layer of sieved compost.

Leave in a unheated greenhouse or wait until they have just germinated indoors, then put them out straight away.

Leave until the leaves are about 4 inches tall.

Plant out without separating them.

Harvest a bunch at a time.

Use fresh seed!

poppies · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2010, 14:17 »

Quote from: zazen999 on February 28, 2010, 14:04

Get some modules.

Fill with compost and tamp down

Sow a pinch of seed in each.

Cover with a layer of sieved compost.

Leave in a unheated greenhouse or wait until they have just germinated indoors, then put them out straight away.

Leave until the leaves are about 4 inches tall.

Plant out without separating them.

Harvest a bunch at a time.

Use fresh seed!

Thats how I grow them never fails

theakston_uk · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2010, 15:04 »

Quote from: zazen999 on February 28, 2010, 14:04

Get some modules.

Fill with compost and tamp down

Sow a pinch of seed in each.

Cover with a layer of sieved compost.

Leave in a unheated greenhouse or wait until they have just germinated indoors, then put them out straight away.

Leave until the leaves are about 4 inches tall.

Plant out without separating them.

Harvest a bunch at a time.

Use fresh seed!

Sounds like a great idea, like the idea of not seperating them so you get bunches of them growing. Will be trying this out

boosh · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2010, 15:16 »

Quote from: zazen999 on February 28, 2010, 14:04

Get some modules.

Fill with compost and tamp down

Sow a pinch of seed in each.

Cover with a layer of sieved compost.

Leave in a unheated greenhouse or wait until they have just germinated indoors, then put them out straight away.

Leave until the leaves are about 4 inches tall.

Plant out without separating them.

Harvest a bunch at a time.

Use fresh seed!

Mine were not all that last year, will give this ago

cooperman · « **Reply #5 on:** February 28, 2010, 15:41 »

remember all onions are a hungry bunch, so prepare the growing site with well rotted manure/compost (the previous autumn) and/or use a proprietry onion specific feed a few weeks prior to planting out.

tulsalady · « **Reply #6 on:** February 28, 2010, 15:59 »

Thank you all for your help, i will give that a go and keep my fingers crossed.

zazen999 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 28, 2010, 16:07 »

Quote from: cooperman on February 28, 2010, 15:41

remember all onions are a hungry bunch, so prepare the growing site with well rotted manure/compost (the previous autumn) and/or use a proprietry onion specific feed a few weeks prior to planting out.

Strangely enough I just took some photos of my manure versus bog standard compost trial...literally minutes ago!

These were sown 31 May last year and transplanted 9 in each pot around Sept time. Left outdoors all winter and brought into the unheated greenhouse about a month ago.

The bigger and fatter ones are the ones that were not grown in manure. The trial was to see how much bigger the manure would make them - so the answer is not much at all - in fact it seems to have had a negative impact.

Terrier · « **Reply #8 on:** February 28, 2010, 16:34 »

A couple of years ago, I planted some spring onions in a flower bed arrangement purely for the green foliage at the back. The compost was rich and they were fed alongside the flowering plants. They grew to an enormous size, more like small leeks, far bigger than the same lot I planted in the ground. Also, I don't think they like the cold,as soon as they get a bit of sun on them they seem to come to life. When I plant out the young plants ( in bunches as others do) I plant them close together so that they offer mutual protection from the elements and that seems to work well.
Last season I bought some 'fast growing' spring onions and they really were fast, but I now can't remember what make they were or where I purchased them

Has anyone else seen these?

craggy · « **Reply #9 on:** February 28, 2010, 19:32 »

Quote from: tulsalady on February 28, 2010, 15:59

Thank you all for your help, i will give that a go and keep my fingers crossed.

why not put some shallots in,and lift them early as spring onions.Never fails.

tulsalady · « **Reply #10 on:** March 01, 2010, 11:35 »

With all these ideas I should be able to grow them this year. I can't wait. Thanks again.

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