[millie C]

I have never managed anything but spindly spring onions from seed, but this year B&Q had some organic veg at sale prices and I bought a tray of spring onion plants. Transplanted them out in May and have harvested some really decent ones already with quite a lot more to come. Normally like to grow my own stuff from seed, but this may be the way forward for me with spring oinions.

[sclarke624]

Red Spring Onion "Furio"

I will try as suggested, still gonna do some White Lisbon with them.  I also tried some Eiffel spring onions this year......doing about as well as Lisbons.

[dugless]

It must be the weather mine are the same,planted in a special bed two months ago germinated well  but still not big enough to eat.

[PAH48]

Hi all ...two packets of Lisbon ---sweet nowt this year---not one
ole' Den on  our plot again sowed  packet  after packet, guess what
nowt!!!
You tell me , every thing Ole DEN grows -grows!!
His plot amazes me, Elder of our tribe,But as I say, if E' plants it it grows.
So was it a bad year for seeds last year-or the the weather this year?

Bye PAH,enjoy these are the mysteries of growing your own!!!!!!

[Big Jen]

Never have been able to grow spring onions, they just dont thicken up and get full of weeds! Best success I had was over winter in a raised bed in the greenhouse. Buy them from the shops now - its cheaper than the seeds!

[DD.]

Mine have germinated well, but in common with other seem a little slow this year. Must be the weather!

I think sometimes harvest times on the back of packets are a little optimistic, and they leave out that essential requirement - patience!

I will be harvesting soon, but in the meantime I'm using sliced winter onions in salads instead of resorting to Tesc*'s spring onions.

[yummy]

Had exactly the same problem with my white lisbon. Sown just before I went on my hols mid March. Now about 3 inches high.

[Brian_of_Bozeat]

I grow mine in cells - 4 to 6 seeds per cell, plant them out about 6-8" apart (without thinning the cells) and they push each other aside. The little bunches make weeding easy.

This year I also tried a row direct into the ground and I'm having the same problems as stated here. (I know how i'm going to do my over wintered ones!)

[hickorychickory]

This is my first year of growing anything.  Carrots doing well, potatoes not got long before I dig them up, toms are doing great.  Planted the same variety as everybody else (white lisbon) and nothing   Thought I had done something wrong, glad it is just not me.

Ally