[mickeyboy]

Hi, someone has given me some spring onions to plant. They are about 8" tall, quite thin and in bunches of 5-6, the question is do i seperate these into singles before planting or plant them in bunches ??

[Bigbadfrankie]

peel them and eat them with your salad

[shaun]

yes they sound like there ready,cant see em growing much more if you transplant them,i would sow some more straight into the ground

[clive f]

Are you sure they have given them you to plant and not to eat :?

[celtbhoy]

what height does it have to be before you plant them out?(iv grown them in pots in cold frame)

[shaun]

I have always sown them direct

[WG.]

Hi, someone has given me some spring onions to plant. They are about 8" tall, quite thin and in bunches of 5-6, the question is do i seperate these into singles before planting or plant them in bunches ??

Are you sure you haven't been given chives?  Or bunching onions of some kind??

[celtbhoy]

I have always sown them direct

well ground was not ready,so i stuck them in small pots to get them started.

[mickeyboy]

They are definitly spring onions with no real bulbs on them. They do look like big single chives and are in small modules in bunches of 5-6.

whilst we are on the subject of onions can any one tell me how often i should be watering my recently planted onion sets???

Thanks  

[WG.]

They are definitly spring onions with no real bulbs on them. They do look like big single chives and are in small modules in bunches of 5-6.

whilst we are on the subject of onions can any one tell me how often i should be watering my recently planted onion sets???

Thanks  

Okay - sounds like they've been multiply-sown into modules.   You can separate or simply plant the bunch as you prefer.  Separating will allow each to develop larger.

Onion sets : I'd say no water but others may disagree.  Dependent on local conditions really.

[Aunt Sally]

what height does it have to be before you plant them out?(iv grown them in pots in cold frame)

Do you grow everything in pots in the cold frame CB  :?:

[crowndale]

I bought some red onions today that were sold like the spring ones, sown in bunches in small plug plant sized container.  It said to plant them as a bunch but as the onions grow to a fairly large size I couldn't see how they would all grow so I have separated them out and planted singly a few inches apart. They'll need thinning probably when they are a bit bigger but at least there is something green in the beds!  I now though have loads of red onions left over, should've counted how many in a pot before buying them!