do birds eat spring onions?

bigsprouts · « **on:** May 15, 2007, 22:01 »

Hi me and the family planted some spring onions on our plot and some radishes bout 3 or 4 weeks ago and as of yet not a thing could birds be the culprit? :?

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #1 on:** May 15, 2007, 22:06 »

They may just be slow in germinating, although the ones I sowed 2 weeks ago are just beginning to emerge now. I don't think birds eat the seeds, but they do pull out the seedlings, at least they do on my veg plot!!!! They think they're green worms!!!!

WG. · « **Reply #2 on:** May 15, 2007, 22:27 »

radishes should be up. Well up

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #3 on:** May 15, 2007, 22:28 »

Oh yeah WG, forgot to mention radishes, yep they should be well up by now, but I stopped growing them as its only me that likes them.

leeky · « **Reply #4 on:** May 15, 2007, 22:30 »

you should grow them then Grannieannie!

mine are starting to bulb

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #5 on:** May 15, 2007, 22:33 »

Not worth it leeky, as I usually forget they are out there until after I've eaten me salad!!!! lol

leeky · « **Reply #6 on:** May 15, 2007, 22:35 »

im sure youve heard of gobstoppers

WG. · « **Reply #7 on:** May 15, 2007, 22:43 »

And welcome to the forum, bigsprouts.

peanut97 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 15, 2007, 22:47 »

Well maybe these spring onion eating birds are unique (sp?) to Norfolk because i have only got 1 spring onion up in a row, and they were sown weeks ago. I thought spring onions were easy to grow!

leeky · « **Reply #9 on:** May 15, 2007, 22:55 »

springs been out for a month now, no attacks to report. couple of inches high although they were covered for a short while till they got going.

and welcome btw bigsprouts

crowndale · « **Reply #10 on:** May 16, 2007, 08:41 »

My spring onions took about 6 weeks to appear, I'd almost given up on them. No birds tho, every thing in my garden is covered to keep cats off! And talking of cats, blasted creatures tried to walk across my carrot patch instead of going round, it's covered in a cloche with fleece over it so had been half pulled off by the attempts to walk on it. Stupid animal.

yummy · « **Reply #11 on:** May 16, 2007, 20:57 »

I put two types in (lisbon and furio) they showed within 2 weeks and are a couple of inches tall now. I must have gotten lucky this time.

fatgit · « **Reply #12 on:** May 16, 2007, 22:04 »

My spring onions are being slow this year.
The first batch look a little straggly, but are about 4inches tall, the second batch are up to 2inches now, after about 3 weeks.
We've had long periods of overcast weather & torrential downpours here, which wont be helping matters.

Radishes however, I'm on my second harvest of French Breakfast, with the 3rd in a tub now. They're about the size of baby carrots, and taste great.
I've grown the radishes under a cloche as the first lot got attacked by the birds and I lost a few.

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do birds eat spring onions?

WG.

WG.