[paul veg]

Have i been growing spring onions in large tubs etc, I was just want to see what other folk grow theres in, My crop has been good, eaten the first picking and taste much better than supermarket veg....cheers for your input.

[Christine]

Spring onions go in whatever spare tubs are kicking around and always have done. But then I've got a muckle big, huge and ginormous concrete hard standing on the allotment which would cause harassment to the rest of the allotment and the local street to move. So half of it is covered in whatever tubs come to hand for carrots, parsnips, radish, dwarf beans ....

[Gandan57]

They are an ideal crop to grow in tubs but I only grow mine in the ground. Just finished the last of the autumn sown winter hardy white lisbon. Some of the bulbs on these were over an inch diameter.

[fatbelly]

Can anyone please give me some pointers on how to grow Spring Onions.
For the third year in succession I have had an abysmal crop.

I bought two packets of White Lisbon both from Suttons and I have had only three plants come up. I sow directly into the ground and around early April in rows about one inch or so deep. I water in and this April because it was dry I gave them a couple of extra waters.

I have heard of sowing in trays and planting on when they germinate has anyone tried this?

Any thoughts or pointers will be gratefully received for next year.

[Mr Rotavator]

One inch sounds a bit too deep to me, I plant about 1 - 1.5 cm deep ( half inch).

I sow regulary in 3 inch diameter pots and tranplant the contents of the pot in one. The poster who I got this idea from uses a bulb cutter to make a hole in the ground. You get a good bunch of onions from every pot.

[SnooziSuzi]

yes, one inch is too deep; you should gauge the depth needed by the size of the seed; the poor things could have germinated but will have run out of stored energy in the seed before breaking the surface!

Tiny seeds like carrots, onions, brassica's etc only need to be a few mm under the surface, whereas beans, peas and other large seeds can be put a bit deeper.  Generally follow the sowing instructions on the packet for the correct depth.

You'll know when your spring onions have germinated as you'll have a line of what looks like bent grass, perhaps with a black seed casing still on the end.

Good luck

[Muddylou]

I'm growing in a container, I've got quite a few at different stages of development. Quite honestly they seem to have been growing for ever and still not ready to eat. My parsnips are racing ahead of my spring onions    (Lisbon White). I'd forgotten how long they take.

[SUTTY1]

One inch sounds a bit too deep to me, I plant about 1 - 1.5 cm deep ( half inch).

Thought the poster said they grew to 1inch, not planted at 1inch depth

I too plant in 31/2inch pots, roughly 12 in each and then plant out using a bulb planter.
4 pots a time and carry me well through most of the year




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[mumofstig]

I bought two packets of White Lisbon both from Suttons and I have had only three plants come up. I sow directly into the ground and around early April in rows about one inch or so deep. I water in and this April because it was dry I gave them a couple of extra waters.

just to clarify

[fatbelly]

Yes I did sow at one inch depth 
Has anyone ever tried sowing in modules and then planting on?

[louise81]

hi, how deep does the pot need to be to grow spring onions?

[Gandan57]

Yes I did sow at one inch depth 
Has anyone ever tried sowing in modules and then planting on?

                 

The ones that are ready to eat now were sown in plastic meat trays in early spring in less than two inches of compost. Maybe a month after germination I took them to the plot, cut off one of the long sides of the tray and slid the lot out into a shallow hollow in the ground. Gave them a good watering and left them to grow on. Pretty easy really.

[Kiki]

Following last years spring onion failure (the ones that finally did germinate were eaten by my cat!) I've sown in modules in a cold frame then transplanted into a 5" deep trough of rich compost spaced about an inch apart. These have grown well but slowly- I notice they have very long roots so I guess they want lots of food and water. I've had no luck at all sowing in open ground - I think it's been too dry these last 2 years (in the south) and they grow so slowly they get swamped by weeds.

[Growster...]

One inch sounds a bit too deep to me, I plant about 1 - 1.5 cm deep ( half inch).

I sow regulary in 3 inch diameter pots and tranplant the contents of the pot in one. The poster who I got this idea from uses a bulb cutter to make a hole in the ground. You get a good bunch of onions from every pot.

What a great idea! Just a day after I sowed a load directly into the soil too...

Blast!

;0)

[SUTTY1]

One inch sounds a bit too deep to me, I plant about 1 - 1.5 cm deep ( half inch).

Thought the poster said they grew to 1inch, not planted at 1inch depth

I appologise for this mistake.   Very stressful day and opened my 1st bottle of parsnip wine made 18months ago, think it was a bit more potent than i realised :blink:




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