Advice needed on spring onions

[October]

Could someone advise me on whether or not to sow a second lot of spring onions in the same place as the first ones which I am now thinking of pulling up to eat. Thank you.

[pigletwillie]

Yes, just grow them in another patch next year to get some form of rotation going.

I module sow spring onions and do so successionaly, once one modules worth (a small bunch) is pulled a new module gets planted to ensure continuity.

[rustylady]

Technically you shouldn't, but if that's all the space you have then go for it. Remember to give them some balanced feed, though.

[JennieAtkinson]

I would certainly recommend Pigletwillies module method. Its working well for me this year. Previously Ive never had any luck with spring onions and certainly not successional harvests.

[nick the grief]

Unless you eat loads of them in which case you are probably known as stinky breath by all your ex mates I wouldn't sow a row ( mine being 15ft) but would sow a short row (5ft ish) now then another in 2 weeks then 2week after that and then go onto the Japanese Bunching onions as they will stand the cold better when it gets too late to sow spring onions, That way you can drop them in wherever you have space.

Some of the Japanese jobbies will bulk up and you can use them as a leek substitute as well.

[Flummery]

Now I didn't know the Japanese Jobbies were better at standing the cold! Must get some in for later nibbling.

thanks for the tip,

Stinky Breath (sorry, Flum!)

[October]

Spring Onions

Thanks for all advice.

What is the modular method? I just planted them in short rows - across the beds - and have more coming up. What are Japanese bunching onions? The ones I have sown are White Lisbon, I think - it said on the packet they are winter hardy. I haven't much other room in the onion and carrot bed. Onion sets doing well - I suppose they will be a bit longer yet. Think I planted them too deep as I can't see the actual onion bit. Will have to rummage round in their roots later on to tell if they are ready.

And - thank you to the person - on another thread - who gave me the idea for the bacon and potato salad - delicious!

[Hazel at the Hill]

I think that I'll module sow then stick them in a spare corner, but I guess I could just container sow at home.......?

At the mo we are putting in 4' rows every couple of weeks at the Hill in the Root Bed, but either I'm sowing too thinly (most unlikely!), germination is patchy for some reason or the bloody eelworms are getting to them.

[Flummery]

The module method, October, is to take one of those plastic inserts for a seed tray (or polystyrene tray) divided into about 20 separate cells. Put in the compost then put a few (3 or 4) seeds into each cell. Cover them with a sprinkling of compost and make sure they don't dry out. You'll get a little clump of 'grass' in each cell. When they are a few inches tall and the roots are visible at the bottom, transplant the whole clump into the ground. You can do them in rows a few inches apart or in any little gaps you've got. They soon plump up and off you go.

[October]

Thanks Flummery - I have some of those trays so I'll try that.