Help - spring onions in a pot

[bristol280zx]

Hi - very new at all this!
so far have planted courgette, red peppers and carrots (all in pots) but is it too late to plant spring onions and can the be grown in pots, if so what size/depth do I need (have seen mentioned on one or two posts the famous B&Q buckets!! is this the way to go?

Thanks

[zazen999]

The best way to grow spring onions, is to sow into modules a pinch of seed at a time. Then transplant into whatever you want; buckets, pots, soil, beds.

Spring onions are best grown in succasional sowings, so do some now, and again in a month and again mid summer; you should then have ongoing onion harvests.

[esrikandan]

Yep - Sping onions will grow happily in a pot - I use a large flower pot for mine, but the B&Q ones are also ideal. They're fairly quick growing so you'll be able to do a few sowings over the season. They're fairly shallow rooted so doesn't have to be a (very) deep pot.

[bristol280zx]

Thank you both for the advise

just one/two more questions
can I just use small pots instead of modules (I am really new and not even sure what a module is!! - sorry to be so stupid!)
will they need feeding? (having done some reading I realise my courgettes are going to need loads)

thanks again

[esrikandan]

I just sprinked a few (well, quite a few) seeds on top of leveled compost (in the big pot) and then covered with a thin layer of sieved compost. And then left them to it. Modules are good if you intend to plant out into the soil as you have tougher plants then.

I guess they'll need feeding although last year I didn't bother (just used fresh bagged compost).

[zazen999]

Modules are good as when you transplant them, they seem to spur the onion on to make more roots; it's like they need a good period of unrest....however if you haven't got modules, then just sow directly into the pots that you have got.

They don't usually need feeding, but if so you will need a different feed to the courgette feed.

[tamsin]

I do mine in a seed tray. Sow them in a grid pattern about 1" apart in either direction and leave them in there until you are ready to eat. I put a layer of rabbit poop in the bottom of the tray then fill with multipurpose - don't know if that makes a difference.