Thinning out spring onions

[Doggler]

I seem to have been a bit heavy handed when sewing my spring onions. Got loads of seedlings now but very close to each other. Can I replant the seedlings I remove? And how big should they be before I start trying to move them?

[Lesley Jay]

Doggler let them get a bit bigger then you can eat the thinnings.

[Doggler]

Cheers, kind of makes sense now you mention it! Thank you.

[JennieAtkinson]

Doggler - how long did it take your spring onions to germinate. Mine have been in the ground for four weeks now and not a sign of anything. I wonder if they have died?

[Alice]

Jennie, I planted my spring onions outside on the 4th May and they germinated on the 14th May. Think yours may have died but you could resow. Good luck.

[vicki]

Doggler - mine took weeks as well - I had just decided to give up on them and the next day they appeared! Maybe it depends how cold it was when they went in?

[sewer rat]

Jenny
Have literally just dashed outside, braving the p*ssing rain to check the labels and see when I sowed mine (White Lisbon), along with the pickling onion Paris Silverskin. They went into the ground on 23rd April and have only just, in the last week, made any sign of life - I too was on the point of giving up and starting again .

[smallblueplanet]

Blimey thats a bit long time init!?

We got some paris siverskins too, but they only went in a few days ago - fingers crossed!

[bramble]

Jenny, would you not start off some more in plant modules? I usually sow about six or eight in the modules and then plant the kot out as a clump without disturbing the roots. Sometimes they need to be thinned out a bit but more often than not they're ok.

[Geordie]

Jenny,

Why not start you s. onions in a pot....ie 25 seeds in a 5" pot...kept indoors, will germinate quicker and just transplant outside when big enough.

[JennieAtkinson]

Thanks Geordie and Bramble - will try! I read the packet and it said easy, so just assumed they would germinate quickly.

[Doggler]

Wow, you take a few days off the site and tons of messages! To be honest I didn't really do anything special. Just sowed the seeds as per the packet and popped the pot in the greenhouse. I don't think as many seedlings have come up as there were seeds and they do seem to have stopped growing a bit. Mind, it's a tad cold right now. I think they were called "Lisbon"