Spring onion variety?

[smallblueplanet]

Steering carefully away from the 'who isn't picking anything yet' thread...thanks to Pigletwillie's patent spring onion module growing technique we have just harvested our first ever spring onions! Well they're a tiny bit small but I wanted to try some. They taste quite good, but not too strong, I'd like a bit more kick so perhaps if I'd left them longer - the next lot will no doubt tell.

Anyway this lot are 'white lisbon' the next lot coming along are shimonita. What are your favourite tasting spring onions?

[JILLY JACKSON]

I have the white lisbon too.havent tried any other variety yet,but i do like the white lisbon,been having ours with salad for a few weeks now

[Two_Sheds]

I am eating my overwintered Senshyu onions as springers ... because they didn't fricking grow, they just sat there and then bolted.

[shirlthegirl43]

I have some white lisbon which seem to be doing okay (thanks PW - my best success with spring onions yet!) but the Ishikuru (think that is what they are) never showed at all.

[zazen999]

Interestingly enough Manda - I pulled my first ones today. The variety is from a pack of T&M's Sprouting Onion Seeds....10 times the amount for the same price but you don't know the variety - as you can see they are a mix of all different types.

Mine were sown into jiffy 7s, and I am well happy with this method.

[janeyo]

I'm no picking my second sown lot. First is finshed but then I only do one large pot at a time.I can't remember what they are and not going outside to look lol, they are either white lisbon or ishywatsits. From wilko anyway.

Mine were quite powerful Great in a cheese sarnie

[selfraising]

I am growing Rossa lunga di Ferenze which are a red spring onion variety and very yummy!

[coreopsis]

I have Ishikuru but nowhere to pick them yet.Modules didn't work for me.

[terrier]

Last year I sowed some 12 month old sp onion seed and got nil germination, that's when I bought the Ishikuru seed to try, they were growing in no time and seem good and hardy, this year I'm trying another type (can't remember the name ) but they are red sp onion. They also have germinated in pots OK and are waiting to be planted out in the next few days.

[Alice]

White Lisbon is doing well for me. I could pull them but will leave them to get a bit bigger.
A couple of weeks ago we finished eating the spring onions which had stood right through the winter - White Lisbon I think.
I plant red onion sets and shallots shoulder to shoulder and pull them for spring onions when I have none.

[TEB]

I have some sucess with Holland Blood Red, my White Lisbon didnt amount too much, I think the seeds were well beyond their sell by date or just rubbish at growing spring onions

[veggielover]

my white lisbon look rather pathetic....... i sowed direct about 2 months ago, germinated well but they just don't want to fatten up!

[FionaH]

We have been eating white lisbon for a few weeks, think I may have overdone it on the sowing. Got loads of em!

[zazen999]

my white lisbon look rather pathetic....... i sowed direct about 2 months ago, germinated well but they just don't want to fatten up!

I've found that none of my onions grow well if sown direct.

How about an experiment?

Pull up a handful, and replant them. Water in and leave them a few weeks and see if there is a difference.

Either there will be none; or the direct sown will be fatter or the pulled and resown will be fatter.

It's just that if my onions are looking like they aren't doing anything, I pull them and replant and it seems to spur them on. It could just be me, but I'd be interested if someone else tries this.

[veggielover]

will give it ago Zazen..... will keep u posted