Lunar Planting - what have you grown today?

[binley100]

Naw I turn lots into tomato sauce for the freezer , use them in relishes etc ...My trouble is I can't resist trying different varieties

[binley100]

I've decided to just not pluck my armpits this year

(I have... ahem... 73)

I bet you do a few .........

[marchogaeth]

I did the same VVG .....one day I WILL have spring onions

I did, too! According to the polytunnel bible February is the time to start. I planted the b*****s regularly all through last year and they were all awful!

I tried Katana today which is a "Japanese" type apparently and meant to be more reliable.

They recommend spring onions for kids to grow as a good starter crop for goodness sake!

[_Chris_]

I have a packet of Spring Onions... was waiting until March, like it says on the packet, but I'll try starting some off in the propagator tomorrow... because I have no patience and I have a new propagator that needs to be used.

[zazen999]

I planted the b*****s regularly all through last year and they were all awful!

How are you growing them?

[marchogaeth]

How are you growing them?

I'm tempted to say badly!
Thanks for asking.........

I've tried sticking them straight into the tunnel beds in groups of five, they grow but there are no bulbs.
I grew them scattered in a big tube and took thinnings to leave a few to bulk up which they sort of did but were still nothing like what I was expecting as in very small bulbs.
I grew them as fives in Muller Yogurt pots and planted them into the tunnel beds, same as number one above.
I think, in all honesty I expected them to just get on with it and maybe I need to give them more attention! They do germinate ok, it's the growing on to have something that looks like the ones on the packet that's a problem or just something that looked like a small, chunky leek would be nice. These were all White Lisbon.
I also don't know anyone round here who had a good year with spring onions last year and they are much more experienced than me. So I'll see how yesterday's planting go and give them a bit more TLC.
However, any growing suggestions welcome.

[VirginVegGrower]

I grow my salad crops at home. Spring onions are sown as pinches in large modules or plant pots. When they are big enough I don't prick out, I just replant into a raised bed and leave them to get on with it.

[VirginVegGrower]

OK rhubarb - plant as a perennial at root time or as a leaf - synodic experts only please

[Sylvan]

Not an expert, but I would plant it at root time, since you're aiming to grow good roots in its first year in order to harvest for years to come.

[VirginVegGrower]

It's got me foxed...

[zazen999]

I usually go for whatever I want most out of the plant - so with rhubarb I want healthy stalks which are more leaf than root so I'd go leaf.

[Thelma Sanders]

My Garden Planting by the Moon book says rhubarb is a 'leafy' thing

[VirginVegGrower]

Yep I know but then synodic roots state perennial, so I kind of got torn over what I should plant a crown under. It's not seed I'm sowing, but yes I do want rhubarb stems from it. Still confused...

[salilah]

Nothing this weekend - the compost is frozen (in the shed), the greenhouse is cold - Friday night was down to -10C! Things will have to wait :-(

[binley100]

I sowed celeriac ( i think the last lot are poorly) and celery ......ok p'haps celery isn't root ermm....