Just saw this idea for growing onions in a plastic container that appears to be full of soil. Can't find any details though. Could be a way to use up those onion sets that are sold off cheaply at the end of the season - or to get fresh onion shoots for cooking throughout the winter.
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So I just had to try it for myself
Two yoghurt pots, made 2 rows of 4 holes (corkscrew and scissors. You need to cut away some of the plastic or the onion set springs back out again)
Planted 9 onions in one pots and 12 Kelvedon Wonder peas in the other - to see if I can crop them for pea shoots
If you don't try, you'll never know
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Looks totally different, Think i might give it a shot if i find some time :PVisit my blog at: marksallotment20162017.wordpress.com
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Why don't you take it one stepfurther and turn them into hanging ,pots,tubs,dutbins,milk cartons etc?
Watering is going to be a problem methinks...................
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I can't imagine that the onions will grow bigger but there are plenty of leaves for the snipping. The peas worked too but I didn't make the holes in the side large enough for the shoots to come through, so most of them are growing up towards the top of the pot. I can see their progress through the transparent sides
Would be very easy to do through winter for a supply of indoor pea shoots.Attached Files
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Another update
The onions have grown bigger - honest They're probably larger than the ones in the ground that were planted about the same time.
The peas that were sown in a similar way didn't have the sense to find their way out through the holes in the side - just forced their way to the top, whatever depth they were planted at Not worth repeating!!
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Originally posted by 4390evans View Postoh wow! its your pic, well this is all over fb thats where I stole it from
Think there will be alot of people trying it, if they have not already x
TBH I think that growing that many onions in a container will be difficult as cutting the holes in the sides weakens the container. It needs to be quite rigid to start with. I may try it again with something other than a yogurt pot!!
Good luck
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