transplanting onion seedlings....

[tumbling tom]

Hi guys.


Have been really busy this year and have not kept up with much so now need to catch up in the next few days.

I have got a small seed tray absolutly full of onion seedling that just look like really long thin grass at the moment.

I was going to transfer these into cell trays to try and thicken them up before they go outside but this can be tedious as I have a few so was wondering is there a reason I cant transfer them into an old mushroom crate like I do my leeks and not need to put them into individual cells? I only as as everywhere I have read in the past always say cells.

Also where they are quite long on the top could the foilage be trimmed?

[leonmc0708]

what kind of onions ?

[Aberdeenplotter]

don't get hung up on cell trays or on any other compost holding receptacles. The important thing to do is to plant them on so that they get a fresh supply of nutrients otherwise they will end up stunted. I prefer to use small pots as opposed to cellpaks as it's easier to get them out of a pot when planting out.

[tumbling tom]

main crop onions, not spring

[zazen999]

You can do what you want, if mushroom crates work for you then use them. I go straight from sowing in a plant pot to outside.

[SarzWix]

I sowed mine into cell trays. They've been hardened off, so today they're going in the ground

[SarzWix]

Oh, and I'd avoid trimming the foliage - the leaves on an onion are hollow rather than the flat leaf you get on a leek. I don't think they'd respond the same as a leek does. Although I'm happy to be corrected there; I'm no onion expert

[Tripmeup]

I usually sow in modules and then once ready, it's straight outside with them...