Thanks @Sheps I froze 6.5Kg last year in addition to eating them fresh and giving a few to the neighbours. It's about 50% bigger this year so may have to get another freezer I've got a forest of autumn raspberries and picked the first 3 today.
I've tried so many times to grow spring onions, never had any luck. I tried growing the in a pot this year - sowed them in March and now they're about the thickness if a toothpick
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
@Pete.8, have you tried sowing spring onions in module trays and then transplanting them. I sow about a dozen to twenty seeds per module in trays in a cold greenhouse from March to May then transplant either to raised beds or direct into the allotment once they're 3-4" high. Doing it that way I can pick a bunch at a time for salads etc. Once it gets too warm in the greenhouse I either direct sow or sow in modules outside.
Maybe you need to try a different spring onion variety, if you haven't already @Pete.8 😁 I am trying Apache from seed this year, and sowed in the cold greenhouse on 25th March in a tub, started to put them outside first week of May, out full time mid May, and now just ready to pull. They were a bit slow to start when we had that cold spell, but have caught up.
Thanks @scroggin and @purplerallim Good idea to try a different variety - I've always used White Lisbon and over many years have tried to grow them trying different methods but even after 6 months or more they're just tiny. I'll try with Apache next year and use the methods you suggest. 🤞
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
That's interesting @Pete.8 I decided to grow some Spring Onions this season after a break of many years. I used the White Lisbon too ( both direct sown and in trays ) and after several weeks, those that bothered to actually germinate need a magnifying glass to spot them. Another variety for me as well next year I think.
@philippasmith2, @Pete.8 a couple more spring onion varieties to try are Guardsman and North Holland Blood Red, I've had good germination and growth rates from both over the last couple of years.
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Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Amazing @Pete.8 you are going to have so many to get through once they are ripe.
I froze 6.5Kg last year in addition to eating them fresh and giving a few to the neighbours.
It's about 50% bigger this year so may have to get another freezer
I've got a forest of autumn raspberries and picked the first 3 today.
I've tried so many times to grow spring onions, never had any luck.
I tried growing the in a pot this year - sowed them in March and now they're about the thickness if a toothpick
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Once it gets too warm in the greenhouse I either direct sow or sow in modules outside.
I am trying Apache from seed this year, and sowed in the cold greenhouse on 25th March in a tub, started to put them outside first week of May, out full time mid May, and now just ready to pull. They were a bit slow to start when we had that cold spell, but have caught up.
Good idea to try a different variety - I've always used White Lisbon and over many years have tried to grow them trying different methods but even after 6 months or more they're just tiny.
I'll try with Apache next year and use the methods you suggest.
🤞
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I used the White Lisbon too ( both direct sown and in trays ) and after several weeks, those that bothered to actually germinate need a magnifying glass to spot them. Another variety for me as well next year I think.