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spring onions
muddy mare
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in Fruit & veg
help me please ,I have to supply unending spring onions I find them hard to germinate they take ages.at the moment im sowing Lisbon and a red one the name escapes at moment does anyone know of a fast cropper?I sow every 2 weeks to try to keep up with demand but they are so slow don't know what im doing wrong please ,any suggestions
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I have sown a white and a red spring onion this year and they germinated very well here with two lovely full rows. I don't know whether they are particularly slow or not though, but I am awaiting them in anticipation. My parsnips and peppers however took weeks and weeks, but I left them alone and they've decided to show now. It might just be the hot/cold weather we've had so far this spring.
Where have you sown them? I've germinated white lisbon on a sunny windowsill last year and in a plastic mini greenhouse this year and both times they've come up fairly quickly, though they can take a while to reach edible size.
I grow spring onions in those 12 compartment trays which bedding plants come in. 1/2 seed tray size. I like to get 4 - 6 seeds in each cell, start them in an unheated tunnel, then plant the ech block later into the garden.
I've got white lisbon to sow - the packet says they can take 18-24 days to germinate and 12 to 14 weeks to reach picking size
what a long time for such a small veg.
thanks everyone for the feed back will use the module way I have considered it but will definatly give it a go now
In the past have always sown straight in the ground.I m keeping them happy with a good supply of various types of radish at the moment!!
In a raised bed that's covered with a plastic greenhousey thing, temps been pretty warm since sewing them...