Saturday 10 September 2011

Spring Onions - at last

A surprising mild day with some sunshine. Just a shower of rain early in the morning and then dry for the rest of the day.

We have developed a problem growing spring onions. The term successional sowing is irrelevant for us as we’re lucky to get our first crop to produce any decent onions by autumn. This year our plot sown spring onions were a disaster probably because they didn't get watered often enough. To try to get round this we decided to sow some spring onions at home where they could get a little more attention. 
Sown at the beginning of July these onions looked like they were ready for using especially these Crimson Forest ones. The bunching onions just visible behind are still much smaller. 
Disappointingly small when they were pulled out of the tub. This may be due to my rather thick sowing of the seed. It will be interesting to see how the onions develop over the next few weeks.

4 comments:

  1. Alliums is a weak spot, (leeks excepted). I've not tried to grow spring onions since disappointing results a decade or two ago. White rot is the culprit. As the book says "don't try to grow alliums on affected ground for at least 9 years....".

    Perhaps next year I'll try some in a raised bed topped with potting compost.

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  2. Sorry for your travails with the onions. It can be so worth it when they're a succes.

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  3. Sorry for the abrupt ending with the previous message. But I wish you luck in the future.

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  4. Hi Mal
    I'm pretty sure it's not a disease problem just how slow they seem to grow for me.

    Hi Patrick
    I'll just keep on trying and maybe have better luck next year.

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