Hi all,

having lurked around here for a few months it's time to plunge in!!

We are Ged n Leigh and have recently taken over an allotment in sunny Lincs!
Having black polyed months ago we are almost ready to begin...

My question is this!!
can you sow Spring onions in individual pots and then successfully
transplant later on?? Or must they be sown in situ and thinned out as
required??

Many thanks in advance
Ged

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Gorilla writes
We are Ged n Leigh and have recently taken over an allotment in sunny Lincs!
Having black polyed months ago we are almost ready to begin...
Hullo both, welcome to urg.

My question is this!!
can you sow Spring onions in individual pots and then successfully
transplant later on?? Or must they be sown in situ and thinned out as
required??

If you mean 'Spring' onions as in the small salad onion range, they can
be grown either way. There would be no need for thinning though even the
smallest slips can be used as chives. We do ours in half seed trays,
leaving them in the trays until they finish.

Spring sown maincrop onions are better sown either in pots or trays,
then planted out in their growing positions later.
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

"The Gorilla" the wrote in message
...
Hi all,

having lurked around here for a few months it's time to plunge in!!

We are Ged n Leigh and have recently taken over an allotment in sunny
Lincs!
Having black polyed months ago we are almost ready to begin...

My question is this!!
can you sow Spring onions in individual pots and then successfully
transplant later on?? Or must they be sown in situ and thinned out as
required??

Many thanks in advance
Ged

Good news!

Onions, and most if not all of the onion family, leeks etc, are the most
transplantable crops. Mine have been pushed up frm below by moley, dug up by
cats, hoed up (accidentally) by me and bunged back in to no ill effect.

What you suggest is IMHO a good way of getting them off to a weed free(ish)
start, rather than them having to compete with weed seedlings from day one.

Enjoy.