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    I bought some spring onions last week.
    Unfortunately I don't think my raised beds are going to be already any time soon. ;(
    So can I grow them in a container/pots?
    @thecluelessgardener

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    Yes - no problem with that!

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    • #3
      That's where mine are grown - the benefit of pots is that they don't have to be huge, deep ones.
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      • #4
        Thanks guys.
        What sized container do I need and how many should I plant? Does the container need to be quite deep.
        @thecluelessgardener

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        • #5
          I have 2 washing up bowls with holes drilled in the bottom and a bit of shingle underneath the compost. Mind you I have used shallower planters - but I got my bowls from a pound shop.

          I willy nilly sprinkle them on to pre watered compost sprinkle a bit more compost on top and then try and remember to water them as often as they need.

          You can thin the onions out once they start appearing and I leave half to one inch between them.

          Don't forget that you can eat your thinnings.
          I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison

          Outreach co-ordinator for the Gnome, Pixie and Fairy groups within the Nutters Club.

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          • #6
            A tip I picked up from here was to sow them in 3" pots. Sow once a fortnight as many has you can eat in a fortnight and then plant them out into a larger container, I use a trough. That way you get lovely spring onions throughout the season and as you clear one end of the container you have more seedlings ready to go in.
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            • #7
              I'm growing spring onions in a pot. Black bulb like or little balls are on the end. Is this normal or not?

              Thanks

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              • #8
                Originally posted by nessa76 View Post
                I'm growing spring onions in a pot. Black bulb like or little balls are on the end. Is this normal or not?

                Thanks
                That is the original seed case and it will fall off eventualy. I am impatient and have tried pulling them of in the past but it usualy ends up damaging the plant.
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                • #9
                  Thanks Bill, I will make sure I don't pull them off don't want to damage the plant. I'm glad they'll fall off and it's normal, I thought they was going bad haha

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                  • #10
                    I use those long tubs for flowers on windowsills. Except that they kick about the garden.

                    Plant in clumps spaced about by, perhaps 4 inches. Seems to work fine.
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