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    Growing veg indoors!

    Just saw this idea for growing onions in a plastic container that appears to be full of soil. Can't find any details though. Could be a way to use up those onion sets that are sold off cheaply at the end of the season - or to get fresh onion shoots for cooking throughout the winter.
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    whacky, where do you find these things?!!!!

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    • #3
      This is on GROWtest.org Lots of happy browsing there

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      • #4
        That's an interesting site VC so I've book marketed it for later, thanks
        Location....East Midlands.

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        • #5
          So I just had to try it for myself
          Two yoghurt pots, made 2 rows of 4 holes (corkscrew and scissors. You need to cut away some of the plastic or the onion set springs back out again)
          Planted 9 onions in one pots and 12 Kelvedon Wonder peas in the other - to see if I can crop them for pea shoots
          If you don't try, you'll never know
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          Last edited by veggiechicken; 22-03-2013, 02:47 PM. Reason: forgot the piccy!

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          • #6
            Looks totally different, Think i might give it a shot if i find some time :P
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            • #7
              Yogurt pots are too thin to cut more holes in and I didn't have anything sturdier. A milk container might be better. Those 2 took about 5 minutes. Go on Mark - you know you want to

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              • #8
                Why don't you take it one stepfurther and turn them into hanging ,pots,tubs,dutbins,milk cartons etc?

                Watering is going to be a problem methinks...................

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Snadger View Post
                  hanging ,pots,tubs,dutbins,
                  Oi oi - that's a bit much innit? Be nice to people Snadge. What's he ever done to you?

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                  • #10
                    An update

                    I can't imagine that the onions will grow bigger but there are plenty of leaves for the snipping. The peas worked too but I didn't make the holes in the side large enough for the shoots to come through, so most of them are growing up towards the top of the pot. I can see their progress through the transparent sides
                    Would be very easy to do through winter for a supply of indoor pea shoots.
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                    • #11
                      Another update


                      The onions have grown bigger - honest They're probably larger than the ones in the ground that were planted about the same time.
                      The peas that were sown in a similar way didn't have the sense to find their way out through the holes in the side - just forced their way to the top, whatever depth they were planted at Not worth repeating!!
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                      • #12
                        oh wow! its your pic, well this is all over fb thats where I stole it from

                        Think there will be alot of people trying it, if they have not already x
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                            Originally posted by 4390evans View Post
                            oh wow! its your pic, well this is all over fb thats where I stole it from

                            Think there will be alot of people trying it, if they have not already x
                            Sorry, Jen, the original photo isn't mine, I pinched the idea too but put my own modest spin on it.
                            TBH I think that growing that many onions in a container will be difficult as cutting the holes in the sides weakens the container. It needs to be quite rigid to start with. I may try it again with something other than a yogurt pot!!
                            Good luck

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