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    Spring Onions

    I have planted spring onions seeds in various size pots etc but I would like to sow seeds in small 1 Lite pots , how many seeds should I go for

    After its reached optimum size what size pot should I then aim for transplanting them

    same question for chinese garlic chives , choy sum , chinese kale and chinese celery

    I am thinking as a general rule 6 seeds for the spring onion and 4 seeds for the rest as an experiment.

    Will this enable a big enough plant for eventually grow

    Many thanks
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    You can put more Chinese chives than that it - sow a good sized pinch.

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      How about for the rest , Does it matter if they are clumped together

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        My spring onion get sown a good size pinch to a 3" thumb pot, out of that maybe 10 will germinate. When the seedling are stable that are trans planted as a bunch into 6" deep troughs, usually 6 bunches to a 18" long trough.
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        • #5
          Choy sum , Chinese Kale and Chinese Celery are all largish plants and a 1 litre pot won't be big enough. If you were planting them in the ground they would be 10 inches or so between plants so you need a container closer to this size to grow them in pots.

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          • #6
            Hmm that's why my spring onions never come up, I've just been whacking them straight in the ground! I'll try sowing in pots first

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            • #7
              I will try to find a pot that can incorportate them. I assue you thin down the kale , chives , and choy sum , I have some 7.5 Litre pots I assume this will suffice , Would I need one or 2 seeds to germinate ?

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              • #8
                Do you concur that transplanting basils and Choy sum , chinese celerty , kale will not work ?

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                • #9
                  Chives can be 30-40+ seeds in a 1 litre pot - they're small bulbs which naturally split to form clumps - just sprinkle the seeds round the pot a bit rather than all in the centre.

                  The Chinese Kale, Choy Sum, Celery would be 1 plant to a large pot - sow 2 or 3 seeds then when they've germinated remove the weakest seedlings and leave the strongest one. I transplant brassicas (kale, choy sum are brassicas) from the smaller pots or from a seed bed to their final growing positions.

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