Spring Onions In Modules..never again for me..!

[selfraising]

Thanks for all the replies people...I have been to eager I guess, no way were the roots intertwined...my fault......thanks again for the replies.

Cheers
braders...

Looks like your not the only one braders! We live and learn! At least mine have seemed to survive the scooping and are looking quite healthy

[FionaH]

Looks like your not the only one braders! We live and learn! At least mine have seemed to survive the scooping and are looking quite healthy

I admit I scooped All doing fine now

[Two_Sheds]

All of mine died last year, they did great indoors but as soon as I put them outside they died.

Did you harden them off properly?

[Two_Sheds]

I can be away from home for 12-14 hours a lot of days, and they get toasted by the sun.

Stand them in some shade?

[womble]

I had the same problem, but I didn't use modules.
I read somewhere that you can sow 5 or 6 together in a clump and sow into modules, then plant out as a clump. As you pull one up, it goves the others time to grow some more. I was supposed to use modules, but just used a tray. I didn't have much luck getting them out so just planted them out in blocks. Will see what happens. They seem happy enough at the moment.

I did the same, good idea in principle, stupid idea in practice

To the other person that asked about sowing the previous year, I sowed in Sept last year and even though it wasn't that clever because of the above, it was brilliant for the onions growing fast enough.
If you look at the other SO thread, you will see that I have problems growing SO's, zazen999 reckons I don't feed them enough, I reckon onions have a standing order to annoy me all the time.

[SarzWix]

I haven't tried to plant mine out yet, after reading this, I think I may wait a little while longer

[pigletwillie]

I never sow spring onions direct now and find the module method so easy. To get the clumps out you just need to wait till the roots fill the module and they come out very easily indeed. The clumps are then plantoed out around 4-6" apart.

I do the same with beetroot seeds, chard, spinach and all work very well. With 4 plots I dont do "fiddly" or any other work that is not needed I can assure you. Module sowing is less fiddlly in the end as to plant you just poke a finger into the soil and a module goes in just nicely, plus there is no thinning out to do, just harvesting.

Oh, and at 60p for a bunch of 5 or 6 I dont class spring onions as a cheap item in the shopping basket.

[zazen999]

My salads were sown the same way, and one squish and the module pops out roots and all...not only that....but when you do put them into the final position they are less likely to fade away and wilt as they are in the same state as they were in the modules...

Blommin marvelous technique....if you've got the patience and can leave them alone until the roots are poking out of the bottom.

[MrsC]

I grew in modules last year and got a lovely crop of them. Got some on the go again this year

[womble]

Did you leave them in the modules the whole time?

[Jameslovell]

I think my issue is that I sowed in piles in a tray rather than modules.
Anyway, they seem to be doing fine now.

[Two_Sheds]

at 60p for a bunch of 5 or 6 I dont class spring onions as a cheap item

Exactly. At 10p an onion, they are not just ordinary onions, they are gourmet onions.

NB. Mine always grow, just not for harvesting in the same year My leeks & spring onions from last year's sowings are only just now of eating size. But very welcome in a stir fry all the same.

[zazen999]

I've put this on another thread, but just trying to re-motivate module onion growers.....

Sown last autumn, grow all winter, harvested today.

Keep with it, it really works.

xxx

[FionaH]

Every days a school day! Didnt realise you could sow them in autumn and grow through. What type did you use Zazen?

[zazen999]

Every days a school day! Didnt realise you could sow them in autumn and grow through. What type did you use Zazen?

I have absolutely no idea which ones they were!!! Mainly because I got rid of my moon diary and only wrote out types not names when I transferred the dates. It might be in the 'what I did today' thread - I'll have a look later.