Spring onion variety?

[zazen999]

Cool.....it's worth a try.

[Paulottie]

I can't say that I am much of a connoisseur of flavour ...some's mild some's a bit fiercer...

I think White lisbon are particularly good under cloches in winter.

If your entering the village show, even if your not they are good for the kitchen, I'd recommend 'Ramrod' which, as the name might imply, tend not to bulb.

Sadly I have none this year......i tried to start the rest of my seed in Feb in gutter's kept drying out ...only 3 germinated. My French onion seed was too old too...can't win em all!

[terrier]

When I've sown direct, they take forever and a day to get going. So now I sow in small pots in the greenhouse and plant out when they start to form little bulbs. That way they grow a lot faster. I suppose it's the same as growing leeks, but instead of growing singly, I grow them in bunches.

[smallblueplanet]

...Sadly I have none this year......i tried to start the rest of my seed in Feb in gutter's kept drying out ...only 3 germinated. My French onion seed was too old too...can't win em all!

Is it too late to sow more then? We've just germinated another lot. When are you supposed to stop sowing them?

[zazen999]

Is it too late to sow more then? We've just germinated another lot. When are you supposed to stop sowing them?

I sow a handful every few weeks.

[smallblueplanet]

I sow a handful every few weeks.

...and you stop when?

[solway cropper]

We've been picking them for a couple of weeks (white Lisbon and Lilia). I only grow them in pots and containers and just sprinkle thickly on top of the compost and start them off in the grenhouse. No problems with germination. I'll keep sowing them till about August and if they don't get big enough i'll just leave them in the pots in the greenhouse till next year.

[zazen999]

...and you stop when?

Oct and restart in December.....any extras that don't get eaten get shoved in a corner and planted out somewhere else in the spring....

[Paulottie]

I just ran out of seed...must get more.... but it is most usual to sow autumn and spring.

I like Terrier's method though....Geoff Hamilton demonstrated it (O.K.Gdn)sowing a few in modules regularly and planting out little bunches(he did it with small carrots, beetroot and allsorts... I used to do it at lot when I grew more at home...but seem to have lost the habit at the allotments.

[Two_Sheds]

I like Terrier's method though....Geoff Hamilton demonstrated it (O.K.Gdn)sowing a few in modules regularly and planting out little bunches(he did it with small carrots, beetroot.

yes, what is the term for that? I just can't remember, and I can't find my G.Hamilton book with the technique in it.

[Paulottie]

Sadly not the owner of a copy...will have to write to Santa! didn't even transfer the series to disc while I re-watched it on Ex Gardening channel.

[butter fingers]

i love spring onions and cant seem to grow them, yet i can grow leeks no trouble.i have tried direct, modules guttering and all i get is zilch.once they get like grass they die.my latest attempt i have transfered to tbe allotment from guttering, where they have not actually died but not growing either. since some of my normal onions are only spring onion size im going to use these as springers instead.

[coreopsis]

I bought 2 packets of white lisbon at Morrisons today.Guessed that my "never enough seeds"instinct kicked in...

[sewer rat]

The last two years I have grown White Lisbon, but this year I'm growing Ishikura. Have had two module raised crops already from in the tunnel but missed a sowing (Doh!) so next crop for inside the tunnel are just poking their noses through the module compost now. However I have 150m of Ishikura direct sown outside and they are just starting to staraighten up now - no problems with germination though they may take longer to reach a marketable size depending on weather.
Starting in October I will use winter hardy White Lisbon and grow them in the tunnel.

[smallblueplanet]

...Starting in October I will use winter hardy White Lisbon and grow them in the tunnel.

Thanks Rat, what do Ishywotsit taste like? Is there really a difference between WL & winter-hardy WL then?