spring onions

what is the best way to grow spring onions in containers any help will be appericiated

 

Hello Joker and welcome to the forum.
Spring onions in containers are easy - nothing special required.
They are very hardy and can be started now. Usually I start some in January. They are not a fast crop so it's best to crack on with them.
I just plant in damp GP compost and cover over, keep them on the windowcill and let them get on with it. Once germinated just keep them damp. Depending on the weather you can keep them indoors, in the cold frame or outside.
I plant some in the kitchen garden too. I start them in 3" pots and once the pots are quite well grown just make a little trench in a bed, knock the pots out and plop the whole clumps in.

While waiting for the spring onions to be ready I plant red onion sets, nearly shoulder to shoulder in a container. They come on very quickly. I pull them like spring onions and use the whole lot (the green part) like spring onions. They can be started very early too.
Hope this helps.

 

hi alice i've done wot you said they sprouted but the sprouts seem to have gone limp is this normal ? or am i doing something wrong

 

Hi Joker, without a pic it's hard to say. Not sure what gone limp means - are they just falling over ?
Spring onions are pretty tough, they don't want too much heat. If you have them indoors they might just be far too warm . Cool them down and toughen them up.
Or they weren't planted deep enough and can't support their own height. Sprinkle some compost or vermiculite or something over the surface to make them a bit deeper.
Can't think of any other reasons if the seedlings are otherwise healthy.
A pic would be ideal. Can you do that ?

 

will do alice will be tomorrow now n yes there just falling over kinda

 

Yes, do post the pic Joker.
But I'm thinking when spring onions are young they are soft and a bit floppy.
They stiffen up as they grow on.

 

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hi heres the spring onion (white lisbon) pic that i think aint well

 

[size=medium]Hello Joker. I see your pics there but the detail is not very clear.
The onions don't look very good but I can't see a specific problem.
What I can see is that they are growing in a seed tray - quite shallow for them - and they would need to be transplanted at some point - a lot of work that could be avoided.
All I can suggest is that you water them from the bottom and don't knock them over with water from the top and see how they go.
I would also plant some more in deeper flower type pots.
If you intend them to live all their lives in the pots then use about 6" pots.
If you are going to plant them out then use 3" pots and when the roots are at the bottom of the pot knock the whole lot out and plant the whole clump together.
You really will find that much easier than singling them out.
I hope your present plants will be OK but I would go for belt and braces on it.
Good luck.
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