New to this and don't know my onions

Just moved into our new house with a very nice garden, a good chunk of which is given over to fruit & veg. 3 20ftx4ft raised beds and another section of 12ft x 12ft as well as a greenhouse. Can't wait to get stuck in!

On one side we've got strawberries and asparagus which I'm fine with. Have been picking the asparagus almost daily for the past week now. Strawberries are flowering and am looking at getting some raspberry plants to go alongside them.

Where my problems start though are in the raised beds. The centre one has around 60 or so onions growing. Now call me stupid but how do I tell if they are 'normal' onions or spring onions? If they are spring onions they look ready to pick, if not then they have a way to go.

Is there an easy way to tell what they are?

 

If they're spaced about 6in to 1ft apart I would imagine that they are normal onions and if there's just a short row of closely spaced ones then spring onions.

If they were spring onions then they'd be the earliest in the country I think.

 

Hi Gren, and welcome to the site. I`d say they were maincrop onions rather than spring. Either way, I`d leave them to develope.:thumb:

 

Thanks to you both and thanks for the welcome!

I'd sort of come to the same conclusion but really wanted to hear if from someone who knew what they were talking about. I assumed the previous owners had planted/sown them some months ago and so assumed they were maincrop ones.

Look out for more numpty questions - I'm trying to learn about composting, soft fruits and greenhouses at the moment and loving it!