Comments on: Red Spring Onions

By: wendy

wendy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:50:56 +0000

hi id like to ask question about blackberry bush and strwaberries please . last year started strawberries they have flowered but have shiney leaves with white insects on the same as blackberry bush which have had for three years and never had this before can you help . do ineed to use these sprays which dont like to use thanx wend

By: Nita

Nita — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:08:44 +0000

I swear by the red spring onions and as an added bonus if you let them carry on for a while you also get nice red onions to use.

As you say ‘whites’ seem to take ALL summer to actually produce something worth eating.

Which is strange??!

By: earthwoman

earthwoman — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:11:11 +0000

Good advice about planting the whole packet, my v.small row could be eaten in one good salad and I haven’t the patience to let them fatten out any more.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:07:17 +0000

I have tried spring onions twice this year and both times failed to germinate, so interested in that you say they germinate quickly. I must be doing something wrong.

By: mtp

mtp — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:18:23 +0000

Sorry you’re missing out on the Spring Onion action. Spring Onions like well-drained, slightly acid soil so if you have an alkaline clay then they might be struggling.

Other factors can be growing them in soil that was recently limed for another crop.

Hope that helps.

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:42:39 +0000

Same here – I’m still struggling to grow any kind of oniony thing from seed. Admittedly my bantams scratched up the early batch of spring onions and my cat ate the welsh onions, so keeping the livestock at bay might be a good start :)

I’m going to stick at it, though – spring onions are far too useful to do without!

By: Marigold

Marigold — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:05:33 +0000

Me too, easygardener. I wonder what the secret is!

By: easygardener

easygardener — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:46:39 +0000

I think mine are permanently stuck on the thin and spindly. After awhile they die away. I just haven’t got the knack of growing them to any size.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:14:08 +0000

I had some big fat red spring onions for dinner last night out of my organic vegetable box. They tasted great. Good luck on these!