Late sowing of spring onions

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    Hello,

    Had to plant something on my new lotty so did a sowing of spring onions (never done em before). They're now at this stage...

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    ....do they want thinning out?!


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      Nope, and they can overwinter for spring picking.
       
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        Oh right! I thought the pack said an october harvest. Hmm [emoji848]


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        That was if you sowed them in May Snorky.
         
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        Oh poop! The seed packet has confused me. Overwintering-i assume this involves cloche?


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        Snorky, don`t start worrying just yet.lol
         
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        No cloche required in a normal winter, just as long as the plants are a reasonable size going into winter, sowing now or next month should see you pulling nice spring onions around april and may next year.
        You will need to keep them weed free, which is what most people tend to disregard during the cold months.;)
         
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          Seed packets carry instructions that will give decent results as long as the weather is good, if you like they are just basic guidelines to get folk started.

          I sow seeds as I want them or when I have ground available, the other day I sowed a whole heap of seeds and even at this late stage of the season I am fairly confident of getting a return.

          Here in Cumbria, our last few winters have been mild and wet as opposed to cold and frozen, even a few years back when the country was gridlocked with snow and ice, we remained snow free and mild. So I am now using these milder weather conditions to grow crops I would not normally grow.

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          Seeds sown: A few lettuce varieties,spinach, land cress, rocket, chard, radish, beetroot, spring onions, turnip, swede, kale, broccoli and cauliflower.

          They will either grow or they wont, if they dont then I have just lost a few pinches of seed.

          Steve...:)
           
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          That looks great Steve. I've put a few small rooting carrots in, a couple of those tapes of rocket (and some in my greenhouse) and those rows of spring onions. Looked on the packet and it said mid july sowing will be able to harvest in late october. I guess I will just leave them if they're not big enough. I've weeded around them since i took the picture. I might sow some swede and was going to do some garlic shortly. Will just see what happens [emoji4]
           
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          Picture taken about a month ago.
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          I grow my spring onions in these repurposed TopsTiles display cabinets filled with about 8cm of compost (backed up by a wicking system water reservoir underneath).

          They are mainly Ishikura with a few North Holland Blood Reds planted inbetween. I have finished harvesting the remaining lot and have just sown more seeds too.

          Over the coldest of winters, the shallow layer of compost does freeze over and it remains frozen for a couple of days thereafter. Ishikura and the Blood Reds are cold weather tolerant but I've specifically chosen to plant White Lisbon instead as I know them to be ultra hardy and will definitely survive.
           
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          I only sowed my carrots and parsnips 3 weeks ago and I expect to harvest them about November time.
           
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          Ah great so i'm not too late. Hopefully i'll have something to harvest. On the plus side I have loads of plums on my plum tree ripe and ready for jam [emoji4]


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          00000000000000000000000000001348Snorky, whatever you do, don`t let FC know about the plums.lol
           
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          FC?


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          Oh fat controller he he. I automatically assume FC= fish n chips!
           
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