Spring Onions

No salad is complete without spring onions. Being quick to crop they are simple to grow and are an essential summer vegetable!

Sowing Seeds

Spring onions like a sunny site and good drainage but don’t like acidic soil so add Garden Lime if necessary. Rake in some Growmore fertiliser before sowing. Seeds can be sown from March to July or September to October and should be sown where they are to grow, allowing 20 cm or 8 inches between rows. Sow regularly throughout the season to achieve a long harvest period.

Hoe regularly to keep weeds down and water in dry weather. Feed with organic Potato & Vegetable Feed.

Harvesting and Storing Spring Onions

Spring onions are ready to harvest about 8 weeks from sowing. Simply pull them from the ground as needed. They cannot be stored for more than a few days.

Varieties to try:

Try growing Spring Onion White Lisbon, the most popular variety with that characteristic bite and silvery skin.