Thinning Out Spring Onions

I can’t believe it’s been so long since I’ve made the time to post – but there’s so much to do in my organic garden in spring. Yes, spring has arrived here in South Australia. And not a moment too soon I say. I’ve had enough of winter…. brrr

One of the many little jobs that has taken up my time recently has been to thin my spring onions. I had some spring onion seeds on my workbench under our back verandah and when it rained they got soaked. So I decided to throw them all in the garden. I wasn’t even sure they were viable as I’d saved them about 5 years ago.

Anyway, sure enough, they all came up a few weeks later. Now I confess… I find it really hard to thin things out and throw them away. So some things that I’m pretty sure will do all right, I’ll transplant. So many came up that I had to do something!!!

So I made rows of spring onions. Think I’ll have enough to sell a few bunches at our local market.

The row you can see next to the irrigation is the one I have thinned. Yep, still plenty to thin even further, but I’ve run out of space.

The onions at the front left-hand-corner are perrenial bunching onions.

Anyway, before you thin out your veggies, think about if they’d take transplanting. It’s always a better option than pulling them out. It seems such a waste to me. Root veggies like carrots and parsnips won’t do very well, so don’t bother. But give others a go