multi-planting onions - Page 3

beatpoet · May 26, 2011

I have scallions planted in a container, the container got knocked over early on before anything sprouted , spilling some of the soil. So, unintentionally some of the seeds got clumped together instead of being in a row as I planted them. Doesn't seem to have affected their growth as of yet, but they're still a little ways away from being ready to harvest

blokesmom · January 30, 2012

Multiplanting has worked for me. I put four or five plants together and space the groups about 8 inches apart. Harvest was similar, if not better, than the traditional way of planting.

True Timbers · January 6, 2016

Any more feedback on planting onions in groups of 2 of 3?

Thinking of using the same spacing I use for garlic. (6" x 9")... Planting 2 or 3 onions to each hole.

I am starting my onions this year in 200 cell plug trays, and using my Stand N Plant to poke holes in.the black plastic mulch and insert the plugs.

(Other years, I grew the onions in flats and.trimmed and.separated each for transplant. (One can go insane doing that with 5000 plus onions!!!)

May 26, 2011	#31
beatpoet Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 214	I have scallions planted in a container, the container got knocked over early on before anything sprouted , spilling some of the soil. So, unintentionally some of the seeds got clumped together instead of being in a row as I planted them. Doesn't seem to have affected their growth as of yet, but they're still a little ways away from being ready to harvest __________________ "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley

January 6, 2016	#33
True Timbers Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Washington State Quimper Peninsula Posts: 38	Resurrecting this old thread Any more feedback on planting onions in groups of 2 of 3? Thinking of using the same spacing I use for garlic. (6" x 9")... Planting 2 or 3 onions to each hole. I am starting my onions this year in 200 cell plug trays, and using my Stand N Plant to poke holes in.the black plastic mulch and insert the plugs. (Other years, I grew the onions in flats and.trimmed and.separated each for transplant. (One can go insane doing that with 5000 plus onions!!!)

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January 30, 2012	#32
blokesmom Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: WMass zone 6a Posts: 26	Multiplanting has worked for me. I put four or five plants together and space the groups about 8 inches apart. Harvest was similar, if not better, than the traditional way of planting.