Harvesting Spring Onions

I have mentioned earlier how we had failed to grow spring onions in our earlier attempts. So imagine the joy we felt when we harvested these beauties.Indeed it was such a proud moment.

They do seem to have a lovely earthy smell when they are out

 In reality we did not plant spring onion as a crop. We wanted to grow them as we heard that the pest problems rarely occur in places where onions and garlic grow. So we had planted onions in corners of our foam box which we used to grow coriander and fenugreek.

Spring Onions at the corner of foam box

Hence we had planted only four or five onions in total. Although I must admit we missed harvesting the onions on time. We were late by at least a month for the sheer reason of not knowing when the onions are ready. By the time we made a decision to do the harvest, we noticed some of the onions that grew newly,have already started developing new leafy shoots. For the same reason the volunteer spring onion I mentioned in my post HERE had gone well past its harvest stage and turned up to have only a fluff of roots and nice green shoots.

But still the bunch of onion we harvested is actually is good bonus for us. We now intend to grow them as a crop since they require absolutely no maintenance and easily grown. We certainly look forward to a day of harvesting a plateful of onions.

The best of the best :)