Day 4: Onion seed peat free compost trial & March harvests from the allotment plot

Join me at 12pm in the live chat - today we have a late-March plot harvest and the next round of my SylvaGrow versus PlantGrow peat free compost challenge - and help me answer today's question of the day: is it time to put the multisown scallions/spring onions out?
Welcome to my "12 Days of Easter" series: 12 days, 12 vlogs, all less than 12 minutes, and released at 12 noon (GMT) with a 'premiere' LIVE CHAT.
Expect lots of Spring jobs on the allotment plot and in the home veg garden, including vegetable and flower sowings, planting out potatoes, building structures, trying new tools, taking cuttings, and who knows what else the next two weeks will bring!
Day 4 and I'm up early again before nextdoor's builders arrive - this time we're pricking out and potting on the Atlanta leeks, continuing the compost trial with the Red Baron onions and spring onions, and taking a detour to the plot for a late-March harvest of sprouting kalettes (!), leeks and celeriac.
Mentions: ‪@TheGrowUpChannel‬ - and you can catch me on Danny's live tonight (Thurs 28th March, 7pm) where I will be in prestigious company: ‪@spudsandroses‬ ‪@simplifygardening‬ and ‪@GardenerScott‬ - oh and Danny 😂
Thank you for watching 💕😊
You can also find me on Instagram at / dogontheplot 🐶

[@dogontheplot]

Thank you for everyone who joined at 12pm for the live chat and were kind about my drawing 🤣🤣 - today's question - spring onions - to plant out or not to plant out...?

[@jane3730]

Nice to see a early harvest and I always like to see Dorie "The Diva" what a character. Thanks for sharing.🐞🌻🌱

[@dogontheplot]

What's she like. Pawing at my arm to make sure she was in shot 😂😂

[@debradevine3949]

Watched 1 to 5 vlogs so far today and realized this is the first one I started watching and now on vlog 99. I am still going to rewatch all of these! ❤❤❤

[@dogontheplot]

Oh gosh! You were with me almost from the very start then! ❤️

[@debradevine3949]

Just love the compost trials.

[@dogontheplot]

I'm still harvesting those spring onions. In fact - well reminded!!! - I'm just about to make a stir fry. Let's brave the rain and go pull some.... 🤣☔

[@bethanskitchengarden]

Great harvest Kerry, I always find the veg goes further than we think. Love your compost trial, good luck with the onions. Take care 😊

[@dogontheplot]

Thank you Bethan. I need to try them out with a diff seed now I think...

[@SarahsAllotmentAdventure]

Perfect little harvest! I put my spring onions in the ground today, in little clumps straight out of the module trays 😊

[@dogontheplot]

I think I'm going to do that next week 👍

[@TheRightPearPlot]

Oh bugger missed it 🙄 Not feeling 100% so Tricia took me to a GARDEN CENTRE 😂❤

[@dogontheplot]

Oh dear. Nothing a garden centre can't cure, I'm sure!!

[@Feelgoodgardens]

Nice little harvest Kerry and made you a lovely meal. Reminds me I need to sort out my leeks and spring onions. 😊 ❤

[@dogontheplot]

They're easy to forget about aren't they!!

[@Feelgoodgardens]

@@dogontheplot yes Kerry even though we keep looking at them 😂

[@potagermalo]

Coucou 👋🏻 👋🏻 Formidable vidéo 😊 A bientôt

[@dogontheplot]

Coucou. Merci 💕

[@potagermalo]

@@dogontheplot de rien c'est avec plaisir 😊

[@cazhardcastle9096]

Just caught up 😂 My spring onions look like yours and I’m bunging them out at the weekend then sowing more as back ups😃👍🏻

[@dogontheplot]

Good idea! I need to do something with them 🤣

[@kitchengardengrows]

Sadly I missed the live! I was helping to take out a large dead cherry tree...in the pouring rain...and the wind..and the mud!. Washing machine now on....🤣 I'd plant out the spring onions, but then I am in a 'do or die' mood this year! 🤣

[@dogontheplot]

Haha - I'm a bit sick of seeing them hanging around. I'm thinking they can brave the ground in a week or two... Ah, your cherry tree adventures sound much like my experience on the plot yesterday - video coming tomorrow!

[@lizhodge3537]

Oops I forgot your live but have watched now on catch up. You are doing well with these short lives Kerry, I'm enjoying them. I have all raised beds on my plot because it can flood especially in Winter but also in Summer if we get periods of heavy rain. The raised beds have been a blessing, even when the paths have lying water the beds are fine. No doubt water underneath them but the plant roots are not sitting in soggy ground. I still have leeks and Kalettes growing from last year and as you say something to harvest when there is not much else, ohh I do have some Miners lettuce in my greenhouse which has been growing all Winter, so some more fresh greens to harvest.

[@dogontheplot]

Hi Liz. Glad you are enjoying them. It is keeping me on my toes!! Yes, that's my thinking about the raised beds too as my plot also floods. I have lovely greens in the greenhouse - they look small and sad all winter and then as soon as March hits BOOM they fill out massively and get all lush!

[@1northcountrygirl]

Thank you for the long shot and the diagram of your plot - they did help. I think the confusion stems from your plot site not having fences so it can be difficult to see where one plot ends and another starts.

[@dogontheplot]

You're welcome. My sister thought the picture was hilarious. She said, you substituted a s**t drawing for a drone! 🤣🤣🤣

[@1northcountrygirl]

Well, the drawing was a lot cheaper than a drone!

[@valeriepritchard677]

My multi sown leeks and onions are planted out under mesh. Need the room in the greenhouse for other things.

[@dogontheplot]

That's a good point Valerie! I do need the space...

[@debradevine3949]

Lovely video. Sweet onions I would just plant outside of at least half and up pot the rest and you can make another test! ,???

[@dogontheplot]

Ah I like that idea !!💡

[@myrustygarden]

Hmm didn’t come up in my videos 😢 good thing I know your posting daily. Wow the diagram looks so tidy 🤭🤭 but it is going to look great with the beds. Yes those sprouting are blown kalettes and taste delicious 😋. So nice to have harvests at this time of year and hey those leeks are better than mine even after a dog 🐶 sitting on them 😅😅. Grey update see you on the next one 🥰. Happy Easter, Ali 🌧️🇨🇦

[@dogontheplot]

Oh that's strange! It was set as a premiere. It's thinking you've already seen enough of me for 1 week 🤣🤣 They were delicious!

[@myrustygarden]

@@dogontheplot 🤣🤣 never too much Kerry and Dorie

[@RobinGardens]

Question of the day: I'd plant those spring onions out. Might harden them outside for a few days if they have been under greenhouse cover all the time with no wind etc...

[@dogontheplot]

Ah yes good idea - they have been protected in the greenhouse 👍

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Fantastic video today Kerry. I am impressed at how different each of these videos looks and feels. Someone could just post the same videos doing the same thing just different days x 12 days. You have had different settings and really made each one its own video. I say well done good on you! Looking forward to the video tomorrow. BTW wat was the mistake yesterday I spent a long time looking? Cya hasta manana

[@dogontheplot]

Haha! It was the pea netting. I put it on the outside rather than the inside so I won't actually be able to pick the peas. 🤣 Doh. I'll redo it at some point 👀😂 - aw thank you Steven. I think you'll enjoy tomorrow's vid!

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

@@dogontheplot I'm sure I will, I knew it was the net but I was puzzled as to what was wrong with the net!

[@plotno.9]

Great to see the layout of the plot! Any harvest is a great harvest! You have grown it yourself! Like you I love to roast vegetables! Your onions are looking great! I potted on all my onions, including the spring onions just to get them a bit bigger before they go in the ground, but I might be wrong! I am a complete beginner when it comes to veg! 😂😘💕🌸

[@dogontheplot]

Ah, we're all learning Nanou. Love these harvests when there is so little about - makes you really appreciate it!

[@lindadonahue3447]

I think your spring onions can go out to your beds

[@dogontheplot]

I'm definitely leaning that way too

[@nitelite78]

I didn't think your leeks looked bad. They were standing upright. But I found it reassuring that yours were still so small. It's my first proper attempt at growing leeks and I sowed mine mid February and I've been worried about lack of growth. Mine look very similar to yours so now thinking mine are actually OK. Unless both of us are having problems of course. I was worried the compost I was using wasn't very good. Or maybe it's just leeks grow very slowly when days are short??? I have mine indoors on a windowsill. I've planted some of my spring onions outside a couple of weeks ago. They seem to be doing nicely.

[@dogontheplot]

Ah that's really helpful to know. I find leeks sooooo slow to grow. After all today's comments, I think I'm going to harden off some of the spring onions to go out and keep some under cover to go out in a couple of weeks. Glad to hear yours are going well 👍

[@nitelite78]

@@dogontheplot My plan with the leeks is to plant them out end of May. They are supposed to be pencil thick by then. It's hard to envisage that given they look like small chives at the moment but then there's still 8 weeks to go so hopefully they will put on some decent growth by then. Have to wait and see. My onions are looking way better although I did sow them a few weeks earlier plus they are a large variety called 'Exhibition' so I suppose they have been bred to grow fast. Well, it's all a learning experience isn't it?

[@dogontheplot]

@@nitelite78 It certainly is! Yes, my onions all definitely look a lot more impressive than the leeks.

[@thewitch69]

i keep missing the live chat cos I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do KZbin live since I canned my t.v license lol I just refuse to pay any more to only watch strictly for a few weeks in an entire year lol but well done for the harvest I don't think I've picked a lot for ages but my purple sprouting broccoli is in flower? now and I can't rem getting any last year or planting any lol

[@dogontheplot]

Hmm I don't think you need a license for a KZbin live ... Esp as this is just a live chat, not a live broadcast. Ah I wish I'd managed to get my psb in the ground. Oh well. Next year!

[@thewitch69]

@@dogontheplot well i asked alexa and she didnt know but you could be right but its surprising what you cant watch if you dont pay for one ,and yes this was a surprise for me too lol i know i got some brassica labels mixed up last year but nothing seemed to grow but its back lol and ive had no real kalettes but therye still alive so maybe theyll come back in to fruit /flower or wotnot too lol

[@BumblebeeAdventure]

🐝Thanks for the great chat&video🌻

[@dogontheplot]

Welcome - thank you for coming along 😊

[@wales123100]

I don't think sylvagrow is worth the extra cost

[@dogontheplot]

I'm inclined to agree. It is lovely and fine, but it dries out quickly.

[@Nicktgrief]

plant your spring onions and then sow some more ready to follow on. Your beds, theyre better if they are the same size then if you make coldframe it fits all of them. Planning drawings I do on powerpoint. I'll tag you on insta with my plans I'm working on ...easier to alter things or duplicate them

[@dogontheplot]

Yes, I do need to remember to succession sow! Yes, I need to make at least one bed the size of that bed frame cover! haha. I did some planning on an online platform last year, but to be honest this was more a drawing of what was already there than a plan - I'm more of a find and space and plonk it in person! Will be interesting to see your plans though!