Separating Onion Transplants

barkeater · April 16, 2007

I started seed in a cellpack, probably a dozen or so came up in each cell. I just assumed they were like tomatoes and I would just separate them into their own individual cells.

However, I'm reading that they are normally raised 3 to a cell, or started in rows in 4"-6" deep trays until planting time. So it sounds like they are not pulled apart from each other until they go into the ground.

Is separating at planting time preferable to my original plan of transplanting them with their own individual rootball, or doesn't it matter either way?

April 16, 2007	#1
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	Separating Onion Transplants I started seed in a cellpack, probably a dozen or so came up in each cell. I just assumed they were like tomatoes and I would just separate them into their own individual cells. However, I'm reading that they are normally raised 3 to a cell, or started in rows in 4"-6" deep trays until planting time. So it sounds like they are not pulled apart from each other until they go into the ground. Is separating at planting time preferable to my original plan of transplanting them with their own individual rootball, or doesn't it matter either way?