Sowing season of Green Onion is winter but can be grown throughout the year, Green Onion plant is grown by transplantation method because seeds are small in size. Seeds are first sown indoors in seedling trays or outdoors on seed beds & later the seedlings are transplanted into the container or in raised beds.

STEPS FOR SEED SOWING IN A CONTAINER: Take a seedling tray with medium sized cells & drainage holes at the bottom, fill the cells/cups with a moist coco-peat medium & hold the Green Onion seeds and sow 2-3 seeds per cell/cup.

Put the seeds on the surface of the medium & push each seed a little inside the medium by using a pencil tip, so that seeds are not visible on the surface anymore & cover it with more coco-peat, do not sow them deep.Keep the seedling tray indoors till the seeds germinate by covering the seed tray in a box or cover it with paper for first 4-5 days to encourage faster seed germination.

If seed beds are made outdoors, protect them from rain or direct sunlight. Use well sieved fine soil as a sowing medium & make a nice raised bed from it. Cover the bed by making a temporary roof of a plastic sheet. Water it in the form of a light shower using a watering can.

Seeds will germinate within the first 6-8 days & tiny sprouts will be visible & once seeds germinate, put the tray on an open partially sunny spot near the window. Don’t cover the tray anymore.

Second week onwards, seedlings will start growing into a small plant. At this stage exposé the seedlings to more & more sunlight for leaf growth & keep only single seedling per cell/cup by cutting off the weak, small & lagging seedlings with a pair of scissors. In 25 to 30 days after the seed sowing, your seedlings will be ready to transplant in container pots or raised beds.

Transplant the seedling along with root ball of a medium, without disturbing its roots in a container with a minimum depth of 12 inches & bigger spread area (according to available space & your requirement) like big trays or crates having filled planting mixture of one part garden soil, one part coco-peat & one part Vermicompost.