onions from seed

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Brenjon
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My onions from seed are now 6/7 inches tall.
Is it now time to plant them out. Can I trim the tops say to 3/4 incces as we do with leeks ,or would this not be a good thing to do.
Advice please.
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PAULW
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BRENJON
I am looking at my onions thinking it is nearly time to put them out, but what ever you do DONT cut the leaves off.
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Chantal
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Some of mine went out a couple of weeks ago and the rest will go out this weekend.
As Paul says, don't trim them.
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Tigger
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Mine are all out too. Looked a bit sad at first, but they're growing happily now.
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mine have been out a couple of weeks too ! :D
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mandylew
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are mine doomed then, the rabbit got into the greenhouse last month and chewed them all down to within a cm of the compost, however i let them sprout up again, which they did and planted them out last week :oops:

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