Melanie -- It is not uncommon to trim onions just after they are out of seedling stage. Just a light trim off the tip encourages a stronger root and thicker leaf bundle. I usually do mine in the seed flat then once again before transplanting to the ground. As you've already shifted yours once, give them a few days to recover then just a light haircut. (The leaves initiate at the base, so the tip trim doesn't stop growth.) To a point, onions are pretty forgiving and tolerate a couple trims. If you notice bundles of transplants in stores, you'll usually see chopped off tips. The onion guide addresses planting started plants, so not about starting your own from seed. The term bunching is often used a couple ways. One is the true bunching or non-bulbing onion which does not produce a bulb. These stay slender throughout the season. The other is growing the bulbing onions close together and harvesting before the bulbs start to expand very much. Even if planting sets or bulbing transplants, you can have both. Make close spacings then harvest the middle ones at green or bunching size 'til you have your final spacing for bulbing. If you want all green onions, then just leave them close and harvest early.

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You're not the only MNian to not have all of the hosta planted yet. I heard the weather person say that it will be close to 80 on Sat. I'll be at the Agility trials and will ask my DH, the gardener to get'm planted. If we don't get'm all in the ground, he places them in our window wells and covers with leaves and we've had good sucess doing that. Good Luck. Later, Love, Lisa

My mom always made my dad pneapple oatmeal cookies. They were really good - sometimes they fell apart and other times they didn't but they were always gone in a couple days! I have the recipe somewhere.