With white skin and a delicious mild flavour, quick growing salad onions, Can be companion planted with Carrots. Antibacterial and antiseptic properties due to the beneficial sulphur compounds, also high in anti-oxidant. Also high in Vitamin C, calcium and iron. When to Sow: Feb - Jul HOW TO SOW SPRING ONIONS: Dig over the bed in autumn to prepare the soil adding lots of organic matter. Early Sowings sow in pots - Into most compost and cover with 1cm of soil. Ideal temp 10-15 °C. Transfer into final posotions when large enough to handle 5cm apart. Sow Direct - Into a prepared seed bed in shallow drills covering with 1cm of soil. No need to thin, just pull alternately through the season when at the required size. Do not grow in ground which has been recently manured. Succession sow for a longer harvest period. - Classification: Annual
- Germination Time: 3 weeks
- Harvest Time: May- Oct
- Site: Full Sun
- Soil Type: Will grow in most soils
- Soil Acidity: All Types
- Moisture: Well drained
- Care: Remove thinnings from the site to avoid attracting onion fly
- Use: EdibleHarvest: Pull with the aid of a small fork to avoid snapping when they are the required size.Pull alternate onions to naturally thin the crop during the season.
- Days to Maturity: 84 Days
- Feed:Manure
- Plant Spacing: 5cm
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