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This easy-to-grow variety produces slender, upright stalks with fresh green tops and mild white bases that are ideal for adding to salads, soups, stir-fries, sandwiches, garnishes, and more.
Annual bunching onions are grown primarily for their tender stalks, making them a versatile addition to vegetable gardens and containers. Harvest them young for a mild onion flavour, or allow them to mature longer for larger, more developed stalks. For an extended harvest, sow additional seeds at regular intervals throughout the growing season.
Compact and productive, bunching onions are a practical option for gardeners working with spaces of all sizes. Their fresh flavour and everyday usefulness in the kitchen make them a worthwhile addition to the garden. Grow your own supply and harvest what you need, right when you need it.
Plant near beets, cabbage, carrots, swiss chard, lettuce, marigolds, strawberries, tomatoes. Onions have a protective effect against borers and cutworms. The strong aroma emitted by onions disorients and confuses these pests, making it difficult for them to locate and attack the plants.Additionally, marigolds can be beneficial to onions as well. The scent of marigolds acts as a deterrent, reducing the egg-laying activity of the onion maggot fly. This can help prevent infestations and protect the onions from damage caused by these flies.
Onion seeds can be sown directly in the garden in early Spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Optimum soil temperature (not air temperature) should be 10-35°C (50-95°F) for seeds to germinate. Planting at a lower temperature will delay germination. Space seeds and plant to the depth indicated below. Press seeds into the soil to ensure good contact and cover with 1.3 cm (1/2 in.) of soil. After planting, water the seeds with a gentle mist or shower. It is critical to keep the soil consistently moist, but not soggy during germination. When your seedlings reach a height of a few centimetres (inches) and have developed 2 or 3 pairs of leaves, it is important to thin them out, according to the plant spacing indicated below. Do not allow the soil to become dry, as young plants have underdeveloped roots and can quickly dehydrate, particularly in windy conditions. For an earlier crop, onion seeds can be started indoors 8 to 10 weeks before the last frost in your area. Follow the seed depth and spacing guidelines indicated below. Once all danger of frost has passed, seedlings should be hardened off before planting in their growing location. Seedlings should be transplanted according to the plant and row spacing directions below. Regularly monitor your plants and ensure that the soil remains moist, but not soggy while they establish themselves in their new environment.
Overall rating: 4.5238094 / 5 from 21 reviews.
Review topics: ["onions","germination","seeds","crop","growing"].
"The easiest and most rewarding crop! It's my second year growing these and I absolutely love the process. Germination was near 100%. I can't wait to eat more all summer long right until frost. Started them March 1st and transplanted in ground first week of May."
"I always enjoy how fast and easy these guys grow when I plant them indoors while waiting for warmer weather! Our family eats a ton of bunching onions annually, so growing them indoors in winter and then sowing again outdoors every other week is something we do every year."
"They're growing so quickly! Excellent quality seeds"
"Never any issues with McKenzie Seeds. All the plants are coming up!"
"A much loved crop"
"Great value."
"Good germination. Growing well under grow lights, indoors."
"This was great as a beginner! The seeds had a high germination rate and grew in a normal time frame. I got tall and tasty green onions. They were also resistant to pests. To speed things up, I think I should give them more ideal growing conditions, especially at the start. I harvested after about 80 days from sowing and grew them in a container."
"still early for there growth but I am sure with the way think look all will be great"
"I wanted to try some onion and see how it does in hydroponics all seeds germinated we'll see how they grow."
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