Growing Onions
Organic Vegetable Gardening
Fact Sheet
Botanical name: Allium cepa
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| Planting time: | SP,FA | ||
| Seeds per ounce: | 8000 | ||
| Ounces per square foot: | .002 | ||
| Minimum legal germination rate: | 70% | ||
| Germination type: | Short Germinating seeds | ||
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Notes For beginners, tyur most success will come from starting onions sets, but growing from seeds in flats easy, but requires more patience. Onions can be used as green onions within 30 days if grown from sets; or 40 to 50 days if grown from seed. Important Day-Length Information Globe (bulb) onions are one of those vegetable species that are day-length sensitive (or night-length), and the increased bulb growth (not leaves) responds to the length of the day. There are three types of onions and knowing where you live, and what type of onions to grow is important.
Onions are very adaptable when it comes to climate and are frost tolerant. Onions will perform better in cooler weather. A constant supply of moisture ensures success with Onions. Onions, as members of the allium family, are cousins of Garlic, Leeks, and Bunching Onions. They're biennials (grows for two years), growing the first year then blooming the second.
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| In garden spacing (inches): | 4 | ||
| In flat spacing (inches): | Broadcast | ||
| Planting depth (inches): | Cover seed with soil. | ||
| Maximum number of plants per square foot: | 13 | ||
| Nutrient relationship:: | Light Feeder | ||
Harvest |
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| Days to maturity: | 98-119 | ||
| Harvesting period (days): | - | ||
| Minimum yields in pounds /square foot: | 1 | ||
Cultural |
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| Diseases: | Botrytis Leaf Blight, Damping-Off, Downy Mildew, Fusarium Basal Rot, Neck Rot, Onion Smut, Pink Root, Purple Blotch, Several Bacteria, White Rot |
| Insect pests:(Insect Pest Finder) | Army Cutworm, Cutworm, Green Peach Aphid, Greenhouse Whitefly, Leafminer, Northern Mole Cricket, Onion Eelworm, Onion Maggot, Onion Thrips, Saltmarsh Caterpillar, Slugs and Snails, Spotted Cucumber Beetle, Striped Cucumber Beetle, Vegetable Weevil |
Varieties |
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| Ailsa Craig (LD), Australian Brown (ND), Borettana Yellow (LD), Red Wethersfield (SD), Yellow Ebenezer (LD), Yellow of Parma (LD), Yellow Sweet Spanish (LD), Walla Walla (DN), Yellow Bermuda (SD), White Creole (SD), Red Grano (SD) | |
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