Spring Onions

Type: Vegetable

Rotation Group: 2, Roots and Onions


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WHITE LISBON

The traditional "Spring" onion. White Lisbon boast long white stems with bright green tops that are slow to form a bulb, which contain a delicious mild flavour. Sow little and often from March to July to ensure a fresh, regular supply .
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ISHIKURA

Onion Ishikura is a Japanese bunching type of onion. It produces long white stalks with short green tops which can be pulled when they are as thin as a pencil or as thick as a carrot. It doesn't form a bulb so looks almost like a young leek. It has a fine mild flavour to it which makes it ideal for salads or stir frys.
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WHITE LISBON WINTER HARDY

This is a variety that produces the same onion as White Lisbon but has been selected specifically for its winter hardiness making it suitable only for autumn sowing for a spring harvest. The onions that are produced have long white stems with bright green tops and are slow to form a bulb, which contains a delicious mild flavour.
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GUARDSMAN

A very vigorous development of salad onions. Upright, good looking and winter hardy, it produces a good length of 'white'. Suitable for both autumn and spring sowing, it is slow to bolt and resistant to white rot.

Site, Soil and Preparation

Onions thrive in an open, sunny position and on fertile, well-drained soils.

Indoor Sowing

Spring oinions should be sown directly outdoors.

Outdoor Sowing

Sow spring onion seeds directly outdoors 12mm (1/2 in) deep in spring followed by successional sowings into early summer. Sow 12mm (1/2in) deep in rows 150mm (6in) apart.

Thinning

Thin the onion plants to 25mm (1in) spacing.

Transplanting

Transplanting is not needed.

Care

Weed regularly, as onions don't grow well if competing with other plants. Water in prolonged dry spells every 14 days.

Harvest

Spring-sown spring onions are ready from early summer.