Onion

Plant family

Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae)

Season Overview

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Medium (loamy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Seeding distance

20 cm

Row spacing

20 cm

Seeding depth

0.5 cm

Instructions

The season for this plant is over. The following instructions are for the next season.

Beginning of January

Propagating

Beginning of January

Weeding

Every week

Beginning of February

Transplanting

Description

Perennial amaryllis plant, which in the first year forms the bulb as a storage organ. Onions include several groups: Leek and spring onions, shallots, summer or kitchen onions, and vegetable onions, all of which differ greatly in growth habit. Due to the storage organ, onions are adapted to rainfall fluctuations and drought. Nevertheless, to harvest large onions need a lot of water.

Growing tips

A distinction is made between seed or plug onions. Summer, kitchen and vegetable onions are usually planted as plug onions in the spring. The plug onions are planted only deep enough to be just covered with soil. Sowing in the spring is also possible, and the bulbs are usually slightly smaller when harvested and can be planted as plug onions the following year. It is also possible to grow seedlings in planting trays. Then the seedlings are planted in the bed as soon as the 3rd-4th leaf is visible and as soon as no more severe frost is expected. Harvesting is done as soon as the leaves fold in by themselves and turn yellow and the leaf base dries up. To do this, you should wait for a dry, sunny day and let the bulbs dry out before storing them.