Organic onion

Onion 'Sturon'

Organic onion - Onion 'Sturon'

Common Name: Organic onion
Genus: Onion
Cultivar: 'Sturon'

Category: Fruit & Vegetables

Height: 0.30 m (30 cm)
Spread: 0.30 m (30 cm)


  • Position: full sun
  • Soil: fertile well drained non acidic soil
  • Rate of growth: fast
  • Hardiness: tender

    Firm brown skinned bulbs with pungent flavoursome white flesh. Excess onions can be stored well too.

  • Growing Instructions:

    Sow thinly from March to April in well prepared soil 13mm deep in drills 45cm apart. Thin the seedlings when large enough to handle to 5cm apart for smaller bulbs or 7-10cm apart for larger bulbs. They will be ready to crop in August or September. When ready to harvest lift the onions on a dry sunny day and allow the surface soil to dry off. Store the fully ripened sound bulbs in nets or trays and you can use them throughout the autumn and winter.


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