Growing your own onions is fun and convenient, since you can harvest them as needed. They also taste great! And they have amazing
health benefits
.
Sowing Onion Seeds
Sow outdoors 4 weeks before the last frost date, 1/4" deep. Or start indoors 6-12 weeks early. Full sun to part shade.
Onion 'Evergreen White Bunching'
(60-120 days)
200 seeds $3.00
Evergreen White bunching onion
is a hardy biennial that can be eaten in the first year or overwintered. The plants multiply, bloom, and self-sow the second year. Space 3" apart with 8" between the rows. Allium fistulosum.
American heirloom, 1944.
Onion 'Red Beard Bunching'
(50-120 days)
230 seeds $3.00
Red Beard
is a lovely bunching onion with long, red and white stalks. This hardy onion can be left in the ground over winter to multiply or self-sow. The mild flavor is great for soups and salads. Allium fistulosum.
Chinese heirloom.
Onion 'Walla Walla'
(115 days)
200 seeds $3.25
Walla Walla is a very large onion with a mild flavor. It has some cold hardiness, so it can be sown outdoors in early spring in the north, or in fall where the winters are mild. Award-winning flavor. Does not store well. Allium cepa.