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Growing Onion Varieties (continued page 4)
Which
Type of Onion To Sow or Grow?
Consult
the table below to weigh up the good and bad points of onion
varieties
from seed and onions from sets.
If you are a beginner, try the heat-treated onion sets first. These are easiest to care for and will give you the best chance of success.
ONION SETS ONION SEED
Fewer varieties, and restricted to the major seed merchants. Greater choice of varieties from a large number of suppliers
More expensive Cheaper
More reliable performance all round, less work Less reliable, more chance of failure. Harder work
Can
be infected with disease when
bought.
Seeds
are disease free.
Recommended Varieties of Onion The table below gives our recommendations for each of the different types of onions - in the end it comes down to personal preference on taste and appearance, so try a couple of varieties to discover your own favourite.
Type Variety Colour Comments
Maincrop seed Ailsa Craig Gold/straw Good for exhibition, but not particularly easy
Rijnsburger Gold/straw Keeps well - good all-rounder
Kamal Red Great taste and lovely red colour. This now replaces Dobies All Rounder as our favourite onion seed. From Suttons .
Red Baron Red NIAB approved - keeps well and good colour
Maincrop sets Centurion Gold/straw Reliable in poor weather conditions
Orion Gold/straw Available as heat treated - good all rounder
Spring
Onion
Lisbon
White
Good
all-rounder, reliable
Japanese Onion Express Yellow Gold/straw Matures early summer, excellent.
END OF ONION ARTICLE
Name:
jim@GardenAction
E-mail:
Private
Date posted:
November 04, 2011 - 03:03 am
Message:
Try looking at seed companies online. It's just a matter of completing an order, paying and waiting.
Name:
Rama
E-mail:
Private
Date posted:
November 04, 2011 - 01:54 am
Message:
where i will get the seeds of the above varieties to grow.
Plz. suggest how the distributer to contact to get the abvoe seeds.
regards
Name:
Chapmac41
E-mail:
clivechapman_ampney@hotmail.com
Date posted:
September 13, 2011 - 08:01 am
Message:
Can someone suggest a Small HOT Onion variety suitable for pickling please.
(And possible a supplier)
Cheers Chapmac41
Name:
anthony
E-mail:
a.stuebe@hotmail.com
Date posted:
June 12, 2011 - 09:53 pm
Message:
i am a beginner and wanted some pictures of what onions look like when they are growing (what the plant looks like for white bulb onions)
Name:
Joe
E-mail:
jfbrickler@yahoo.com
Date posted:
June 12, 2011 - 02:07 pm
Message:
We have grown onions for several years, and have never had this problem until now. The plants were only a few weeks old, and about 8 inches tall when we went away for a week. When we returned something had removed about 2 to 3 inches off the tips of each plant. What animal would each the onion tops? None of the tops were on the ground.
Name:
fantu
E-mail:
mesayagza@yahoo.com
Date posted:
November 12, 2010 - 02:58 am
Message:
i want to grow red croel onion variety so i need information on this variety.
Name:
sudesh
E-mail:
durgi_sudesh@rediffmail.com
Date posted:
October 05, 2010 - 02:32 am
Message:
I am a beginner I am intrest in cultivating onion seeds, so please sujust me to whom I have to contact for seediling.
Name:
David
E-mail:
stonesdk11@gmail.com
Date posted:
September 24, 2010 - 12:29 pm
Message:
Help!! My onions form very nice leaves but the bulbs are small. Have heard that you must push the tops down to get the bulbs to form?
Is this so and if not how do I get the onions to form bulbs
Thanks
