Onion ‘Ailsa Craig’
Allium cepa · Vegetable · No. 34
- Sow under cover
- Jan–Feb
- Sow outdoors
- Mar–Apr
- Harvest
- Aug–Sep
- Germination
- 7–14 days
- Spacing
- 10 cm in the row, 30 cm between rows
- Days to harvest
- 140–160 from sowing
- Sun
- Full sun
- Seed saving
- Hard
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under cover | January | February | ||||||||||
| Outdoors | March | April | ||||||||||
| Harvest | August | September |
Notes
Large pale bulbs. Replant a stored bulb in March for seed. Crosses with other onions; needs 20+ bulbs.
Saving seed · Hard
Biennial or wind-pollinated. Seed comes in the second year or needs 20+ plants to stay true.
- Grow at least 20 plants of this variety.
- Biennials: store or overwinter roots, replant in March.
- Tell us before you start — we pool hard lots between members.