Spring onion ‘White Lisbon’
Allium cepa · Vegetable · No. 35
- Sow under cover
- —
- Sow outdoors
- Mar–Jul
- Harvest
- May–Oct
- Germination
- 7–14 days
- Spacing
- 2 cm in the row, 15 cm between rows
- Days to harvest
- 60–70 from sowing
- Sun
- Sun or part shade
- Seed saving
- Hard
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoors | March | April | May | June | July | |||||||
| Harvest | May | June | July | August | September | October |
Notes
Sow a pinch every 3 weeks. Overwintered plants flower in their second summer.
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.