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Spring Onion 'Ishikura'
- Perfect for Pots
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Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
An outstanding white spring onion variety that does not bulb, but forms long white stalks perfect for salads and stir-fries
- Perfect for Pots
Product details
- Type
- Edible Crop
- Position
- Kitchen Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Height
- 30cm (12in)
- Common name
- Spring Onion, Japanese Bunching Onion
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Spread
- 15cm (6in)
- Cultivation
- Direct sow April-September in rows 10-15cm apart. Sow every 3 weeks for a steady supply of spring onions. You can speed the germination process up in spring by sowing into a length of guttering under cover and transplanting outside.
Care Tips
Grows best in an open, sunny site with good drainage. Do not plant or sow on freshly manured bed and avoid planting where a previous crop from the onion family was recently grown to avoid the build up of pests and diseases.
