Onion 'White Pickling'
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Mild flavor and versatility for your marinades
Onion ' White Pickling' (Allium cepa), offered by Semences OSC.
Small, round, white onions with firm flesh and fine grain, with a mild flavor perfect for pickling and cocktails. This Short Day to Intermediate Day variety is ideal for harvesting before full maturity, offering tender and flavorful onions.
Plant height : 30-45 cm
Quantity per pack : Approximately 500 seeds
Days to harvest : 70-75 days
Degree of difficulty : Easy
Frost Tolerance : Frost Hardy
Suggested Uses : Marinades, cocktails, cooked dishes
Plant Type : Annual Vegetable
Cultivation method :
Seeds can be sown indoors in February in a soilless medium, then transplanted in spring. Sow directly outdoors from mid-April, 8-15mm deep with 15mm spacing between seeds, in rows 30cm apart. Thin to 5cm for cooking onions or 7.5cm for sweet Spanish types. Onions prefer a sunny location with fertile, well-drained soil. Bend the flower stalks to concentrate energy on bulb formation. One packet will sow about 6m of row. Germination occurs in about 15 days.
