Onions
Onion is a cool-season crop that is heavily dependent on day length for bulb production. In South Africa, the dividing line for onions is an imaginary line running horizontally through Bloemfontein. Above this line is considered a short day-length planting area and below the line is an intermediate day-length planting area. In South Africa, we do not have a long day-length planting area.
Typically, onions are planted in late summer to early autumn. Ensure that you have fresh seed, as onion seed expires and will not germinate if older than 2 years. You can start them off as sets and transplant into the beds or you can sow directly. Onions harvested from transplanted sets generally do not store as well as straight-grown bulbs.
Harvest once the tops fall over. Pushing the tops over to get them to dry up does not create a good storage onion.
All Year Round Spring Onion
Allium fistulosum A prolific producer of long, white stemmed spring onions that are deliciously t..
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Australian Brown Onion
Allium cepa W. Atlee Burpee first introduced this variety in 1897. A great intermediate day lengt..
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Bulgarian Giant Leek
Allium porrumA much sought after, early to medium maturing leek. This European variety produces swee..
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Caledon Globe Onion
Allium cepa Caledon Globe is a South African Open Pollinated variety that does very well in the g..
R30.27
Caprico Onion
Allium cepa It is a beautiful, round, short day length onion, with great store-ability. This is a..
R29.19
Carentan Leek
Allium porrum An incredibly old European leek variety known from the early 1880s. This variety is..
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Chinese Leek
Allium tuberosumAlso known as Oriental Garlic, Asian Chives, Chinese Chives and Garlic Chives. Chine..
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Copenhagen Leek
Allium porrumA delicious and crisp, long cylindrical leek with beautiful blue-green foliage. This va..
R32.43
Egyptian Walking Onions
Alium cepa var proliferum This is a small bulbing onion that is just ever so awesome. They don't ..
R46.00
Elefant Leek
Allium porrumAn outstanding large leek variety, known for its hardy, thick shanks and exceptional fl..
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Golden of Parma
Allium cepaAn Italian long day length variety. These onions grow to tennis ball size, have a crisp a..
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Japanese Single Stem
Allium fistulosumA very popular, even famous Japanese bunching onion. A single stalk variety that is..
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Long Red Firenze
Allium cepaAn attractive purple-red heirloom onion variety from Italy and France. These uniquely elo..
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Red Bombay
Allium cepaIf you love strong, pungent onions, this beauty is a must for you to grow. A deep purple-..
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Red Creole Onions
Allium cepaHeirloom. Short day, medium maturing, red onion. Although a little paler than other red o..
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Red of Milan
Allium cepaAs its name suggests, this Italian favourite hails from Milan and has stood the test of t..
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Red Savona
Allium cepaA stunning, slightly flattened onion variety from the town of Savona in the North of Ital..
R34.59
Senshyu Yellow
Allium cepaThis stunning Japanese variety is a very reliable main crop onion. Producing uniform, sem..
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Texas Early Grano
Allium cepa An internationally recognised, early sweet onion that was developed in Texas in the e..
R28.11
Valenciana Early
Allium cepaThis super sweet onion has a lovely warm, yellow-tan skin with a crisp, juicy flesh. Perf..
R34.59