What winter onions should be like: not just any onion set will do for planting in the fall
For novice gardeners, this may seem a little surprising, but the fact remains that not all onions are suitable for planting in the fall.
Don't rush to grab your head - expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh answered in detail the question of which onions are suitable for autumn planting.
So, it is worth choosing from early and mid-early ripening varieties.
This onion has a number of useful features: it forms a bulb in a short daylight period, the duration of which is from 8 to 12 hours, and can also boast of cold resistance, which means that the vegetable is not afraid of low temperatures in winter and recurrent frosts in spring.
Oh yes, one more important feature – such varieties, as a rule, do not bolt.
Here is a list of varieties (hybrids) of onions suitable for autumn planting:
- "Arzamas";
- "Turbo";
- "Danilovsky";
- "Ellan Yellow";
- "Odintsovets";
- "Sturon";
- "Golden-little one";
- "Shakespeare";
- "Golden Semko F1";
- "Sturarter Risen";
- "Radar" and others.
What most of these varieties have in common is their pungency, as well as golden (yellow) scales, a large amount of dry matter, essential oils and a strong, juicy bulb, which will surely please you when you harvest.
