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GRANO 1015Y ONION (SWEETEST ONION IN THE WORLD)

Fertility:
Onions do best in a fertile, well-drained Garden soil abundantly supplied with organic matter.
Starting with a productive soil, annually apply 5 to 10 bushels of organic matter, 3 pounds of ammonium nitrate and 2 pounds of superphosphate per 1,000 square feet.
A one-time application of 1 pound of zinc sulfate and 1 pound of iron chelate per 1,000 square feet also is suggested, or follow a recommendation based upon a soil test.

Planting:
Plant onion seed in March if possible but no later than May
1. Onions are affected by day length and begin to bulb when the day length reaches 12 hours and the temperature reaches 70 degrees F.
Once bulbing begins, top growth stops. If the tops are small when this happens, the onions will be proportionally small.
The pearl onions seen in the frozen food cases are produced in this way -- by growing a short-day onion, such as Crystal Wax, under long-day conditions.

Onion sets and transplants may be planted later than seed and still produce normal size bulbs.
However, planting after May 1 decreases the average bulb size, while planting before April 1 increases the percentage of seed stalks (bolters).

Plant onion seed 1 inch deep. Thin the plants as they grow so the bulbs never touch.
The spacing between rows need be only wide enough to permit cultivation, generally 1 to 2 feet.

Because onions are shallow-rooted, they require frequent irrigation.

4 OZ. 25,500 SEED+/-

LITTLE KNOWN FACT:
Plant seed now. Seeds can be sown directly into the garden, covered with 1/4 inch of soil and should sprout within 7 to 10 days.
If planted thickly, plants can be pulled and utilized as green onions or scallions for salads or fresh eating in 8 to 10 weeks.
However, most gardeners want to grow an onion bulb as large as a basketball.
To do this, the onion plants must be thinned by next February until they are at least 2 to 3 inches apart to insure adequate bulb expansion.
The removed plants can be used for scallions or for transplanting into another area of the garden so that these, too, will have adequate space in which to enlarge into large bulbs.