Spring Onion White Lisbon is the most popular spring onion for multiple sowings in one year. It has long, white stems with bright green leaves. The flavour is the best when the spring onions are harvested while young and tender. The flavour gets more spicy when the bulbs get thicker. Spring Onion is also known as Scallion. This easy to grow vegetable is a must-have in any garden.
Spring Onion is a healthy and versatile vegetable. You can cook, grill, bake, stir-fry, steam, stew and roast it. You can also use it raw when you slice it finely and use it in salads. You can also use Spring Onion White Lisbon in soups, salads, sauces, pasta sauces and in all other recipes with onion. You can grow this variety in large pots, containers and in square meter gardens.
Outdoor sowing: March - September
Germination: 10 - 14 days
Germination temp. : 9 - 15 °C
Sowing depth: ½ - 1½ cm
Plant distance: 15 cm
Sowing in rows: 15 - 20 cm
Plant position: sunny - partial shade
Days till harvest: 60 - 75
Sow outdoors from March on, when the soil can be worked on. Sow on a sunny plot with well draining soil and partial shade. Sow thinly and sparsley, but sow the seeds closely together to prevent the bulbs from growing to big. Sow in rows about 15 - 20 cm apart. The seedlings emerge after about 10 - 14 days, depending on the temperature and the weather. Keep moist and weedfree.
Harvest your spring onions after about 60 days and leaves some in the soil for a later harvest. Don't sow onions on a plot where onions have grown in the past years. Onions need fertile soil that has been manured with some fresh manure. You can keep your spring onions fresh for about 7 - 10 days in the crisper compartiment of your fridge.
