Onion Yellow Sweet Spanish Utah

Description

Onion Yellow Sweet Spanish Utah

Onion Yellow Sweet Spanish Utah. Large round dark yellow bulbs sometimes weighing a pound or more. Sweet and mild flavoured to the point of eating them raw like an apple. Very successful if sown early in the season out-performing set-onions. Some tolerance to thrips and mildew.

Cultivation Advice 

• Days to Germination: 10-12.
• Days To Harvest: 115.
• Planting Depth: 1/2″.
• Spacing, Row: 18″.
• Spacing, Plant: 5 inches.
• Start in early spring indoors / heated greenhouse 8-10 weeks before transplanting outdoors.
• When transplanting, clip plants to three inches and plant 2 inches deep.
• Can be sown directly when ground has warmed in mid-late spring, at 2-3 seeds per inch.
• Thin to 5 inches apart when plants are 6 inches tall.
• Harvest by pulling bulbs when tops are brown and dry.
• Fertile, moist soil enriched with compost is best for onion production.
• Onions are claimed to ward off many insect pests around lettuce, cabbage and carrots.