Welsh Onion (Perennial Winter Onion) - Vegetable Seeds

These onions are already starting to turn green by the end of March! I was out harvesting the first week of April. These onions are sweet and delicious and make a great addition to any meal. The stalks are easily dehydrated and turned into a wonderful aromatic green onion powder. You can also chop these and freeze them for later use.

Welsh onions are easy to grow. They are cool-season crops. They are best planted in spring or autumn.

Welsh onions are mild-flavored members of the onion family. They can be added raw to salads and soups. They can be stir-fried and sauteed and served with beef or chicken. They can also be used as a garnish.

- Welsh onions are considered non-bulbing onions although their roots will swell slightly if left to fully mature.
- Welsh onions are also known as “Japanese onion,” “negi” in Japan, “cong bai” in China, “Japanese bunching onion”, and “ciboules” in France. And they are also commonly called bunching onions, long green onions, and spring onions.
- The botanical name of the Welsh onion is Allium fistulosum.
- Welsh onions (A. fistulosum) are multiplying onions; they multiply by elongated underground bulbs that replicate to form perennial evergreen clumps.
- Plants Welsh onions in full sun. Plant Welsh onions in humus-rich, well-drained soil. Add aged compost to the planting bed before planting. Loosen the soil several inches deep and enrich each planting hole with compost or work compost into the top several inches of soil.
- In rainy regions or where the soil is slow to drain, plant Welsh onions on mounded or raised beds.
- Welsh onions prefer a soil pH of 6.2 to 6.8.
- Direct seed Welsh onions ¼ inch apart in bands 2 to 3 inches (5-7.6cm) wide.
- Thin seedlings to an 1 inch apart if you want to harvest large diameter plants. Seeds can be planted thickly and plants can be thinned by harvesting.
- It takes about 65 days from seed to harvest Welsh onions.
- Water Welsh onions often but lightly at soil level. Avoid wetting the foliage which can lead to disease.

***Winter Sowing: You can also plant these seeds in the late fall for spring blooms.

Each package has approximately 30 seeds.

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