Onion White Lisbon Vegetable Seeds

Seed Count apx: 950 (3g)

White Lisbon are Indispensable for a decent salad, with silvery skin and crisp, succulent stems that have a mild onion flavour with that characteristic 'bite'. Delicious when young, they take on a more pungent flavour as the bulbs swell. Sow little and often, fortnightly from March onwards, will give a good supply through the summer.

It is quick and easy to grow, cropping in 60 days. Although, traditionally the most popular Spring Onion for successional sowings can also be sown in autumn and over wintered for early spring harvests.

They are perfect for container growing and can be tucked into mixed containers or beds

A very popular dual purpose quick-growing variety for crisp, sweet, white pickling onions, often known as 'cocktail' onions. If you like a good size bulb on "spring" onions pull them young or leave to mature and crop as small onions for pickling they will grow well on almost any soil, even on light, poor land. They prefer a sunny position.

When to plant: March to September.
How to grow: Sow 0.5in (1.5cm) deep in rows 6in (15cm) apart. Keep well watered in dry weather.

No thinning is necessary.

Harvest: All year round as required.

Be prepared to water well and supplement feed with high-potash feed during season. Regular feeding is recommended.