Onion 'Brown'
Allium cepa 'Brown' · Amaryllidaceae
A long-keeping main-crop onion with firm, brown-skinned bulbs and full, pungent flavour. Day-length sensitive, so sow at the right season for your latitude.
At a glance
Good for
- Edible / Productive
- Toxic to Pets
Sowing from seed
- Difficulty: intermediate
- Sowing depth: 10 mm
- Method: Direct sow where it is to grow
- Germination: 10-18 days
- Days to harvest: 150-180 days
- Best sown in: autumn, winter
- Seed storage life: 1 year