Nabechan (F1) Onion Seed

Product ID:256.11256

Quick Facts

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Latin Name

Allium fistulosum

Days To Maturity

Days To Maturity

Average number of days from seeding date to harvest, within a specific crop group. If a transplanted crop: average number of days from transplant date. Not sure if crop is direct-seeded or transplanted? Check the Growing Information box for details. If crop can be both direct-seeded or transplanted, days to maturity refers to direct seeding. Days to maturity for all flowers and herbs is calculated from seeding date.

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60 Days

Life Cycle

Life Cycle

Plants can be Annuals (single growing season), Perennials (grow year after year), Tender Perennials (grow year after year in warmer climates; and in some cases when given special protection in colder climates), or Biennials (require two years to mature).

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Annual

Hybrid Status

Hybrid Status

Hybrid: The offspring of a cross between two or more distinct parent lines, usually of same species, and selected for improved traits.
Open-pollinated: A non-hybrid variety that can reproduce itself in kind, demonstrating relatively stable traits from one generation to the next.

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Hybrid (F1)

Product Features

Product Features

Easy Choice Easy Choice
Variety is easy-to-grow.
Heat Tolerant Heat Tolerant
Heat Tolerant
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Johnny's Exclusive Easy Choice Heat Tolerant

Nabechan (F1) Onion Seed

Product ID:256.11256

Exclusive! Better flavor than other bunching onions.

Sweeter, more complex flavor. Upright plants with long, thick shanks. Resists leaf-curl and bulbing in hot weather. Nabechan is a traditional Japanese type grown for its high quality. Can also be grown like a leek to create a unique, large scallion known as "Negi" in Japan. For Negi-style scallions, see the "Growing Information" tab below for detailed instructions.

Specs:

  • Packet: 500 seeds
  • Avg. 188,100 seeds/lb

Quick Facts

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Latin Name

Allium fistulosum

Days To Maturity

Days To Maturity

Average number of days from seeding date to harvest, within a specific crop group. If a transplanted crop: average number of days from transplant date. Not sure if crop is direct-seeded or transplanted? Check the Growing Information box for details. If crop can be both direct-seeded or transplanted, days to maturity refers to direct seeding. Days to maturity for all flowers and herbs is calculated from seeding date.

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60 Days

Life Cycle

Life Cycle

Plants can be Annuals (single growing season), Perennials (grow year after year), Tender Perennials (grow year after year in warmer climates; and in some cases when given special protection in colder climates), or Biennials (require two years to mature).

Close

Annual

Hybrid Status

Hybrid Status

Hybrid: The offspring of a cross between two or more distinct parent lines, usually of same species, and selected for improved traits.
Open-pollinated: A non-hybrid variety that can reproduce itself in kind, demonstrating relatively stable traits from one generation to the next.

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Hybrid (F1)

Product Features

Product Features

Easy Choice Easy Choice
Variety is easy-to-grow.
Heat Tolerant Heat Tolerant
Heat Tolerant
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Johnny's Exclusive Easy Choice Heat Tolerant

SCIENTIFIC NAME:

Allium fistulosum

CULTURE:

Seed can be sown in early spring for summer use, and in July or August for fall and spring use. Bunching onions prefer a soil with a pH of 6.2–6.8. Extra-hardy varieties will normally survive the winter if the soil is well drained.

DAYS TO MATURITY:

From direct seeding; subtract 10–15 days for days to maturity from transplant.

TRANSPLANTING:

Sow 6–8 seeds per cell in 72-cell trays at the same time you would seed bulbing onions for transplant. Transplant seedling clusters 6–8" apart in rows 18" apart. For Negi-style scallions with a thicker blanched portion, start in flats. Then, beginning in late spring, when 8–18" tall and pencil-thick, transplant outdoors 6" apart, rows 24" apart in holes dibbled about 6" deep. Only 1–2" of leaves need extend above the soil surface. Do not firm soil — allow irrigation or rain to fill in the dibble hole.

DIRECT SEEDING:

Sow ¼" apart in rows of 2–3" wide bands,¼–½" deep. Thin to about an inch apart only if large diameter is needed. Keep well cultivated so that plants receive maximum light.

AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE:

1 oz./250', 4 oz./1,000', 1 lb./4,000', 7½ lb./acre at 50 seeds/ft. in 2" wide bands 18" apart.

BLANCHING:

During the growing period hill the plants with soil 2 or 3 times, higher with each hoeing. This forces the leaves higher up the plant resulting in extra-long blanched stalks and a much greater edible portion. When using the "dibble method", hilling is reduced or eliminated.

HARVEST:

Loosen with fork or underminer and gather. Wash, hydrocool, and hold at near freezing until shipped or displayed.

SEEDS/LB. (AVG.):

150,300.

PACKET:

500 seeds, sows 10'.

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