What it is
Onion (Allium cepa) is in the Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis) family. In the South you must plant short-day varieties or they'll never bulb. Cure them dry and they store for months.
How to grow it
It wants full sun, water it even, then dry to cure, and give it loose, fertile soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0–7.0. Space plants about 4–6 in apart. Expect roughly 90–120. Cool-season; day-length sensitive.
How it's used
Onion is used: raw, cooked, stored.
🔎 How to identify it
- Hollow tubular leaves
- Onion smell when cut
- Bulb forms at soil line
Edibility
PartsBulb and greens
UsesRaw, cooked, stored
CautionNone.
🌤 Before you plant: check the live 7-day garden weather to time it right for frost and heat.
Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.