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Spring Onion: White Lisbon
White Lisbon is a classic, fast-growing spring onion producing crisp white stems and fresh green tops with a mild, clean flavour. Reliable and easy to grow, it’s ideal for successional sowing to provide a steady harvest from spring through autumn. Perfect for beds, raised beds, or containers, it’s a staple crop for any kitchen garden.
6 in stock
Description
- Best Grown: Outdoors in beds, raised beds, or containers
- Sowing Time: March–August
- Plant Out: Direct sow outdoors
- Harvest Time: May–October (approx. 8–10 weeks from sowing)
- Spacing: Thin seedlings to 2–3 cm apart in rows 20–25 cm apart
- Height: Grows approx. 30–40 cm tall
- Difficulty: Very easy
Why grow it?
- Quick and easy crop with fast results
- Mild flavour suitable for raw or cooked use
- Ideal for repeated sowings through the season
- Grows well in small spaces and containers
- Reliable and widely grown variety
How to grow: Sow directly outdoors from March to August into fine, well-prepared soil. Sow seeds thinly in shallow drills and keep soil moist during germination. Thin seedlings as they grow to allow room for stems to develop. Water regularly in dry weather. Harvest when stems are pencil-thick or earlier for baby onions.
Cooking / usage ideas: Delicious raw in salads, chopped into stir-fries, added to soups, or used as a fresh garnish.
Seeds per pack: 1/4 teaspoonful of seeds (they are quite small!)
