Northern Mixed Bunch Onion is a frost-hardy bunch onion cultivar that thrives across hardiness zones 3 through 10, making it accessible to gardeners in nearly every climate. Direct seeded or transplanted, it reaches harvest maturity in 110 to 125 days, offering gardeners a reliable timeline for planning succession plantings. This variety grows as a tender green onion or scallion, harvested at pencil size or larger, and demands consistent moisture and well-draining soil in the neutral pH range of 6.0 to 7.0.
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Northern Mixed Bunch Onion tolerates frost and cold winters that would stop tender varieties in their tracks, expanding growing possibilities for northern gardeners. Its short spacing requirements (just 2 inches apart, 12 inches between rows) let you pack productivity into tight garden spaces. The variety responds well to both direct sowing and transplant methods, giving you flexibility in how you time your harvest for continuous harvests through the season.
Harvest as tender green onions or scallions when plants reach pencil size or larger. The mild, tender shoots work fresh in salads, as a garnish, in Asian stir-fries, or sliced raw into grain bowls. Once bulbs begin to mature, you can allow them to develop further and harvest as small storage onions, though they perform better as fresh-harvested greens.
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Sow 10 to 12 seeds in a 4 to 6 inch pot. If seedling tops reach over 5 inches before transplanting, cut them back to 3 inches to encourage stockier growth.
When seedlings are ready to transplant outdoors, carefully separate them and place each in a shallow trench. Fill the trench around the seedlings and water in well. Thin to the strongest plant when seedlings reach 4 to 5 inches tall.
Direct seed into prepared beds, thinning seedlings to proper spacing once they establish.
Harvest scallions when they reach pencil size or larger by cutting or pulling individual plants. Wash and trim the roots before storage. For bulbing onions, wait until about half the tops have naturally fallen over, then push the remaining tops down. Wait approximately 1 week after topping before harvesting. Always harvest in dry weather; onions picked in wet conditions do not cure well and are prone to rot. Loosen the soil around bulbs before harvest to encourage proper drying.
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