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Onion
Allium cepa
Late Novembervegetable
Versatile bulb vegetable available in yellow, white, and red varieties. Essential kitchen staple.
Showing Zone 7b. for timing that matches where you garden.
In Zone 7b, right now
Not yet — plant around late november
The transplant window opens Late November – Early January. Sign up below and we'll remind you the week it's time.
Edible?
Yes — vegetable
Small space?
Yes — fits a balcony
Sun
Full sun (6+ hrs)
Comes back yearly?
No — 2-year life cycle
Ways to plant it
Spring planting
Transplant
Closed
Mid March – Mid April
Buy a young plant from a nursery, or move one you started indoors, into the ground or a pot.
Plant
Closed
Early March – Mid April
Put it in the ground (or a pot) outdoors.
Fall planting
Transplant
Late November
Late November – Early January
Buy a young plant from a nursery, or move one you started indoors, into the ground or a pot.
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