From the Vegetable Production Handbook of Florida
Institute
of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida
Onion, Leek, and Chive Production
in Florida
Botany and Planting
Onion -Allium cepa,
Alliaceae (Amaryillidaceae)
Leek -Allium ampeloprasum
Chive
- Allium schoenoprasum
Bunching
onion - Allium
fistulosum
Planting
information for onion and allies
| Planting dates | Seeded | Transplanted |
|---|
| North
Florida | Mid
Sept - mid Nov | Nov
- Jan | | Central
Florida | Oct | Dec - Jan | | South
Florida | Oct | Dec - Jan | | Planting
information |
|---|
| Distance between rows (in) | 14
- 18 | 14 - 18 | | Distance between plants (in) | 3
- 4 | 4 - 6 | | Seeding
depth (in) | 0.25 - 0.5 | - | | Seed
per acre (lb) | 3 - 4 | 1 | | Days
to maturity | 100 - 130 | 100 -
1302 | | Plant populations (acre) | 149,343 | 112,123 |
Onion and
leek cultivars
| Onion |
|---|
| Dawn (H) | Savannah Sweet (H) | | | Granex 33 (H) | Sweet Caroline (H) | | | Pirate (H) | Sweet Harvest (H) | | | Plethora (H) | Sweet Success (H) | | | Prowler (H) | Vidurra (H) | | | Red Hunter | | | | Bunching Onion |
|---|
| Perfecto Blanco | Tokyo Long White | White Portugal | | Leeks |
|---|
| Jolant | Megathon | Verina | | King Richard | Tivi | | | Lancelot | Tornado | | | Chives | | | | Staro | | | | H=hybrid | | |
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