Onion, Scallion (Tokyo Long White)

Botanical Interests Tokyo Long White Bunching/Scallion Onion Seeds

These Japanese scallions are long, slender, and mild. Slice these sweet onions and juicy, bluish-green tops into salads, soups, stews, and stir-fry dishes. Ideal for summer and fall harvests, heat-tolerant plants can be blanched in the garden or a container for 16"–18" long, white, leek-like stalks. Disease resistant to pink root and smut.

Sowing Information:

• Light: Full sun
• When to Start Inside: 8 to 10 weeks before your average last frost date; transplant 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date.
• When to Sow Outside: 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date or as soon as the soil temperature reaches 45°F, ideally 60°–85°F, and every 2 to 4 weeks recommended for continuous production. In Mild Climates, sow in fall for spring harvest.
• Seed Depth: Plant seeds ¼ inch deep.
• Seed Spacing: ½ inch apart 
• Thinning: Not necessary unless thicker bulbs are desired
• Days to Germinate: 10 –15 days
• Days to Maturity: 65 days

Growing Notes:

• Harvesting: For repeated harvests of bunching onion greens, clip plants about an inch above the soil surface, and they will regrow. After cutting, apply a fertilizer that is higher in nitrogen than phosphorus and potassium to encourage rapid regrowth. Bunching onions of the species Allium cepa can also form a bulb if given the time and space. To grow bulbs, harvest entire plants, leaving 3-4 inches of space between the plants you want to remain and produce bulbs.
  
• Variety Information: 16"–18" slender, white scallions with bluish-green tops (foliage), growing to 1 ½" wide if given ample space.