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🧅🌱 Karmen Onion – Allium cepa – 1000 Seeds
🧅🌱 Karmen Onion – Allium cepa – 1000 Seeds
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Grow sweet, flavorful, and versatile onions with Karmen Onion (Allium cepa), a popular variety known for its firm bulbs, mild taste, and excellent storage qualities. Ideal for fresh use, cooking, and preserving, Karmen onions develop large, round bulbs with a golden-yellow skin. This variety is well-suited for both home gardeners and commercial farmers due to its uniform growth and resistance to common onion diseases.
Usage:
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Fresh eating, cooking, salads, and grilling
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Great for drying, storage, and long-term use
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Suitable for fresh market and home garden cultivation
Sowing Time:
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Sow seeds indoors 8–10 weeks before last frost date
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Transplant seedlings outdoors after danger of frost has passed and soil is workable
Germination Time:
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7–14 days
Sowing Depth:
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Sow seeds 1 cm (⅜ inch) deep
Soil Requirements:
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Fertile, well-drained soil rich in organic matter
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pH 6.0–7.0
Sunlight Requirements:
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Full sun (6–8 hours daily)
Watering:
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Regular watering; keep soil moist but avoid waterlogging
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Reduce watering as bulbs mature to promote storage quality
Plant Spacing:
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Thin seedlings or transplant to 10–15 cm (4–6 inches) apart in rows 30 cm (12 inches) apart
Harvest Time:
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90–110 days from sowing
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Harvest when tops begin to yellow and fall over
Hardiness Zone:
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USDA Zones 3–9
Other Benefits:
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Good disease resistance
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Long storage life when cured properly
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Versatile culinary uses
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Easy to grow in various climates
Latin Name: Allium cepa
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