{"title":"Onions","description":"Onion variety seeds.","products":[{"product_id":"oignon-vert-southport-white-globe-ancestral","title":"Southport White Globe Onion Heirloom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAllium cepa.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn heirloom variety cultivated since at least 1873, native to Southport, Connecticut, and long considered the reference \"white globe\" throughout the American Northeast. It's technically an onion with a perfectly round pearly-white bulb, but its mildness in youth has made it for generations a favourite for the double harvest — picked young and slim all summer as a green onion (the first tender leaves and tiny bulb, chopped onto an omelette or in a vinaigrette), or left to mature through the full cycle to yield a full-sized bulb for winter storage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a long-day onion — it needs 14 hours or more of daily light to trigger bulb formation, which makes it perfectly suited to northern latitudes like ours, where the short-day varieties sold further south would simply refuse to form a head worthy of the name. Mild, sweet flavour at fresh harvest, more pronounced after a few months of storage; sliced raw in a sandwich, melted into a classic onion soup, Russian-style pickled in jars with beet, or simply caramelized in butter as a garnish on a steak. Good keeper in the root cellar or cold room for 4 to 6 months if you take care to dry it well after harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrower's tip:\u003c\/strong\u003e Onion starts slowly and wants a long cycle. For a full bulb harvest in Québec (100 to 110 days), indoor start 10 to 12 weeks before planting out, at the rate of 6 to 8 seedlings per cell (yes, together — separate at transplanting, and a thin to 8 cm gives bulbs of good size). For green-onion harvest only, direct-sow as soon as the soil can be worked, in dense rows, and pick continuously as soon as stems reach 15-20 cm. For storage bulbs, stop watering when the tops start to flop, let dry in the field for a week, then braid or hang in a dry cool place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen-pollinated. Heirloom variety. Biennial — flowering only occurs in the second year. Insect-pollinated; crosses with other \u003cem\u003eAllium cepa\u003c\/em\u003e nearby — isolate for seed saving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 30 to 50 cm for the tops.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaturity: 30 to 40 days for green-onion harvest, 100 to 110 days for full bulbs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExposure: full sun.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoose, rich, well-drained, stone-free soil. Thin to 3-5 cm for green onions, to 8-10 cm for bulbs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndoor start 10 to 12 weeks before last frost for bulbs (late February in Québec), or direct-sow as soon as the soil can be worked for green-onion harvest.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Joual Vert","offers":[{"title":"200","offer_id":42735395668140,"sku":"GC-H-ONIBSW-200","price":0.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000","offer_id":42735395700908,"sku":"GC-H-ONIBSW-1K","price":3.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5000","offer_id":42735395733676,"sku":"GC-H-ONIBSW-5K","price":12.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"25000","offer_id":42735395766444,"sku":"GC-H-ONIBSW-25K","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0532\/1388\/8684\/products\/bonionssp_6fdd8091-e038-4c47-9a00-3e2b1fd9dc68.jpg?v=1699044956"}],"url":"https:\/\/joualvert.ca\/en\/collections\/onions.oembed","provider":"Joual Vert","version":"1.0","type":"link"}