White Spear Bunching Onion (Scallion): (Allium fistulosum) The White Spear Bunching Onion is the largest, most attractive variety of bunching onions. You can plant these thin green onions every 15 days or so, and the last crop can stay in the ground through winter. This bunching onion produces white cylindrical stalks that are thick and 5” to 6" long, topped by 6" of blue-green leaves. Planting Depth Seed Spacing Spacing after Soil Days to Days to Sun Water Starting Inside Starting Thinning Temperature Germinate Maturity Outside 1/2” 1/2 inch apart in 4-6” 50-90 10-14 120 full moderate Onions seeds Select a sunny, rows 8 inches should be well drained apart planted indoors 6 location and sow to 8 weeks seed as soon as before ground the ground can can be worked. be worked. You can also plant seeds directly in the garden. When and Where to Plant: Sow seed as soon as the Seed Collecting: Nutritional Information: ground can be worked, in a Serving size: 100g sunny, well drained location. HARVEST: As soon as a majority of flowers have dried, clip umbels. Check often, as Calories 32 Fat 0g Harvesting: seeds will start dropping from some flowers at Health Facts: Sodium 16mg Harvest as needed. Cultivate this time. Allow to dry in cool, dry location for up to 2-3 weeks. Protein 2g and enrich soil with vegetable The scallion is low in sodium, and very Carbohydrate 7g food and organic matter. For low in saturated fat and cholesterol. It is Dietary Fiber 2g PROCESS: Seeds will drop naturally from early crop, start seeds indoors also a good source of thiamin, fully dried flowers. To collect a small amount riboflavin, magnesium, phosphorus and 8-12 weeks before planting % of U.S. RDA of seeds, rub remaining flowers to free seeds. copper, and a very good source of outdoors. In frost-free regions, Vitamin A: 20% For larger amounts, rub heads over screens. dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, Vitamin C: 31% plant seeds in fall for spring vitamin K, folate, calcium, iron, Winnow remaining debris. Calcium: 1% harvest. potassium and manganese. Iron: 8% .