Onion - Sets - Sweet Pentium
There are between 1500-1800 sets per 10 pound bag.
Plant Facts
| Family | Allium cepa ‘Sweet Pentium’ |
|---|---|
| Soil | Widely adaptable |
| Moisture | Average, Moist |
| Sun Exposure | Full Sun |
Quick Overview
The Sweet Pentium, Allium Cepa ‘Sweet Pentium’, is a 95 day intermediate day onion. These Sweet Pentium onions need lots of water to be sweet. Give them at least an inch a week with a nice long soaking. If you've never tasted a fresh, sweet onion you're in for a treat because Sweet Pentium is so sweet and mild. Sweet onions are not good keepers, they are thinner, have a lighter color skin than storage onions and tend to be more fragile. You will have to use them up right away. Try slicing, frying and freezing them for use in soups, stir-fries and fajitas, or make and freeze French onion soup! After bulbs have sized up and the tops begin to tip over, stop watering for a week or two before harvest. Different varieties of bulb onions thrive in different areas and the difference has to do with light and day length, which triggers bulb development. The three varieties are short, intermediate and long-day varieties. In order to have large onions you want your plants to grow quickly so feed them well. Give them adequate fertilizer, especially nitrogen.
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