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Onions in Newfoundland
Starting from sets or early seedlings avoids running out of season.
demo estimate Guidance awaiting local review.
- Suitability for Newfoundland
- Cool-season — well suited
- Indoor seed start
- ~10 weeks before planting out
- Transplant / sowing
- ~2 weeks before typical last frost
- Frost tolerance
- Tolerates light frost
- Days to harvest
- 90–120 days
- Sunlight
- Full sun (6+ hrs)
- Spacing
- 10 cm apart
- Wind
- Handles wind well
- Containers
- Works in containers
- Greenhouse
- Not needed
Common problems here
- Onion maggot
- Small bulbs if planted late
Varieties that make sense for a short season
- Long-day types
- Sets for simplicity
Harvest
When tops fall over; cure before storing.
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