Onion 'Gunnison'
Allium cepa var. cepa
Gunnison is a popular variety of Onion, which belongs to the Allium genus (Allium cepa var. cepa 'Gunnison'). Gunnison is a hybrid variety.
Combines size, earliness, and extra-long storage. Medium-large, blocky round onions have flawless skin and small necks which dry down quickly. Bigger and slightly earlier than Copra, Gunnison stores at least as long. Resistant to Pink root. Adaptation: 38°-55° latitude.
This variety is a Vegetable that typically grows as an Perennial, which is defined as a plant that matures and completes its lifecycle over the course of three years or more. Gunnison is known for growing to a height of approximately 45.0 cm (that's 1.46 feet in imperial).As Gunnison Onion is a low maintanence plant, it is great for beginner gardeners and those that like gardens that don't need much overseeing.
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How to grow Onion 'Gunnison'
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Full Sun
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Medium
Growing Gunnison from seed
By our calculations, you should look at sowing Gunnison about 28 days before your last frost date.
Transplanting Gunnison
Harvesting Gunnison
Onion 'Gunnison' information
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Other Names for Onion 'Gunnison'
Prince, Hard storage, Yellow, Bulb
Popular varieties of Onion
- Red Onion
- Yellow
- Walla Walla Sweet
- White
- Red baron
- Yellow Sweet Spanish
- White Sweet Spanish
- Sweet Spanish Yellow Utah Jumbo
- Sturon
- Ailsa Craig
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