Bunching Onion Ishikura
$4.49
Allium Fistulosum
- Seed Count 150
- Long Stalks
- Perennial
In stock
Description
Bunching Onion Ishikura is a outstanding variety with excellent flavoured, long slender white stalks. They are very easy to grow from seed, extremely hardy and pest resistant and will grow from cold, wet regions right through to hot, tropical areas.
This extremely versatile crop and can be harvested at any point of growth. The leaves can be snipped for use in salads or the whole plant can be pulled up. Pencil-thin stems can be used as spring onions or left to grow as thick as a carrot without losing their flavour.
The bunching onion is a very popular cultivated vegetable and an important ingredient in Asian cuisine. It is used in stir-fry’s, miso soup and in takoyaki dumpling dish, among others.
It has a mild, sweet flavour and is strongly reminiscent to the scallion or welsh onion, once grown it is similar to the leek in appearance.
It is a useful addition to a vegetable plot or herb garden and once established they tend to look after themselves.
The flowers are attractive to bees, while the whole plant is an effective insect repellent. This is one vegetable that you would never regret growing – no matter where you are in the world.
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| Method: Sow direct | Soil Temp: 10°C - 20°C |
| Cool Mountain Sep - Jun | Position: Full sun |
| Arid: Sep - Dec | Row Spacing: 2 cm |
| Temperate: Aug - Nov | Planting Depth: 3 mm |
| Sub Tropical: Mar - Sep | Harvest: 75 Days |
| Tropical: May - Aug | Plant Height: 50 cm |
Order Times
Seed orders are normally dispatched within three business days. You will receive an email when seeds are mailed out.
Postage Days
Seeds are mailed out Monday to Friday at 1pm. Except for the Friday of long weekends.
Postage Times
WA 2-3 Days: SA,NT 3-5 Days: NSW, ACT, QLD, VIC: 5-7 Days
Carrier
We use Australia Post Letter Postage for the majority of orders
Not only are our seeds packed in recycled paper envelopes, we keep the theme going when we post out website orders. To protect your seeds from moisture and the letter box munchers (snails), we use a very special plastic free material made from plants. They are then put into recycled mailing envelopes. Green all the way 💚🌿
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