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Allium cepa (Cepa Group) 'Fasto'PBR

onion 'Fasto'

Vigorous early onion making golden, spherical, smooth-skinned bulbs. Stores well

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Size
Ultimate height
0.1–0.5 metres
Time to ultimate height
1 year
Ultimate spread
0–0.1 metre
Growing conditions
Sand
Loam
Chalk
Moisture
Moist but well–drained
pH
Neutral, Alkaline
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Green
Summer Green
Autumn
Winter
Position
  • Full sun
Aspect

East–facing or South–facing or West–facing

Exposure
Sheltered
Hardiness
H4
Botanical details
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Foliage
Deciduous
Habit
Clump forming
Genus

Allium are bulbous herbaceous perennials with a strong onion or garlic scent, linear, strap-shaped or cylindrical basal leaves and star-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in an umbel on a leafless stem

Name status

Accepted

How to grow

Cultivation

Thin plants to 15cm apart. Water in dry weather and feed every two weeks with a general purpose fertiliser. Cease watering and feeding once bulbs have swollen in mid-summer. Onions can be harvested as soon as they're big enough to use. See advice profiles for onions and shallots for further information

Propagation

Propagate by seed or by onion sets. See how to grow: onions or sowing vegetable seeds

Suggested planting locations and garden types
Pruning

No pruning required

Pests

May be susceptible to onion fly and allium leaf miner

Diseases

May be susceptible to onion white rot, leek rust and onion downy mildew

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