Light
Full sun in an open position.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Ailsa Craig Onion
Allium cepa · Ailsa Craig Onion
Vegetables · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
Ailsa Craig forms large pale straw-coloured onions with a mild flavour.
A space where it can thrive
Grow as a cultivated garden crop in a bed or suitably sized container. The illustrated nursery pot is a presentation, not a recommendation for the mature plant’s root space.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Keep shallow roots steadily supplied with moisture while bulbs expand. Reduce watering as bulbs mature.
Soil & drainage
Loose, fertile, well-drained soil with minimal weed competition.
Temperature
Plan sowing for the crop’s preferred season. Protect young plants and containers from severe frost; local conditions affect timing.
Planting
Start seedlings or direct sow for the appropriate long-day bulb season; thin plants to give bulbs room.
Harvest
Lift mature bulbs when tops fall and dry. Cure with good airflow before dry storage.
Through the seasons
Avoid burying developing bulbs deeply. Do not keep watering a mature storage crop as if it were still making leaves.
When your plant needs help
- Grow for fresh use or shorter storage rather than assuming the long keeping ability of Patterson.
Pets & little ones
This guide covers a cultivated garden crop. Confirm the identity and the edible part before harvesting; wash produce and keep unverified plants away from children and pets.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.