Light
Bright light
AtHomeGrower Plant Facts
Onion
Allium cepa
Onion is included as a vegetable option for Fill My Space so edible garden plants can be filtered by light, care, water, soil, and plant type.
Soil mixture
Loose, fertile soil
Soil moisture
Keep lightly moist
Fertilizer
Feed according to crop stage: gentler nitrogen early, then balanced nutrition as roots, fruit, or leaves develop.
Pruning and support
Remove damaged leaves, support heavy stems or vines, and harvest promptly to keep production moving.
Plant Diagnoser notes
Watch for yellowing leaves, brown tips, weak growth, pest residue, and soil that stays wet too long. Match symptoms against watering, light, soil drainage, airflow, and pest pressure.
Fill My Space tags
environment-label:outdoor, environment:outdoor, location:outdoor, suitability:outdoor, fill-my-space:enabled, plant-facts:enabled, plant:onion, facts:onion, plant-type:vegetables, category:vegetables, care:moderate, category:vegetable, fill-my-space:enabled, foliage:strap-like, light:bright-light, pet-status:not-pet-friendly, plant-type:vegetables, plant:bulb-vegetable, tool:zones, zone:10, zone:3, zone:4, zone:5, zone:6, zone:7, zone:8, zone:9, zones:3-10