Eclipse – Onion Seed

White onion for bunching or pearl size.
Eclipse is a short-day onion that can be grown in long-day areas to produce mini or pearl onions. Mild flavor. Seeding rate can be adjusted to get onions of desired size, or thin after seedlings are established. Best at 40° latitude and higher. Earlier than Pearl Drop, which it replaced. Avg. 134,000 seeds/lb. Packet: 250 seeds.

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Allium cepa
CULTURE: Sow in early spring in 2-4″ wide bands or single rows 4″ apart, about 1/2″ between seeds. Cover 1/4- 1/2″. Thinning is not necessary. Keep free of weeds. As with all onions, full sun, consistent soil moisture, and a fertile soil with a pH of 6.2-6.8 are preferable.
HARVEST: Pull by the bunch whenever needed. No skin forms until 2-3 months into the season, making mini onions easy to wash and prepare.
ADAPTATION: Mini onions are smaller and earlier to bulb the further north they are grown. Suited to 40° and higher latitudes for pearl and cipollini onions, for small to medium onions at lower latitudes.
AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE: 5M/50′, 1 oz./80′, 13 oz./1,000′, 34 lb./acre at 96 seeds/ft. in 4″ wide bands, in rows 12″ apart.
SIZED SEEDS: All seeds are unsized.
SEED SPECS: SEEDS/LB.: 113,700-134,300 (avg. 123,300).
PACKET: 250 seeds.