Vegetables
Spring Onion
Grown as a cut-and-come-again crop; a few clumps cover most kitchen needs.
Allium fistulosum · Vegetables · Perennial
When to plant Spring Onion in Australia
Sourced timing by broad climate zone. Zones with no sourced timing for an action are left out rather than estimated.
- Sow seed
- Cool — Feb, Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct
- Temperate — Mar, Apr, Aug, Sep
- Subtropical — Apr
- Tropical — Mar, May, Aug, Sep, Oct
- Arid — Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov
Australian planting guide by climate zone
Sourced guidance by broad climate zone, shown as fixed months, timing relative to sowing or planting, or written growing advice. Your GrowCal calendar applies your regional growing profile, so its dates may sit earlier or later than the months below.
| Action | Cool | Temperate | Subtropical | Tropical | Arid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sow | Feb, Mar, Apr, Sep, OctDetailsSow in February-April. Sow in September-October. | Mar, Apr, Aug, SepDetailsSow in March-April. Sow in August-September. | AprDetailsSow in April. | Mar, May, Aug, Sep, OctDetailsSow in March. Sow in May. Sow in August-October. | Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, NovDetailsSow in March-May. Sow in September-November. |
| Plant out | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown |
| Feed | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown |
| Prune | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown |
| Pest check | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown |
| Harvest | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown | No sourced timing currently shown |
Only sourced growing and timing guidance is shown.
Care guidance
Sourced advice for Spring Onion that isn't tied to a month.
- Sow into trays and plant out at seedling stage.
- Pick any time after they reach about 15-20cm; no maturity duration is published.
- Botanically perennial, but modelled for Australian household use as a repeatedly replanted clumping crop.
About this data
This schedule is part of GrowCal's preview horticultural dataset — useful as general guidance, and still being validated. Conditions vary with your soil, aspect, frost and variety. Read more on the data & methodology page, or send us a correction.
Related planting guides
Other plants in the GrowCal dataset, mostly from the same category.
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