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Growing Cipollini Onions: Planting Time and Harvest Tips

Cipollini onions—small, flat Italian onions in white, yellow, and red—develop sweet, creamy texture with balanced pungency at maturity. Plant seeds now, ½" deep and 3" apart. Seedlings overwinter easily and resume rapid growth in spring. Fertilize regularly. When tops yellow next summer, bend them over, wait a few days, then harvest for delicious shish kebab additions.

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