Onion bulbs Belokranjka

Allium cepa

Belokranjka is Slovene indigenous variety of onion, as it comes from an area called Bela krajina. It makes elongated light yellow and very aromatic onion.

We plant it from February to May. If we want a big onion we plant it as soon as possible.

Onion Belokranjka is very resistant to cold, so we can already plant it in autumn. In this case, we plant it from October to December, depending on the temperature. If the temperature is high, we don't rush with planting, but we wait for at least the first saline. If we plant it before the first saline, it may be attacked by onion flies.

Onion, planted in autumn, is less susceptible to onion fly attack in spring.

Advice: If we want to protect the onion from onion flies, we spray it once a week with a mixture of water and milk or whey (1:1). Milka has to be inhomogeneous, since it better sticks to the plants and protects against onion flies. If is raining, we must repeat the spraying, as the rain washes the milk from plants.