Full sun, rich soil
Steady moisture and a pH of 6.2–6.8; keep weeds down.
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A classic Italian white cipollini onion.
Bianca di Maggio is a mild white cipollini, about 2–3" across and 1 1/2" deep. Sell it young with green tops, or let it mature and braid it.
It keeps for less than 3 months. A long-day type for about 35–55° latitude; where winters are mild, it can also be sown from August to October.
About 80 days from direct sowing. Open-pollinated.
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Know before you sow

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.
Steady moisture and a pH of 6.2–6.8; keep weeds down.
Sow in early spring in 2–4" bands, seeds about 1/2" apart and 1/4–1/2" deep. No thinning needed.
Small onions stay smallest and earliest in the North; farther south they size up to small or medium bulbs.
Harvest bunches any time; skins only form after two to three months.
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Like all onions, these need full sun, steady moisture and fertile soil with a pH of 6.2–6.8. Keep the bed weeded.
Counted from direct sowing.
Small onions bulb earlier and stay smaller the farther north they are grown. Pearl and cipollini types are best at about 40° latitude and north; farther south, the same varieties make small to medium onions.
Sow in early spring in bands 2–4" wide or in single rows 4" apart, with seeds about 1/2" apart, and cover 1/4–1/2" deep. No thinning is needed.
At 96 seeds per foot in 4" bands 12" apart: about 5,000 seeds per 50 ft., 1 oz. per 80 ft. and roughly 34 lb. per acre.
Pull bunches whenever you need them. A papery skin does not form until two to three months into the season, so young onions are quick to clean and prepare.
Seed is not sized.
1,000 seeds.
About 131,500 on average.
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