MICRORADICLE

Nursery / Onion

Deep Purple

Onion · Allium cepa

Scallion, sharp

Queue in nursery

Seed / 1020

28 g

280 seeds / g

Soak

8 h

Cold water · 8–12 h

Blackout

6 d

Dome · no weight

DLI

12 mol

14 h · 238.1 µmol

Cut

6 oz

$26.00 / lb · 16 d

Soak protocol

Protocol
Cold water · 8–12 h
Hours
8 h
Gel seed
no
Tray
10 × 20 in 1020

Blackout & light

Method
Dome · no weight
Blackout days
6 d
Paver
none — do not stack weight
Target DLI
12 mol·m⁻²·d⁻¹
Photoperiod
14 h
PPFD
238.1 µmol·m⁻²·s⁻¹

Yield · one 1020

Cycle
16 d sow → cut
Fresh cut
6 oz
Wholesale
$26.00 / lb
Clamshell
$4.25 · 4 oz
Clamshells / tray
2

On this farm · 4 trays

Seed
112 g · 31360 seeds
Cut
24 oz
Wholesale
$39.00
Clamshells
6 × 4 oz

Bench notes

Slow allium. Dome, no weight. Cut as 3 in grass. Chefs pay for it.