Potatoes, Onions and Exotics

Order deadline for ginger and turmeric: February 21, 2025

Final order deadline for potatoes and sets: late spring, when we run out of stock

Ginger and turmeric will be shipped starting in late February. Onion plants and sweet potato slips are drop-shipped directly from our growers according to your planting zone/region unless you indicate otherwise at checkout. Otherwise, we begin shipping Potatoes, Onions and Exotics orders in late March, finishing by early May. We cannot ship before that; we regret that we cannot honor any requests to do so.

Bulk pricing on large orders:

Orders with subtotals $1,200 and above receive bulk pricing. Bulk prices will automatically be applied.

If you have placed orders totaling at least $1,200 at Fedco within the past 12 months, additional orders qualify for bulk pricing.

Nero Shallot Sets

F-1 hybrid. Long-day traditional bunching shallot. Copper skin covering 2" globes of sweet fragrant melting shallot goodness. ②

For orders placed by February 21, 2025, this item will ship on our regular shipping schedule, starting in late March with the warmest states and finishing by early May. Orders placed after February 21, 2025 will be shipped later, and in the order in which they were received. We cannot ship this item any earlier; we regret that we cannot honor any requests to do so.

7065 Nero Shallot Sets

	Discounted From	Quantity
A: 0.5 lb $12.00 Free Shipping
B: 2.0 lb $35.00
C: 10.0 lb $120.00
E: 32.0 lb $319.00

Additional Information

Sets

Approx. 100-130 onion sets per pound; 80-100 shallot sets per pound.

Sets ship from our warehouse during our regular potato shipping season in April.

Onions & Shallots

Allium cepa Onions are day-length sensitive—to produce large bulbs, plant in spring as soon as soil is workable. Most of our sets and plants are long-day varieties, suitable for northern growers. Shallow rooted, onion require rich weed-free soil and consistent water. All other factors being equal, onions grown from seedlings will grow bigger and resist disease better than set-grown onions.

Plant onions 3" apart in rows 1' apart and thin to 6" as they grow. (If you don’t want to thin, plant them 4–6" apart.) Mulch when they are 1' tall. During the season, pull any plants that begin to bolt and use them as scallions.

It’s a good idea to sidedress once or twice a season, especially close to summer solstice.

Clean and grade before storage. Eat thick-necked onions first because they won’t keep.

Ideal storage conditions are temperatures at 32° with humidity of 60–70%. If you can’t do that, work to get a total number of 100. For example, at temperatures from 50–55°, humidity should be 45–50%.