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Vegetable

Onion

📍 Egypt

Click a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.

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Sow Harvest
Sow
Oct – Nov
Harvest
Apr – Jun
Growing period
200 - 240 days
Seeding rate
4 - 8 kg/ha
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Harvest — this part of the plant

Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .

Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .

Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.

Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .

Local note

Based on similar agro-ecological conditions in another country — confirm with local extension.
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Where Onion grows in Egypt

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Delta region

from North of Cairo to Mediterranean Sea cost mostly in between river nil branches and around it Longitude (30,21 - 31.45 East) Latitude (30,00 -31,45 North) Altitude(1-34m) soil properties is Clay to salty clay soils (Nile transmitted) Yearly rainfall (65mm) concentrated from November to March an no rain at all during summer (June- August). Temperature (almost the same Delta region in the attached table)

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Middle Egypt Region

From south of Cairo to Mallawy (near east and west of Nile) around the Nile including Fayoum Oasis " Altitude(3-15m)" Longitude (30,00 - 31.15 East) Latitude (27,15 -30,00 North) Altitude(35 -150m) soil properties is Clay to salty clay soils (Nile transmitted) Yearly rainfall (30mm) concentrated from December to February and no rain at all from April to October.Temperature (almost the same Middle Egypt in the attached table)

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Upper Egypt Region

from Assuit to high Dam' North Nasser Lake) mostly around the Nile Longitude (31,00 - 32.15 East) Latitude (23,45 -27,15 North) Altitude(150 -200m) soil properties is Clay to salty clay soils (Nile transmitted) Yearly rainfall (0mm) Temperature (almost the same Upper Egypt in the attached table)

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near by Delta region old reclaimed soils "NDRORL"

West or East of Delta Region Longitude (29,45 -30,21 and 31.45- 32,20 East) Latitude (30,00 -31,45 North) Altitude(1 - 66m) soil properties is salty to sandy soils ( some Mechanical transition of Delta soils was done during its reclamation ) Yearly rainfall (65mm) concentrated from November to March and no rain at all during summer (June- August). Temperature (almost the same Delta region in the attached table)

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