Onion seeds
Onion planting seeds for agricultural supply enquiries.
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Onion seeds
Onion planting seeds for agricultural supply enquiries.
Product form: Planting seeds
Discuss your specification ↗Confirm the exact form, grade, sample, packing and destination requirements with your quotation.
Product description
Onion seeds are planting seeds for onion crop production. Buyers should specify the variety and required bulb characteristics, together with seed testing and treatment requirements. This is an agricultural planting product, separate from culinary spices.
For planting use. Confirm variety, growing conditions, treatment and destination seed documentation before ordering.
Specification guide
Use these parameters to tell us what you need. They are not claims about current stock.
| Parameter | What to specify | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Variety & crop preference | Required variety and growing-region requirements | Helps identify seed suited to the planned crop. |
| Bulb characteristics | Desired colour, shape and market use | Defines what the buyer expects from the selected variety. |
| Germination (%) | Minimum target and required test date | Measures the proportion producing normal seedlings under the test conditions. |
| Physical purity (%) | Minimum pure seed; limits for inert matter and other seeds | Distinguishes the intended planting seed from unwanted material. |
| Treatment & certification | Required treatment status, lot reports and certification | Clarifies planting-seed and destination requirements. |
| Variety suitability | Growing region, planting season and required variety information | Choose the variety for the intended crop; no suitability is assumed from the product name. |
| Lot identity & moisture | Lot number, moisture target and test date | Makes seed-quality reports traceable to the offered lot. |
| Crop year & origin | Required harvest year and country or region of origin | Identifies the age and source of the lot. |
| Packing & quantity | Bag / container type, net weight and order quantity | Final packing is agreed with the quotation. |
| Testing & documents | Required analysis, sample and destination documentation | Required reports or certificates must be confirmed for the specific lot. |
Parameter reference: ISTA: seed quality testing parameters ↗. This reference does not imply certification of Shiva Exim or any offered lot.
Send your target values or a buyer specification sheet with your enquiry.
How much seed is needed for sowing?
Reference quantities for the stated growing system. Confirm a local recommendation before ordering planting seed.
| Detail | Guidance |
|---|---|
| Reference seed quantity | 8–12 kg/hectare of final field area (approximately 3.2–4.9 kg/acre) |
| Sowing system | Seed used to raise nursery seedlings for transplanting common big / Bellary onion. The rate is based on the final transplanted field area, not the nursery-bed area. |
| How to apply this reference | The cited TNAU seedling-production guidance applies to a nursery-and-transplanting system. It is not a universal direct-sowing rate. Variety, day-length adaptation, germination, nursery losses and local planting density affect the final requirement. |
Request a current, lot-specific germination and physical-purity report, the test date, variety identity and treatment or coating status. For alfalfa, also confirm the reported hard-seed percentage. Physical purity alone does not establish planting suitability. Seed rate is a cultivation guideline, not a minimum order quantity or a yield guarantee.
Agronomic reference: TNAU — Bellary onion, quality seedling production ↗. Checked 22 October 2026. Acre figures are rounded conversions using 1 hectare ≈ 2.471 acres. These Indian reference rates are not destination-specific recommendations.
Share your planting area, region and variety requirement →Details that help us respond.
For this product
Variety · germination requirement · treatment status · destination seed rules
For the shipment
Quantity · Packing preference · Destination port or country · Preferred shipment period · Required documents or test reports
Samples, certification, testing and destination compliance requirements should be discussed before confirming an order.
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