Rio Bravo Onion (Rio Bravo F1): Characteristics
Rio Bravo onion is an F1 hybrid onion variety, also sold or known as Rio Bravo F1 or Nunhems Rio Bravo. It is not a registered variety, so the facts here come from its seller and farm sources. It comes from Nunhems, sold by Allied Botanical.
The average and top yields in tonnes per hectare come from the trials each variety went through to be registered with the NSIC, and from what the seed companies say about their own seed.
What farmers harvest today can be different. Newer harvest records, the season, the place, the soil, the water and the care all move these numbers over time.
So use them to compare varieties, not as a promise for your field. Ask your seller or your agriculturist how the variety did on farms near you in the last few seasons.
If you came here looking for Rio Bravo F1 or Nunhems Rio Bravo, this is the same onion. The facts below come from its seller and from farm sources, each one listed at the end. Compare it with the others in our onion variety finder, or see every crop variety we list. For the crop itself, read our guide: Land preparation for onion and garlic.
- Type: F1 hybrid.
Key facts about Rio Bravo onion
| Trait | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Breeder or owner | Nunhems, sold by Allied Botanical |
| Also known as | Rio Bravo F1, Nunhems Rio Bravo |
| Type | F1 hybrid |
| Days to harvest, per the seller | 65 to 70 days after transplanting (seller), matures about a week ahead of other Granex onions |
| Yield, per the seller | about 25 t/ha reported by Nueva Ecija growers, one Bongabon farmer got just under 24 t from 1.3 ha sown directly |
How long does it take, and how much does it yield?
Days to harvest, by the seller's count: 65 to 70 days after transplanting (seller), matures about a week ahead of other Granex onions. Yield, by the seller's count: about 25 t/ha reported by Nueva Ecija growers, one Bongabon farmer got just under 24 t from 1.3 ha sown directly. No trial on record checks these figures yet, so treat them as the seller's own and compare with farms near you before you plan a season around it.
Once you know the day count, anee.io dates every task from each lot's own planting day, with the growth stages and weather beside it.
Is it resistant to pests and diseases?
No pest or disease ratings are published for this variety. So treat it as untested, and scout every week.
The pests and diseases that hit onion fields most often: leafminer, onion armyworm, purple blotch of onion, anthracnose, bacterial soft rot. Our pest finder and disease finder help you name what you see.
What its seller and farm sources say
- Days to harvest: 65 to 70 days after transplanting (seller), matures about a week ahead of other Granex onions.
- Yield: About 25 t/ha reported by Nueva Ecija growers, one Bongabon farmer got just under 24 t from 1.3 ha sown directly.
- Fruit: Yellow Granex type: golden straw skin, uniform heavy bulbs of 90 to 100 g, sweet, fine neck, small root plate.
- Season: Dry season, also sown off season from September.
- Where: Lowland (Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan).
- Resists bulb splitting.
- Intermediate resistance to leaf miner, damping off, Alternaria blight, purple blotch, neck rot and bulb rot (seller's claim).
- Used for off season September to October sowings in Nueva Ecija.
Why farmers know it: Agriculture Monthly called it the dominant yellow onion in Nueva Ecija at about 25 t/ha, a 510 g Rio Bravo bulb won the yellow onion class at the 2015 Bongabon Sibuyas Festival. These are the seller's own figures, from its own trials. So plant a small area first, and compare it with your usual onion on the same ground.
Where and when to plant Rio Bravo onion
Red onion stores longer, while yellow onion yields more. Pick a variety that bulbs in the short days of the Philippine dry season, and plant it after the rains so the bulbs dry well. Before planting, get the field ready with our guide: Pagtatanim ng gulay.
Before you buy seed
- Buy sealed packs or tagged sacks from an accredited dealer, and check the packing date and germination rate.
- Ask your municipal agriculturist or nearby farmers how it did in your area last season.
- Try it on a small area first, beside the variety you usually plant, before you switch the whole farm.
- Write down the planting day, inputs and harvest, so you can compare varieties on your own ground. anee.io keeps these records for you.
Set the planting day of each lot and anee.io dates every task to harvest, with the weather beside it. Free on the Libre plan.
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