**3. Results and Discussion**

### *3.1. Growth of Scallions during the Experiment*

The growth characteristics of scallions are shown in Figure 1. Scallion length increased up to DAP 34, but showed no significant increase after DAP 41. Conversely, scallion weight steadily increased during the cultivation period to approximately 9-fold by the DAP 48, as compared to DAP 20. These results highlighted the general growth characteristic of the scallion: as harvest time approaches, the length of the scallion does not increase, but the plant becomes thicker and heavier.
