£0.39
A dual purpose purple/red Italian variety with an intense pungent flavour. Best grown as a salad onion and picked young with nice, dark green leaves and a shiny, intense red inner core. Can also be grown as a maincrop, storing bulb onion at 130 days from germination producing crimson purple bulbs of excellent intense peppery flavour. Stores well.
Approximately 100 Seeds
In stock
Sowing & Growing
Sow February to July Sow directly outdoors, depth 1/4 to 1/2 inch, in full sun to partial shade and well drained soil from as soon as the ground can be worked in Spring. Planting Space rows 6-8 inches apart. Scatter seed in the row at the rate of 3 seeds per inch. Harvest alternative young plants in 60 days and if required leave the remainder to mature. Fertile, moist soil enriched with compost is best for onion production.
Packet Size | Approximately 100 Seeds |
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