Onion : Rouge long de Florence (Heritage)

Vegetable

• Crops in : 70 days spring onion - 125 days full bulb

Description

Traditional Italian torpedo shaped bulbs with stunning, deep purple red skin. Bulbs of mild and sweet flavour, ideal sliced for salads and stir-fries, also pickling. Dual purpose - pull young as spring onions or allow to form mature bulbs.

Sowing Instructions

Sow March to August for spring onions, March to April as a bulb onion. Sow seed liberally in broad drills for pulling as spring/bunching onions, 12mm (½in) deep, in drills 30cm (12in) apart. If sowing for mature bulbs sow thinly.

Growing Instructions

No need to thin seedlings for spring onions. For mature bulbs, thin to 7cm (3in).

Aftercare

Keep well watered.

Kitchen Notes

Mild and sweet flavour sliced into a mixed salad and in stir-fries.