Spring Onion 'Rossa Lunga di Firenze'

Sowing method: April-July. For onions, it's important that the soil is well-tilled, not too compacted, and sufficiently moist. Spring onions are best sown directly in the ground, although pre-sowing in peat pots is also possible. Make a furrow 2 cm deep, and sprinkle a layer of potting soil mixed with your own soil into it. Moisten thoroughly. Then sow the seeds and cover the furrow with the same mixture. Moisten everything again thoroughly with a fine spray, and possibly cover with a strip of old cloth. Adding an extra strip of sand is also sometimes done. Keep moist. After 2 weeks, the sand or cloth can be carefully removed.

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Sowing/planting time:

• April
• May
• June
• July

Harvesting time:

• July
• August
• September

Soil type:

• All soil types

Cultivation location:

• Outdoors

Position:

• Sun

• Flower colour: White flowers
• Origin: Mediterranean Sea region
• Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
• Annual or perennial: Annual
• Attractive to insects: N/A
• Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
• Ease of cultivation: Easy

• Latin: Allium cepa
• Dutch: Scallions
• Also known as: Spring onions, Scallions or Green onions
• English: Spring Onion

• All year round