Large Red + Elongated Onions 'Rossa Lunga di Firenze'

  • Product number: 305660
  • Origin: Mediterranean
  • Latin: Allium cepa

Harvested early, this is a fresh and slightly spicy-tasting, red lettuce onion. This originally Mediterranean variety thrives here! Let them grow into long, purple-red onions, also known as shallot-onions, by thinning them out: the traditional onion variety from Florence, spicy yet quite sweet!

Names:
Latin: Allium cepa
Dutch: Grote Rode Langwerpige Ui (Large Red Elongated Onion)
Also known as: Sjalot-ui (Shallot-onion)
English: Onion

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Sowing method: Sow indoors from March and transplant as seedlings, or sow in rows outdoors from mid-April (enriched with potting soil). Growing distance: 10x30cm.

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Sowing/planting time:

  • March
  • April

Harvesting time:

  • July
  • August

Soil type:

  • All soil types

Cultivation location:

  • Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

  • Sun
  • Flower colour: White flowers
  • Origin: Mediterranean
  • Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
  • Annual or perennial: Annual
  • Attractive to insects: N/A
  • Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
  • Ease of cultivation: Moderate
  • Latin: Allium cepa
  • Dutch: Large Red Elongated Onion
  • Also known as: Shallot
  • English: Onion
  • All year round

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