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Red Onion (25 seeds)

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SKU: Red Onion Category: Cool Season Seeds
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Description

Offered to FGI program participants only. Limited Supplies. Offered while supplies last. Small orders may be mailed to the address provided. The program coordinator will contact you about delivery or pick-up.

Geneva Cipollini

Days to Maturity: 105 DAYS

An attractive red Cipollini-type with excellent flavor.

Flattened bulbs pair well with Yellow Cipollini. Slower to mature than yellow varieties, but with similar shape and size. Stores longer than Yellow Cipollini. Excellent flavor for eating raw or cooking. From Sativa Seeds.

  • Long day
  • Stores 4-5 months
  • 2.5-3.5” bulbs
  • Open-Pollinated

Seeding Depth

1/8-1/4”

Plant Spacing

Medium size onions 3-4”, for large onions 4-6”, for sweet onions 4”

Row Spacing

18-30”

When to Sow

Days to maturity are from direct seeding, subtract 1-2 weeks if transplanting. Direct seed onions as soon as soil can be worked or start transplants 10-12 weeks before planting date. Sow thickly in flats or 1” cells, in singles, doubles or triples. When seedlings reach 5” trim to 1” to increase girth. Transplanting is recommended for short growing seasons and sweet onions. Optimal soil temperature for germination is 75-85°F.

Other Considerations

Onions compete poorly with weeds. Cultivate regularly to control weed pressure.

Harvest

For fresh eating, onions can be harvested whenever they reach desired size. Storage onions can be harvested when tops dry up and flop over. Pull bulbs from ground and cure for 3-5 days in the field or bring into barn or greenhouse and cure for two weeks at 75-80°F and 80% relative humidity.

Storage

Cool slowly, and store at steady temperatures. Rapid cooling followed by a sudden warm period might break dormancy and cause onions to sprout. Optimal storage is at near freezing temperatures at 65-70% relative humidity.

Info gleaned fron www.highmowingseeds.com

Additional information

FGI Seed Library

Offered to FGI program participants only. Limited Supplies. Offered while supplies last. Small orders may be mailed to the address provided. The program coordinator will contact you about delivery or pick-up.

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