Vegetable Onion seeds


Shallot Seed
Sow thinly 1cm deep in drills 30 cm apart from early spring, thin to 8-10cm apart.

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  Shallot F1 Matador
Allium cepa ascalonicum
Grow shallots from seed. A reddish brown F1 shallot, very uniform with excellent skin and storage quality. Produces single shallots that mature a little later than sets but with the advantage of no risk of transferring virus or white rot. Sow thinly 1cm deep in drills 30cm apart. Sowing timefrom early spring when the ground has warmed up. Thin to 8 to 10cm apart.

£2.25 Av 75 seeds


 

 Onion Borettana

Onion Borettana
Allium cepa
Popular Italian heirloom variety also known as Cipollini, used as a traditional pickling onion or great on a kebab.  Produces flat 5-8cm bulbs button shaped, with a yellow/brown skin and firm sweet flesh with excellent flavour. Storage ability is approx 3 months.
1 gram approx 250 Seeds

£0.95 Av 1 gram pkt

 

 

 

Onion Bulbing
(Allium cepa)
Bulbing onions :- Sow Feb-April harvest September, sow August harvest June. Sow January in greenhouse or in seed drills 1cm deep in February or March. Thin to10cm apart and 22cm between rows. 

 

Onion Proteus
Allium cepa
Early F1 variety producing round bulbs with thin necks, golden yellow skin with medium term storage ability

£1.55 Av 250 seeds

 

 

 

 


 

Onion Takmark
A maincrop F1 variety. Very early hybrid producing uniform globe shaped bulbs. Takmark has good skin with a shiny brown colour. The neck is thinner which makes drying quicker.

£1.55 Av 250 seeds

 

 

 

 


 

 Onion Arthur F1

Onion Arthur
A maincrop F1 variety that produces good quality large crisp globe shaped bulbs with excellent flavour. High yields. Stores well.

£1.45 Av 250 seeds

 

 

 


 

 

Onion Kosma
A white bulbing variety producing high yields of medium globe shaped bulbs with a sweet flavour. Suitable for growing as bunching onion. Can be grown from spring and autumn sowings.
1 gram approx 250 Seeds

£1.05 Av 1 gram pkt

 

 

 


 

 

 Onion Copra F1

Onion Copra
Uniform, rock-hard storage onion with early maturity. These F1 medium-sized, dark yellow-skinned storage onions have the preferred blocky round shape with thin necks that dry quickly. Stays firm and flavourful after most other varieties have sprouted.

£1.35 Av 200 seeds

 

 

 


 

  Onion Walla Walla
Old fashioned French variety, these are one of the sweetest onions to grow. Large globes with light brown skin are ultra-mild and the crunchy, white flesh is delicious either raw or cooked. Try baking them like potatoes in their own skin!

£1.35 Av 50 seeds

 

 

 


  Onion Ailsa Craig  Prizewinner
Large globe exhibition variety. Outstanding quality and flavour.
Heavy cropper.

£1.00 Av 250 seeds

 

 


 

Onion Sturon seeds         Organic Sourced

Onion Sturon        Organic Sourced
Sow January to April harvest August onwards
Maincrop variety, produces flat to roundish, straw brown bulbs of outstanding quality and very long storage ability. A maincrop vegetable for the outdoor plot. Early sowings can be made indoors @ 14C planting out in April, Later sowings outdoors in situ. Onions require a fertile soil.

£1.35 Adv 200 seeds

 

 

 


 

  Onion Bedfordshire Champion
Standard maincrop Rijnsburger of excellent quality. Old English variety yielding large globes with Golden brown skin, good storage ability.

£1.25 Av 500 seeds

 

 


 

Onion Rijnsburger 5 seeds

Onion Rijnsburger 5
A mid to late summer round onion with yellow brown, firm skin. This variety offers excellent quality, high yields and very good storage life.

£1.00 Av 500 seeds

 

 


 

Onion Utah Jumbo White
A large globe-shaped onion with white bulbs, medium to late maturity. A good quality bulb with good storage.

£1.20 Av 500 seeds

 

 


 

Onion Long De Florence Simiane
Red skinned variety which produces elongated pinky red bulbs with an outstanding sweet flavour. Continental variety very popular in Europe. Excellent for raw slicing on sandwiches or in salads.

£0.69 Av 125 seeds

£1.20 Av 350 seeds

 

 


 

 Onion Gold Coin

Onion Gold Coin
Very flat, yellow.
Matures to a medium-small, yellow cipollini onion, avg. 1 1/2-3 inches diam. x 3/4-1 inch depth. Pungent and sweet. Stores well. For bunching or braiding. Deliciously sweet when cooked
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2g approx 500 Seeds

£1.20 Av 2 gram pkt

 

 

 


 

 Onion Red Piatta

Onion Red Piatta
A red version of Gold Coin. Small, purple-red, firm, flat onions store well. Skin dries to a warm orangey-red. Good purple-red colour in the rings.

£1.20 Av 250 seeds

 

 

 


 

 Onion Kamal F1

Onion Kamal
A F1 variety Kamal produces attractive red, globe shaped bulbs. High yields. Good storage ability.

£1.55 Av 200 seeds

 

 

 


 

 

 Onion Red Baron seeds

Onion Red Baron
Extensively grown throughout the UK for its deep 'blood red' colour with good skins and thin necks. RHS Award of Garden Merit

£0.69 Av 75 seeds

£1.55 Av 250 seeds

 

 

 

 


Overwintering Japanese Types

Sow early Autumn, 50-60 plants per m². For baby veg a closer density up to 120 per m² in twin rows 30cm apart with plants 4cm apart into a good fertile well draining soil. For even smaller veg try sowing March to May 15cm between rows 2-3 cm between plants. Harvest when 75% of leaf has fallen over.

 

  Onion Senshyu
Yellow Globe. A very popular Japanese over wintering variety. Very reliable heavy yielding main crop variety producing semi-globe shaped bulbs of high quality. Suitable for baby veg.
Sow early Autumn, 50-60 plants per m². For baby veg a closer density up to 120 per m² in twin rows 30cm apart with plants 4cm apart into a good fertile well draining soil. For even smaller veg try sowing March to May 15cm between rows 2-3 cm between plants. Harvest when 75% of leaf has fallen over.

£0.75 Av 200 seeds

£1.75 Av 500 seeds

 

 


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Overwintering Japanese onion senshyu, Shallot Matador, Bulbing Walla Walla, Copra, Rijnsburger 5, Bristol, Utah Jumbo White, Bedfordshire Champion, Ailsa Craig, Red Piatta, Red Baron

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The cultural information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide only, you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed like Lobelia Begonia etc requires no cover.
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