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
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.
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Onion Proteus Allium cepa Early F1 variety producing round bulbs with thin necks, golden yellow skin with medium term storage ability
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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.
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Onion Arthur A maincrop F1 variety that produces good quality large crisp globe shaped bulbs with excellent flavour. High yields. Stores well.
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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
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Onion Ailsa Craig
Prizewinner Large globe exhibition variety. Outstanding quality and flavour. Heavy cropper. £1.00 Av 250 seeds
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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
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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
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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
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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. £1.20 Av 350 seeds
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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.
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Onion Kamal A F1 variety Kamal produces attractive red, globe shaped bulbs. High yields. Good storage ability. £1.55 Av 200 seeds
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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 £1.55 Av 250 seeds
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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.
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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
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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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