Delicious, large, elongated shallot onion hybrid type bulbs that are brown-skinned with a pinkish tinge. Best grown in a sandy, well drained soil.
Popular with TV and Michelin starred chef as it is easy to peel and slice plus retains its flavour well when cooked.
Growing Information
Sow February-March. Full growing instructions given on packet.
Sowing Information
Sow thinly into finely raked, moist, warm, firmed soil at a depth of 13mm ( 1?2″) in blocks or rows. For blocks in raised beds space a few seeds 15cm (4″) apart either way and for rows, sow along the row 30cm (12″) apart. Germination 18-24 days. Gently remove surplus seedlings to leave the strongest one per ‘station’. For early crops, sow indoors in January-February and grow on prior to planting out in April-May.
Sowing ➞ Cropping: 20 weeks.
