Fothergill's Onion Red Baron Seeds

Details:

• Botanical Name: Allium cepa, a premium and highly popular maincrop red bulbing onion.
• Striking Blood-Red Skin: Develops firm, attractive globes wrapped in beautiful dark red skins, with stunning crimson rings running right through the crisp white flesh inside.
• Excellent Long-Term Storage: Specially bred to hold its firmness and quality well after harvesting, storing reliably right through the winter months to keep your kitchen well-stocked.
• Superb Well-Balanced Flavour: Delivers a rich, robust, and slightly stronger flavor than standard white onions, making it an exceptional choice for adding raw colour to salads or rich depth to cooked dishes.
• High Yielding Profile: Renowned for its heavy and dependable crops, making highly efficient use of space in traditional allotments, vegetable beds, and raised kitchen garden plots.
• Versatile Culinary Appeal: The vibrant red concentric rings create an eye-catching gourmet presentation when sliced fresh into salads, pickled, or caramelized for burgers and tarts.

Care Instructions:

• Sow seeds indoors in deep modules or seed trays during late winter for a reliable head start, or sow directly outdoors into finely prepared, fertile soil in mid-spring.
• Thin or transplant the emerging young seedlings to a final spacing of 10cm to 15cm apart to give the large globes plenty of room to expand and mature.
• Water consistently during dry periods throughout the growing season, then stop watering altogether once the foliage naturally turns yellow and topples over, allowing the bulbs to dry thoroughly in the sun before storing.