Fothergill's Spring Onion Guardsman Seeds

Details:

• Botanical Name: Allium cepa x fistulosum, a specialized British-bred hybrid developed for superior performance and exceptional growth.
• Supreme Mild Flavour: Delivers a wonderfully sweet, non-pungent taste that is perfect for children, raw summer salads, and delicate culinary dishes.
• Vigorous Growth Habit: Features thick, strong, and reliably upright green leaves that resist flopping, keeping the crop clean and easy to maintain.
• Slow to Bulb: Cultivated to remain straight, slender, and tender over a long period, preventing the stems from expanding prematurely into bulbs.
• Versatile Space Saver: Performs beautifully when grown in traditional vegetable beds, raised kitchen garden plots, or closely packed in pots of compost on a sunny patio.
• Crisp Green & White Appeal: Offers long, uniform white shafts that transition into vibrant green tops, adding a fresh visual crunch to stir-fries and side dishes.

Care Instructions:

• Sow seeds directly outdoors in shallow drills 1.5cm deep into finely prepared, well-drained soil from early spring through to mid-summer.
• For patio growing, sow thinly into deep pots or window boxes filled with a quality multi-purpose compost.
• Water regularly to ensure the soil or compost remains consistently moist during warm weather, preserving the tender texture and mild flavor of the shafts.