Fothergill's Spring Onion North Holland Blood Red Seeds

Details:

• Botanical Name: Allium cepa, a highly prized and versatile heirloom onion variety.
• Intensifying Red Colourway: Features a beautiful, deep purplish-red skin that darkens and intensifies in colour as the plant matures, creating a stunning visual contrast on the plate.
• Crisp and Mild Flavour: Delivers a wonderfully mild, sweet taste and a crunchy texture, making it equally delicious when eaten raw or cooked.
• Dual-Purpose Versatility: Harvest early in the season to use as a vibrant spring onion, or leave them in the ground to develop into small, high-quality salad bulbs for late summer.
• Zero-Waste Culinary Appeal: Both the colourful, crisp flesh of the base and the upright, hollow green tops can be sliced into fresh summer salads, stir-fries, and gourmet garnishes.
• Excellent Companion Crop: Grows with a neat, space-saving vertical habit that fits perfectly into traditional vegetable rows, raised beds, or mixed container displays.

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 use as traditional spring onions, sow thinly and harvest when the stems are pencil-thick; for mature bulbs, thin the young seedlings to 5cm to 10cm apart.
• Water regularly during dry, hot periods to promote steady, rapid growth, keeping the flesh succulent, tender, and mild in flavour.