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Item Number: SNV5961

Rossa Lunga di Firenze Onion Seeds

Rossa Lunga di Firenze Onion Seeds

Intermediate Day Sweet Mild Red Onion

These beautiful, wine colored onions are an intermediate day type with wonderful 
rich, mild sweet flavor and juicy red flesh. They offer great garden performance 
in all areas.

 

Check out our Onion Growing Guide for more information.

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Ships from Northern CA.

Shipping Weight: 0.01 lb

Dimensions: 4.5"L x 3.125"W x 0.1"H

Features

  • Bulb
  • Does Not Require Support
  • Heirloom
  • Mild Flavor
  • Requires Summer Water

Characteristics

USDA Growing Zone: 3 - 10
Approximate Harvest Time : Early Summer
Approximate Harvest Time : Late Summer
Growth Habit : Upright
Life Cycle : Annual
Plant Family : Amaryllidaceae (Alliums)
Planting Time : Spring
Planting Time : Winter
Seed Unit Sizes : Seed Pack
Soil pH : 6.1 - 6.5
Soil pH : 6.6 - 7.0
Starting Location : Direct Sow
Starting Location : Start Indoors & Transplant
Sun Requirements : Full Sun

Planting & Care

Soil & Water:Sow seeds in well worked fertile soil in full sun. Keep bed evenly moist. Add aged manure or compost with bonemeal to bed before seeding. Weed carefully and mulch to conserve moisture. Side dress lightly during growing season with a general purpose fertilizer. Stop fertilizing during last 2 months.

Planting & Growing: To start outdoors, sow 1 inch apart in rows 8 inches apart. Cover with 1/4 inch soil, firm and keep moist. Think gradually to 4" spacing. To start indoors, sow 1 inch apart in containers of seed starting mix and cover 1/4 inch deep. Provide a strong light source until 2-3 inches tall. Transplant 4 inches apart, burying crowns 1 inch deep.

Harvesting & Storage: Harvest about mid-summer when sized up and half tops are bent over. Stop watering and bend over remaining tops and lay in the sun for another 7-10 days. Store in cool, airy place. Use soon.

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Suzanne
Nice flavor

I had a good crop of smaller onions, but they had nice flavor and kept quite well. Very few bolted.

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