Onion Rossa Lunga Di Firenze is a famous and much loved variety with highly versatile and attractive, elongated pink bulbs that can be picked young as salad onions or left to mature for a more pungent flavour. An essential ingredient of the popular Italian ‘Spring vegetable risotto’.
How To Grow
Sow in a prepared seed bed or direct into pots or containers in a sunny position.Sow thinly in rows 25cm (10in) apart covering lightly with 5mm (¼in) of fine soil. Firm gently and keep moist. Seedlings appear 14-21 days. Generally no thinning is needed. Keep moist and weed free. For continuity sow every 4-6 weeks.
When To Plant
Spring to early Summer.
Sow
Summer
Soil Type
sunny position
When
Spring to early Summer.
Where
In a prepared seed bed or direct into pots or containers in a sunny position.
How to Sow
Sow thinly in rows 25cm (10in) apart covering lightly with 5mm (¼in) of fine soil. Firm gently and keep moist. Seedlings appear 14-21 days.
Care
Generally no thinning is needed. Keep moist and weed free. For continuity sow every 4-6 weeks.
