RED ONION Long of Firenze

Species: Onion
Latin name: Allium Cepa L.
Inscription in the European catalog under: Rossa lunga di Firenze - Lunga periforme di Firenze - Periforme violacea bolognese
Other usual name: Purple Onion
Variety: Red Long of Firenze
Family: Alliaceae (Liliaceous)
Origin: Europe, Asia

The Red Long of Firenze : Early and productive variety of good quality, got a purple red bulb of oval shape, with white firm flesh, and a soft and sweet flavor, variety of onions adapted to the sowing of summer and automne, ideal to color your salads, and also excellent grilled or lightly cooked.

Seed sowing: February to April or August to October
Harvest of onions: June to August
Height: - cm
Exposure: Sunny

Sowing instructions: In areas of hard winters: Seed sowing in place of 1 cm depth and 30 cm in line from the end of February to April. In areas of soft winters: Seed sowing in place of 1 cm in depth and 30 cm in line from mid-August to mid-September. Clear up every 10 cm. As soon as leaves start to turn yellow, cut back the foliage on the ground for a better exposure of the bulb to the sun which will concentrate the juice in the onion, as soon as the foliage is dry, you can start collecting and let them them dry for 8 to 10 days, don't forget to turn them if they dry on the grown. Cut leaves and roots, preserve onions from moisture in small cages.

Advised Sowing distance: 10 cm by 30 cm
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 19°C to 21°C
Seed germination: 15 to 20 days
Nutritional value: 21 Kcal to the 100 gr

Net weight of seeds: 4 gr +/- 1000 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.