Red ONIONS Tropea

Species: Onion
Latin name: Allium Cepa L.
Inscription in the European catalog under: Tropea Rossa Tonda
Other usual name: Tropeana Tonda
Variety: Red Tropea
Family: Alliacées (Liliaceous)
Origin: Europe and Asia

Red Tropea Onion: Medium-late variety very productive. Large round bulb, outer skins are deep wine red with white flesh, tender and sweet. Onions are at the same time a vegetable and a spice. It can be used raw or cooked, or preserved in vinegar.

Seed sowing: August to March
Harvest onions: April to December
Height: -
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.

Sowing distance: 10 cm by 30 cm between lines
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 19 °C to 21°C
Seed germination: 15 to 20 days
Nutritional value: 34 Kcal for 100 gr

Net weight of seeds: 3 gr =/+ 750 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.