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Red Onion – Red Baron

£6.99

A must have in the kitchen garden
This onion variety will produce firm, flattish-round bulbs with dark purple skin and red-tinged flesh. You can expect to harvest in late summer – if you dry the skins well (by drying in the sun for several days) the onions will store well. Try planting your onion plants next to carrots as this will help to deter carrot fly from the carrots. Growing onions from plug plants is just as easy as growing onions from sets. A full growing guide is provided with the plants.

Number of plants: 20 plug plants

Variety: Red Baron (organic)

In the kitchen: Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Red onions are an attractive, milder, sweeter alternative to the yellow onion. Good for salads, marinades, salsas and roasts.

 

THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024

Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.

Planting Advice: Plant 10-15cm apart in a sunny spot. Harvesting: Harvest in late summer/autumn once you can see the tops of the onions have reached the right size.

*Transplants suitable for organic growing.

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Give them a sunny spot

Choose a sunny, sheltered spot with moist (but not waterlogged!) soil.

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Grow in beds or pots

Onions and shallots can be grown quite close together making them a good crop for pots and containers as well as for raised beds, planters and traditional veg patches. If growing in pots and containers, it is best to choose a flat base pot rather than one that tapers off.

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How far apart?

10cm apart is enough, and spring onions can be squeezed in a little closer still.

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Don't let them get too soggy

Waterlogged soil is not good for onions and shallots and can cause the bulbs to start rotting.

Looking after your plants....

Onions and spring onions grow relatively slowly, and the bulbs don’t tend to swell until the summer. Patience is a virtue!


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Watering them

Water them regularly to keep the soil moist.

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Weeding

Weed regularly because they are shallow rooting and slow growers, so you don’t want them to have too much competition.

Storage Tips

Once you have dug your onions up, let them dry out in the sun for a while. Once they are dry you can pop them into a netter bag and keep them in a cool, dark place.

Ways to cook

You won’t be short on dishes to cook using onions, they are the base of many a recipe!

Delivery Info: Plants will be shipped in spring 2024. Please see FAQs for delivery info.

Do I need to sign for them?
All our plant orders are dispatched with an overnight courier* to mainland UK and do not need to be signed for when they are delivered, but will be left somewhere safe. When placing your order, please let us know where you would like the plug plants left if you are not in when the courier delivers.

We will keep you posted
You will receive an email to let you know that your order is ready to be dispatched and another on the day your plants are packed and leave us, so you know to expect and prepare for their arrival.