Onions
Red onionBelonging to the aliaceae family, the red onion differs from the yellow onion by a milder flavor. This explains why it is often eaten raw in a salad or on red meat. Cooked, it enhances the taste of a soup or a pie. More than a thousand varieties of onions exist, many of which are red, such as the Bronzé d'Amposta, the Figaro or the Furio. Planting and growing onions is easy. The difference between the species lies in the ripening time.
Sowing should be done after spring frosts. The sowing schedule varies depending on the variety. The seeds are placed in shallow furrows and spaced about 30 cm apart. They only fear damping off if the garden soil is too spongy and take less than two weeks to emerge. The seedlings must be thinned out one month later. The soil should be well drained and sandy. The red onion acclimates to all regions but prefers the more temperate ones.
Once in the garden, the red onion requires almost no maintenance. Folding the leaves as it grows allows the onion to grow larger. The gardener's only concern is to rotate crops every three years or so. Onions can be harvested six months after planting and are mature when the stems are dry.
Red onion
- Type : Vegetables
- Subtype : Bulb vegetables
- Botanical family : Liliaceae
Characteristics
- Lifecycle : Annual
- Exposure : Sun
- Hardiness : Frost resistant
- Cultivation difficulty : Very easy to grow, requires little maintenance (difficulty : 1/3)
- Adult height : 30 cm
Sowing & planting
- Sowing depth : 2 cm
- Plant spacing : 10 cm
- Row spacing : 25 cm
Maintenance
- Maintenance : Low
- Water requirements : Moderate