Onion 'Long Tropea Red'
Onion 'Long Tropea Red' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
An Italian heirloom traditionally grown in Italy and France. It is a intermediate-day onion with torpedo shaped bulbs up to 15 cm long. The bulbs have red skins and sweet, rosy flesh. It is ideal for eating raw in salads due to its mild flavour and high sugar content. It can be picked young as an attractive bunching onion. It will store for up to 3 months. In cool temperate and highland areas sow in July; in warm temperate areas sow May - June; in subtropical areas Lockyer cultivars will do better; it is unsuitable for tropical areas. Days to harvest: 90 - 110.
Product: Onion 'Long Tropea Red'
Product type: SEED (100)
Botanical name: Allium cepa
Syn.: Also known as 'Tropeana Lunga', 'Tropea Rossa Tonda'.
Syn. 'Tropeana Lunga'; 'Tropea Rossa Tonda'. An Italian heirloom traditionally grown in Italy and France. It is a intermediate-day onion with torpedo shaped bulbs up to 15 cm long. The bulbs have red skins and sweet, rosy flesh. It is ideal for eating raw in salads due to its mild flavour and high sugar content. It can be picked young as an attractive bunching onion. It will store for up to 3 months. The flowers are attractive to bees and other useful insects.
Plant type: Annual
Plant height: 35 - 45 cm
Sow when: Germinate best at 10 - 23°C
Cool: July
Temperate: May - June
Subtropical: Lockyer cultivars are better suited
Tropical: Unsuitable
Germination: 14 - 21 days
Depth: 6 mm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Sow into a seedling tray
Soil type: Fertile, very well drained, 6.5 - 7 pH; avoid fresh manure or compost
Rows: 25 - 30 cm apart
Harvest: 90 - 110 days; dry well before storing
100 seeds per packet
Allium cepa
Also known as 'Tropeana Lunga', 'Tropea Rossa Tonda'.
Annual
Onion 'Long Tropea Red'
An Italian heirloom traditionally grown in Italy and France. It is a intermediate-day onion with torpedo shaped bulbs up to 15 cm long. The bulbs have red skins and sweet, rosy flesh. It is ideal for eating raw in salads due to its mild flavour and high sugar content. It can be picked young as an attractive bunching onion. It will store for up to 3 months. In cool temperate and highland areas sow in July; in warm temperate areas sow May - June; in subtropical areas Lockyer cultivars will do better; it is unsuitable for tropical areas. Days to harvest: 90 - 110.