Onion North Holland Blood Red – Seed Tape 6M (3X2M)~ 370 Seeds
An excellent dual purpose sweet onion that can be harvested young as a bunching onion or thinned and left to mature into a small bulbing onion. The base stem is an intense beautiful red with a mild salad onion flavour.
Seed tapes are the easiest way to sow vegetables, the seeds have been incorporated in a bio-degradable paper tape which ensures the correct spacing and minimises the need for thinning. The seeds simply germinate through the tape in position.
Cultivation advice Onion North Holland Blood Red – Seed Tape 6M (3X2M)~ 370 Seeds
- Sow April to August direct to the growing position outside.
- Prepare the soil in your chosen growing location, removing any weeds and raking to a fine tilth.
- Make a shallow drill in the soil and simply roll out the tape in the groove. Tape can be cut to suit row length.
- Cover very thinly with soil, water lightly, mark the row with a label and ensure the soil is kept moist.
- The seed is pre-spaced on the tape; however, you may need to do a small amount of thinning on some varieties as they develop depending on the germination rate achieved.
