Onion – Red Creole

ONION RED CREOLE 

A popular Italian small to medium flat red skinned onion with an especially pungent, sweet and crisp flesh, perfect for salads and cooking. Especially suited to warm dry locations and an excellent storage onion when mature. 100-160 days to mature. Not suited to over-wintering, best sown in early spring

 Cultivation advice ONION RED CREOLE

• Days to Germination: 10-12. Days To Harvest: 100-160. Planting Depth: 1/2″. Spacing, Row: 12-18″. Spacing, Plant: 5 inches
• Start in early spring indoors / heated greenhouse 8-10 weeks before transplanting outdoors.
• Harvest young for salads or when mature as tops are brown and dry.
• Fertile, moist soil enriched with compost is best for onion production.
• Onions are claimed to ward off many insect pests around lettuce, cabbage and carrots