Onion Spring – North Holland Blood Red Redmate
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 flavor.
Cultivation advice Onion Spring – North Holland Blood Red Redmate
Days to Germination: 10-14
Days To Harvest: 60-120
Planting Depth: 1/2″
Spacing, Row: 12-18 inches
Spacing, Plant: 1-2 inches
Light: Full Sun or Partial Shade
- For the finest onions, seed directly outdoors, depth 1/4 to 1/2 inch, in full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil as soon as the ground can be worked in spring.
- Planting Space rows 12 inches apart. Scatter seed in the row at the rate of 3 seeds per inch.
- When seedlings are 3 inches high, thin to stand 2 to 3 inches apart.
- Harvest young plants in 60 days for bunching onions and up to 120 days for mature bulbing plants.
- Fertile, moist soil enriched with compost is best for onion production.
