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Onion: Red Brunswick
A traditional red onion variety producing flat, deep purple bulbs with sweet, mild flavour — perfect for salads or storing.
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Description
Best Grown: Outdoors
Sowing Time: February–April (indoors) or March–April (direct)
Plant Out: April–May, once seedlings are sturdy and frost risk has passed
Harvest Time: August–September (approx. 24–26 weeks from sowing)
Spacing: 10–15 cm apart in rows 25–30 cm apart
Height: Leaves approx. 40 cm tall
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Why grow it?
- Attractive deep red bulbs with mild, sweet taste
- Good for fresh use in salads, sandwiches, or cooked dishes
- Stores well for winter use
- Reliable variety for UK conditions
- Adds colour and flavour to dishes
How to grow: Sow seeds indoors Feb–April, or directly outside March–April. Sow thinly in trays or drills, 1 cm deep. Transplant seedlings outdoors April–May, spacing 10–15 cm apart in rows 25–30 cm apart. Keep soil moist and weed-free. Harvest when tops yellow and fall over. Allow bulbs to dry for storage.
Cooking / usage ideas: Perfect raw in salads or sandwiches, or cooked in stir-fries, roasting, and sauces. Keeps well into winter if properly dried.
Seeds per pack: Approx. 225 seeds
