FREE: Tropeana Lunga Onion Seeds

The listing, Tropeana Lunga Onion Seeds has ended.

This auction is for 10 Heirloom Tropeana Lunga Onion Seeds. All of my seeds are Heirloom, and non-GMO.

Tropeana Lunga Onion

(Torpedo Onion)
Intermediate day. Long-growing late variety producing a large pear-shaped bulb whose necks are light red on the outside and pinkish-white on the inside. Popular when consumed fresh thanks to its very tender sweet bulbs. This variety does not keep particularly well.
It is important to plant onions that are adapted to your area. This is an intermediate-day/long-day onion, it requires 12-14 hours of daylight at the end of its growth cycle to bulb up. Intermediate day onions can be grown in all states except for southern states. In northern states it matures early, in the middle states it matures later.

Heirloom, famous onion from Tropea in Calabria where it has its own festival. Very tender and sweet and considered to have a broad range of health benefits. Excellent roasted over charcoal on skewers or raw in salads.

Features
10 days, 70ºF.
Sow directly into packs or pots. Grow at 55ºF night temperature. Saleable plants in 6-8 weeks. Cut plants half way back if they stretch.

Sowing:
In autumn with replanting in January or February. Alternatively it can
be planted directly outdoors in January-February and harvested in
June-July.

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