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Southern Exposure Seed Pack- Rossa di Milano

(Intermediate to long day) 110 days. Italian heirloom onion with sweet white flesh and beautiful bright red/purple skins. These distinctively flattened barrel shaped onions store exceptionally well and make a tasty addition to any savory dish.

Packet: 3 g (about 700 seeds) sows 50’ direct seeded or 245’ as transplants.

How to Grow: Onions often only have a short window of time to grow before heat and/or lengthening days cause bulbs to stop growing and start drying down. To encourage fast growth, plant large, healthy seedlings into fertile, weed-free soil as early as soil can be worked. Onions require light, fertile, well-drained soil with lots of organic matter. Maintain soil pH 6-7. Soil that is too acid or alkaline will cause slow growth and late maturity. Onions are heavy feeders requiring abundant potassium and phosphorous for good bulb formation. Nitrogen should be abundant during the period of active leaf growth. Onions and weeds do not mix. Experiments have shown yield reductions of 4% per day in the presence of weeds, or 50% reduction of yield in 2 weeks. Cultivation should be shallow since onion roots are near the soil surface. A layer of organic mulch will help suppress weeds and will aid in maintaining moisture and nutrient levels.

Transplanting: Sow seeds indoors or in the greenhouse, 1/4 in. deep, any time from mid-September through mid-March. Earlier sowing means larger bulbs because plants will get larger before heat and/ or lengthening days signal them to bulb up. Transplant outdoors 3-4 in. apart in rows 12-16 in. apart in February or as early as the soil can be worked. Do not prune the tops, or the harvest will be significantly decreased. Onion seedlings are hardy to about 20 degrees F.

Harvest: When most of the tops have fallen over, pull onions, cure in partial shade for 2-3 weeks until necks have thoroughly dried. Clip tops to within 1" of the bulb. Breaking over the tops by hand to accelerate harvest harms the keeping quality of some varieties and helps the keeping quality of other varieties.

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