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Onion Toughball F1 Seeds

Botanical Name: Allium cepa

Uniform Medium-To-Large Globe-Shaped Bulbs
Deep Golden-Brown Skins And Firm Flesh
Excellent Exhibition Variety
High Yielding And Resistant To Bolting

150 seedsSKU: 23766

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Grow handsome, uniform onions for the kitchen or show bench with this vigorous F1 hybrid. Toughball produces round, medium-to-large bulbs with firm flesh and strong, deep golden-brown skins that resist splitting. High yielding and fast growing, the plants have excellent resistance to bolting and useful tolerance of Botrytis and downy mildew. The bulbs are suitable for exhibiting as well as everyday cooking.

Key information

Botanical Name: Allium cepa

Genus: Onion

Characteristics & growing conditions

Plant Height: 45

Colour: Yellow

Habitat: Bulb-forming,Upright

Position: Full Sun

SOW INDOORS December-March, thinly in trays or modules of seed compost, approximately 1cm/half-in deep. Keep early sowings in a heated greenhouse and transplant into the final growing position during spring at the 3-4 leaf stage, spacing plants approximately 15cm/6in apart. SOW OUTDOORS March-April, thinly in rows 30cm/12in apart and thin seedlings to the required spacing. Keep well watered and weed free. Allow the foliage to yellow naturally before lifting and drying the bulbs.

Recommended growing locations.

Allotment / Veg Patch

Raised Beds

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