My daughter was busy today planting bulb onions. She got about half of the over 1200 or so seeds in their soil blocks. For the onions there are 5 seeds per 2″ soil block. She got two varieties planted:
Bianco di Maggio An Italian flat Cipollini with solid white flesh and sweet mild flavor. We can harvest some of these a little early for a small early season onion and let the others grow larger
Barletta: Another wonderful small Cipollini onion great for salads, kabobs or pickling. Can be used as an early small bulb scallion.
Hopefully we will get the rest of the bulb types planted tomorrow. Those two are:
Tropeana Tonda: This is a famous European Globe onion with large violet red top shaped bulbs. Excellent flavor has become almost legenday for fresh European market.
Savonese: A translucent globe onion, semi-flat, red, sweet onion originating in Spain. Mild, excellent taste. Attractive and good for salads and as a fresh slicer.
We will get the green onions started in December. For these we have the Rossi/Red bunching onion: Pink and red tinged heirloom ‘ciboule’ or French scallion. When lightly washed and peeled it has a lovely pink look which matches up well with the traditional green/white stalk.
And the Rossa di Luca. This small bulbed red spring scallion is excellent for salads, kabobs and other dishes. Sweet and mild with excellent flavor.
All the onions get transplanted after about 2 months. Harvest begins in April.