Spring Onion - Red Ruby
Onion ‘Ruby Red’ is a versatile red onion that can be harvested young as pink-flushed spring onions or left to mature into full-size bulbs with burgundy skin and red flesh. Harvested mature bulbs will store for 5-6 months. Onion ‘Ruby Red’ produces sweet, mild onions that are perfect for salads and which maintain their striking colour even when cooked.
Height: 30cm (12in). Spread: 5cm (2in).
Companion planting: Try growing onions with mint to confuse and deter onion fly.
Onion ‘Ruby Red’ is a versatile red onion that can be harvested young as pink-flushed spring onions or left to mature into full-size bulbs with burgundy skin and red flesh. Harvested mature bulbs will store for 5-6 months. Onion ‘Ruby Red’ produces sweet, mild onions that are perfect for salads and which maintain their striking colour even when cooked.
Height: 30cm (12in). Spread: 5cm (2in).
Companion planting: Try growing onions with mint to confuse and deter onion fly.
Onion ‘Ruby Red’ is a versatile red onion that can be harvested young as pink-flushed spring onions or left to mature into full-size bulbs with burgundy skin and red flesh. Harvested mature bulbs will store for 5-6 months. Onion ‘Ruby Red’ produces sweet, mild onions that are perfect for salads and which maintain their striking colour even when cooked.
Height: 30cm (12in). Spread: 5cm (2in).
Companion planting: Try growing onions with mint to confuse and deter onion fly.
Spring onions will grow in any good fertile soil provided it is well drained. Sow seeds from late winter to summer at 3 weekly intervals. For an early spring crop sow seeds in autumn and over winter. Sow thinly 6mm (0.25in) deep in drills 15cm (6in) apart.
No thinning is required. Harvesting can usually start 6-8 weeks after sowing.
