Red Onion SEEDS – Red Burgundy Grano Onion – Allium cepa – HeirloomNon-GMO, non-hybrid, open-pollinated, no chemically treated, heirloom seeds. Short-day variety, hardy, and easy to grow, perfect for beginners. Medium-sized globes up to 10cm in diameter with firm, white flesh, and a mild and sweet flavour. Onion is an important cooking ingredient and because of its amazing health benefits, it should be eaten regularly, especially when homegrown! “It contains high concentration of folic acid, vitamin B6, magnesium, calcium, potassium, and phosphorus as well as vitamins and minerals. It is widely used as an antimicrobial agent, but it showed anticancer, antidiabetic, antioxidant, antiplatelet, antihypertensive, and antidepressant effects and neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, and antiparasitic effects and so on. It is said to have beneficial effects on the digestive, circulatory, and respiratory systems, as well as on the immune system (Chakraborty et al., 2022)”.The price is for 100 seeds.Planting and growing tips: Sow in sow in late summer and autumn. Red onion is a hardy and easy to grow plant. The better the soil, the quicker and better it will grow. It doesn’t like to sit in water so a well-drained position is best. All our edibles grow happily and quickly in raised garden beds.Additional notes:easy to grow, perfect for beginners, stores wellthe green tops can be used as green onionsplants spacing of ~5cm, row spacing ~25 cm, sowing depth ~10mm, germination soil temperature 8-30 °Cgermination ~10-12 days, maturity ~100 daysThe price is for about 100 seeds, non-GMO,non-hybrid, naturally grown open-pollinated heirloom seeds. Not sending to WA and Tasmania.Do your research before trying any new foods. Please also note our disclaimer in the footer of this page. References:Chakraborty, A. J., Uddin, T. M., Redwan Matin Zidan, B. M., Mitra, S., Das, R., Nainu, F., Dhama, K., Roy, A., Hossain, M. J., Khusro, A., & Emran, T. B. (2022). Allium cepa: A Treasure of Bioactive Phytochemicals with Prospective Health Benefits. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : ECAM, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4586318
