Providing Herbs, Fine Seeds and Goods for the Gardener Cook since 1950
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Providing Herbs, Fine Seeds and Goods for the Gardener Cook since 1950
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Cipollini Onion

Cipollini Onion

$3.25 $0.00

 Open pollinated. Heirloom

  • 100 days.
  • Italians treasure this antique variety. 
  • Miniature, flat onions are only 2 in diameter and an inch thick. Nice spicy flavor firm and fine grained.
  • Used for boiling onions grilling pickling or any dish requiring onion. 
  • The attractive shape and golden skin makes this a particularly good choice to store as a braid. 
  • Good storage onion.
    Planting Directions:  Direct sow in spring as early as the ground can be worked and soil temperature  is between 50° and 95°. Plant seed ½” deep. Sow indoors 8 weeks before last frost in spring. Keep soil temperature 50° to 95° and consistently moist for optimum germination. Plant in loose, well drained soil that has been enriched with compost or a general purpose garden fertilizer. Plant seed in a trench and as the onions grow fill in the trench with soil as this is a very tall bunching type onion. When the plants are 2” high, thin 2” to 3” apart. The greens you thin can be used in cooking or salads. Water moderately on a regular schedule. Plant in late summer for an early crop the next spring or summer.