Onion mix yellow, red, white consists of three different types of coloured onions. This mix combines delicious-tasting mild red onion with slightly sharper-tasting white and yellow onion. This mix is specially composed for anyone who likes to grow different coloured onions. By sowing this mix, you immediately have a nice combination of onions to make various colourful and delicious dishes in the kitchen. These onions can be sown both in spring and autumn. These onions are mid-early and can be stored for a short time.
Onions are the basis for many dishes. They are very versatile and healthy. You can boil, fry, fry, stew, steam, stuff, grate, fry, caramelise, cook in the oven, use in stews, use in soups and sauces. Onion is very healthy and full of: polyphenols. It also contains a lot of vitamins B, C, B6 and B11. It also contains minerals such as: potassium, iron, phosphorus, calcium, manganese and molybdenum. It also contains tryptophan. Use onions in: Mexican recipes, salsas, chutneys, salads, with meat, in onion soup, in soups, in stir-fries, in stews, in oven dishes, in Guacamole, in dressings, in potato salad, in Quiches and in soups and sauces. Onions combine deliciously with: chicken, fish, beef, pork, minced meat, eggs, cheese, cream, butter, garlic, rice, pasta, feta, salmon, tuna, cod, apple, nuts and prawns, among others. And with other vegetables like: peppers, leeks, tomatoes, potatoes, spinach, mushrooms, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, aubergine, courgette and pumpkin. Non hardy annual.
Indoor sowing: March - April
Outdoor sowing: June - August
Germination temp.: 9-15 °C
Germination: 10-12 days
Sowing depth: 1-1½ cm
Plant distance: 12 cm
Row distance: 30-45 cm
Plant position: sunny
Harvest period: September - October
Sow indoors from March on in trays with good sowing soil. Transplant the seedlings from April on (avoid frosts). Clip the seedlings to 8 cm and plant them about 6 cm deep. Keep moist and weed free.
Sow outdoors from June (avoid frosts), when the soil is warmed up, in rows 30-45 cm apart. Thin to 12 cm apart when the seedlings are about 15 cm tall. Keep moist and weed free.
Harvest when the tops are brown and dry by pulling up the bulbs. Onions need fertile, moist soil enriched with compost. Don't sow or plant onions on a plot where onions have grown in the preceding year. These onions can be stored in a dry, cool and dark place. Some people say that growing plants with a strong odour should be grown in the proximity of onions to disturb the onionfly. Think plants like chamomile, carrots and summer savory.
