Onion Red Baron is an organically grown, light red coloured, deliciously flavoured onion variety. The orbs are perfectly round and the outside of the onion is beautifully glossy light till dark red in colour. This onion variety has a very delicious spicy onion flavour. It can be grown in one year from seed till orb. These onions can be kept for a long period when they're dried trough and trough after harvesting them. Keep the onions in a dark, frostfree and cool shed. Onions have a long growth period, therefore it is important to start early with sowing. According to some, it is smart to combine the cultivation of onions with the breeding of strongly scented plants as savory, carrots and chamomile to disturb the onion fly.
Onions are very often the basis of all kind of dishes. Onions are very versatile and can be: cooked, baked, grilled, stir-fried, steamed, fried, caramelized and filled with meat, minced meat, rice or a combination of these. You can also add finely chopped onions too sauces, crudités and salads. Add onion also to soups, stews, casseroles, pasta sauces, mash potato stews, stir-fries, salads and all kinds of dishes. Onion is delicious in combination with: cheese, milk, eggs, butter, chicken, beef, lamb, pork, garlic, thyme, lemon, pepper, pasta and rice. And in combination with vegetables like: tomatoes, carrots, spinach, lettuce, sweet pepper and legumes. 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 plants with a strong odour should be grown in the proximity of onions to disturb the onion fly. Think plants like chamomile, carrots and summer savory.