Onion

Onions require a sunny location and nutrient-rich soil – however, avoid fertilising with fresh manure. Regular watering and proper care during growth are essential. You'll be rewarded with high yields and powerful healing properties.

Onions probably originate from Asia and are considered one of the first spices ever used. References to onions can be found in the Bible and on clay tablets from ancient civilizations.

🧅 Contains numerous valuable substances

• vitamins C, E, B, carotenes
• folic acid, iodine, sodium, calcium, potassium
• iron, zinc, magnesium
• allicin – a natural antibiotic

🧅 Onions are a true treasure for your health

• Supports the immune system
• Lowers blood pressure, sugar and cholesterol
• Has a beneficial effect on the stomach and intestines
• Helps with colds, flu and sore throat
• Reduces swelling from insect bites
• Allicin acts as a powerful natural antibiotic
• Onions are a natural aphrodisiac

🧅 Types of onions

• Spring onions - we use them as garnish or in salads, they're harvested with greens and grow very quickly

• Pompei - gourmet, early variety, smaller bulb with firm flesh 🛒 Seeds available: Pompei
• Stuttgarter - sharper taste, good storage properties
• Tosca - mid-late to late variety, elongated shape 🛒 Seeds available: Tosca
• Karmen - red colour, suitable for storage and fresh consumption
• Alice - yellow, early onion variety, high yield 🛒 Seeds available: Alice

• Winter onion - designed to overwinter in the bed, so we plant it in autumn

  • Hiberna - this high-yielding winter variety has white, tender flesh, can be harvested as bunching onions, fresh or dried
  • Augusta - has white to yellowish flesh, thanks to autumn sowing it can be harvested early in spring, not suitable for long-term storage

• Shallot - this type of onion is also called multiplier onion or Ascalonian garlic, has a milder taste than cooking onion and produces many bulbs in clusters

  • Matador F1 - belongs to early to mid-early varieties, does not tend to bolt quickly
  • Atlas F1 - late red-brown onion, less resistant to bolting
  • Prisma F1 - red shallot, suitable for seed propagation
  • Ambition F1 - red-brown, early onion, resistant to bolting and also suitable for growing from seed
  • Bonilla F1 - early, yellow shallot, suitable for growing from seed, resistant to bolting

• Perennial bunching onion - perennial plant, also called Welsh onion, frost-hardy - grows even under snow

  • Bajkal - perennial variety grown for its greens, suitable sowing time is spring to mid-July, if sown later, harvest is done at the beginning of spring the following season
  • Entita - perennial bunching onion, resistant to bolting

• Pearl onion - this special type is characterized by small, shiny, white bulbs, ideal for pickling in brine