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Onion 'Tropea Long' Plants - June Despatch

Marshalls Garden

Catalogue Code: 10806785

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Sold out this season

Regular price £8.49
Delicious red onions that originated in Italy and the Tropea from Calabria is recognised as the finest. They are considered so sweet, you can almost eat them like an apple

Key Features

  • Prefers full sun

Pack Contents: 20 Seedlings

Description

  • Famous onion from Calabria
  • Very sweet
  • Used in top restaurants
  • Unavailable in stores
  • Stores well

These red onions originated in Italy and the Tropea from Calabria is recognised as the finest.
They are considered so sweet, you can almost eat them like an apple! The high sugar content means they eat well raw but they also caramelise beautifully.

Plant 20cm apart and harvest when the plants start to flop over in late summer or early autumn.

The Hairy Bikers called it the 'best onion in the world' in 2018 on their Mediterranean journey series and in Oct 2022 they were featured by Stanley Tucci in his series Searching for Italy. Red onions store well over winter in a cool dark dry place. 

About Seeds of Italy

Seeds of Italy specialise in sourcing regional vegetable seed varieties with provenance, which include endangered, heritage and ethical varieties with Lost Flavours. 94% of all heritage vegetables have been lost in just the last century and so by growing these imperfect traditional varieties from the remaining 6%, you are supporting biodiversity.

You can grow your own Italian ingredients with our plants expertly raised by Marshalls so you too can recreate your own authentic traditional dishes at home.

Growing Calendar

J Jan F Feb M Mar A Apr M May J June J Jul A Aug S Sep O Oct N Nov D Dec
Plant Outdoors
Harvest

How to Guide

Planting Onions and Shallots

Prepare the ground with our Pre-Planting Onion, Garlic & Shallot Fertiliser to ensure strong bulb development and growth, early ripening and maturity, good skin and bulb firmness.

Planting Sets:

  1. Place onion and shallot sets in the soil with their pointed ends facing upwards. This ensures proper growth orientation.

  2. Leave 5 to 10cm (2 to 4 inches) of space between individual onions and 15 to 20cm (6 to 8 inches) between shallots.

  3. Create rows of onions with 25cm to 30cm (10 inches to 1 foot) of spacing between them. For shallots, allow 30 to 45cm (1 foot to 18 inches) between rows.

Planting Onion Plants:

  1. Utilise a dibber to create holes in the soil that are the same depth as the plants' original root depth in their cell tray.

  2. Place the plants into the holes, ensuring they sit at the same depth they were in their cell tray.

  3. Gently water the area to facilitate proper settling of the plants into the soil.

Read our full How To Grow Onions and Shallots Guide here.

Delivery

We know how important your garden is to you. We've listened to our customers and introduced a new improved speedy delivery service, meaning Express delivery comes as standard.

*Orders to Northern Ireland have an automatic additional £3.00 delivery surcharge applied at checkout. 

Order TypeDelivery ChargeDelivery Charge
Seed only order£2.99If you purchase any other items you'll be charged the standard delivery rate of £4.95
Plants, bulbs & gardening accessories£4.95If we need to split your order into separate deliveries we'll only charge one delivery fee
Extra large or long plants & heavy items£9.99These are clearly displayed at check-out
Compost (and any other large or heavy items)£4.95

These items are subject to a delivery multiplier where orders containing 3 or 4 items will be subject to an additional £4.95 for every further 2 items added. This is automatically applied at check-out:

  • 1 - 2 bags £4.95
  • 3 - 4 bags £9.90
  • 5 - 6 bags £14.85
  • 7 - 8 bags £19.80
  • 9 - 10 bags £24.75

If you'd like more than 10 bags of compost please call our Customer Service team who can arrange for a bespoke competitive quote on 01480 774555 (standard network charges apply)

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We now deliver to Northern Ireland, additional delivery surcharges automatically apply at checkout. 

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