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Onion "Ailsa Craig"
Hibernal onion "Ailsa Craig" is an extremely prolific variety.
The sweet taste and delicate aroma of this onion will ennoble even the simplest dish! Appreciate in full measure its advantages both fresh and after culinary processing.
The seeds produce massive bulbs that can weigh up to 250-450 grams each. Sowing and growing these giant onions is definitely well worth the effort.
A splendid exhibition variety of golden merit producing large globe shaped onions with a rich, golden straw coloured skin.
As well as being a super show variety, it is also one of the best varieties for general cultivation producing large onions with an excellent mild flavour. Can also be autumn sown.
A salad variety that allows you to get a large onion from seeds in one year (without growing sets).
Value of the variety: exceptionally large onion 250-450 g (some specimens reach a weight of 1,0-1,3 kg), sweet taste, indispensable in preparing salads.
Recommended for growing through seedlings. Single germ variety. The ripened bulb has a diameter of 9-12 cm, round in shape.
Sowing Instructions: sow during mid-late winter in a good seed compost, just covering the seed with compost. Germination takes 14-21 days at +19+21°C. Higher temperatures may prevent germination.
Growing Instructions: transplant seedlings when 36 mm high into 9 cm pots. Making sure the tiny bulb is not covered. When well rooted move to a cold frame and plant out in early spring at 38 cm apart in a sunny spot in a rich fertile soil which has had plenty of well rotted compost dug in the previous autumn, and a dressing of general fertiliser at 4oz/sq. yd applied just before planting.
Aftercare Instructions: keep the soil moist during dry spells. As the leaves start to yellow bend over the tops, leave 14 days then lift and store when thoroughly ripened.
Number of seeds in 1,0 g = 250-320.
The sweet taste and delicate aroma of this onion will ennoble even the simplest dish! Appreciate in full measure its advantages both fresh and after culinary processing.
The seeds produce massive bulbs that can weigh up to 250-450 grams each. Sowing and growing these giant onions is definitely well worth the effort.
A splendid exhibition variety of golden merit producing large globe shaped onions with a rich, golden straw coloured skin.
As well as being a super show variety, it is also one of the best varieties for general cultivation producing large onions with an excellent mild flavour. Can also be autumn sown.
A salad variety that allows you to get a large onion from seeds in one year (without growing sets).
Value of the variety: exceptionally large onion 250-450 g (some specimens reach a weight of 1,0-1,3 kg), sweet taste, indispensable in preparing salads.
Recommended for growing through seedlings. Single germ variety. The ripened bulb has a diameter of 9-12 cm, round in shape.
Sowing Instructions: sow during mid-late winter in a good seed compost, just covering the seed with compost. Germination takes 14-21 days at +19+21°C. Higher temperatures may prevent germination.
Growing Instructions: transplant seedlings when 36 mm high into 9 cm pots. Making sure the tiny bulb is not covered. When well rooted move to a cold frame and plant out in early spring at 38 cm apart in a sunny spot in a rich fertile soil which has had plenty of well rotted compost dug in the previous autumn, and a dressing of general fertiliser at 4oz/sq. yd applied just before planting.
Aftercare Instructions: keep the soil moist during dry spells. As the leaves start to yellow bend over the tops, leave 14 days then lift and store when thoroughly ripened.
Number of seeds in 1,0 g = 250-320.
* Seedling technology for obtaining bulbs of the maximum size:
- sowing of seeds is carried out in seedling boxes in early-mid March in specially prepared soil consisting of a mixture of humus and soddy soil (1: 1); sown at a depth of no more than 1 cm.
- until germination, the temperature is maintained at +18+20 ° C, and then reduced to +14+12 ° C.
- Watering is carried out in such a way that the soil is constantly slightly moist.
- when planting in the ground, seedlings should have 3-4 true leaves.
- before planting, the roots of the seedlings are cut to 1/3 of the length and dipped in a clay mash and (after planting) the plants are watered, and watering is repeated after 7-10 days;
further care is the same as when growing onions from bulbs.
