Red Karmen has lovely dark red skin, the flesh is white with crimson circles between the scales. An exceptionally sweet red onion, excellent in salads and cooks very well too, and to top if it stores for months in the right conditions. 250 grams contains about 75 sets.

Open pack upon arrival and lay the sets in a single layer in a cool dry place to prevent sweating and sprouting.

Growing Onions from Sets

Onions love a sheltered plot and well drained soil at a sunny location. Plant the onion sets 10 - 14 cm apart and the rows 30 - 35 cm apart from late February to middle of April. Gently push the sets into soft, loose soil in a way that the tip of the set is just visible, and firm the soil around the sets.

In dry conditions you need to water the onion well, and feed them with a general fertiliser twice a month from early summer. A gentle high potassium feed in early July will help the bulbs to get to ripen and will imrove storage qualities. Once the onions start to get a bit of colour on the top of the bulb you need to stop watering and feeding and renoce the soil around the bulbs so they get some direct sunlight.

2- 3 weeks after the foliage start to yellow and falls to the ground you can start harvesting your onions. If you want to store them they have to be firm and disease free.