Onions should be sown in the early spring for a maincrop of bulbing onions. However, they can also be sown at any time throughout the spring and summer, and harvested young with their green tops eaten as salad onions.
Onions and shallot seeds
Ailsa Craig
A heritage maincrop onion producing big, mild bulbs that are superb in salads.
Price: £1.50
Long Red Florence
A dual purpose onion that is as good as a salad onion as it is as a main crop onion.
Price: £1.50
Matador shallot
Something different – shallots grown from seeds instead of sets. Quite large red-tinged bulbs.
Price: £2.00
White Lisbon
A reliable, quick growing salad onion producing long white stems that are both tender and mild.
Price: £2.00