Info: Proven, late variety with medium-sized, flat-round, dark red onions that have very good shell firmness. Good storability until February. Raw, the onions are suitable for seasoning salads, cooked for many vegetable, fish, and meat dishes.
Care: Sow 1 cm deep in rows with a distance of 25 cm. Press lightly, cover with soil and keep moist. Thin out strong plants to 8 - 10 cm. Loves sunny, moderately moist locations on humus-rich, permeable, easily warmable soils that dry well. Water during prolonged dryness.
Tip: Braunschweiger dark blood-red is well suited for binding onion braids, but also for the production of set onions.
Sowing: March - April in the open field
Germination: 20 - 30 days at 15 - 18°C
Harvest: September - October