Red Candy Apple Hybrid Onion Seeds

Beautiful and reliable, Red Candy Apple Hybrid Onion is grown as a bulb vegetable. The 3-inch, flattened globe-shaped bulbs have deep red skins and crisp, red-tinted flesh with a sweet flavor. The bulbs will be larger when grown in short- and intermediate-day areas, especially when nitrogen is added. Red Candy Apple Hybrid Onions are a good source of folate and vitamin C and contain higher concentrations of quercetin, which has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. Storage potential is 2 to 3 months.

This plant is a member of the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae). Typically grown as an annual, the onion is an herbaceous biennial plant with an upright habit of linear, cylindrical, hollow, glaucous leaves that arise in a basal rosette and are typically bluish green in color. The plant has a medium growth rate.

Onions are great companion plants in the garden. They naturally deter certain garden pests, like aphids, Japanese beetles, sugar beet-flea beetles, deer, and rabbits. Onions can also improve the flavor of some of their companions, while some companions, like chamomile and summer savory, can improve the onion's flavor. Scattering them around the vegetable garden helps to produce healthier harvests.