Crops in: 65 Days

Description: A new type of spring onion. It does not form bulbs, yet stays white and very straight. Can be harvested pencil-thin or thinner, yet left till it's grown as thick as a mature carrot. Because it has such a long harvesting period, you rarely waste any and unlike normal types there is not the need to be sowing every three weeks for a continuous crop.

Sowing Instructions: Sow outdoors late winter/early spring just as soon as the ground is workable. Sow thinly in an open sunny site 2cm (%in) deep in 30cm (12in) wide rows.

Growing Instructions: Thin out when 5cm (2in) high to 2½ cm (1in) apart. After six to eight weeks, thin plants still further so that those remaining are 10-15cm (4-6in) apart.

Aftercare Instructions: The thinnings make tasty additions to a salad. Hoe and hand-weed as soon as the seedlings emerge. Mature plants can be pulled in the autumn and used in a similar fashion to leeks.