Red Torpedo Tropea and Red River Onions

whoose · December 27, 2015

Anyone grow these onions? They look great.

Father'sDaughter · December 27, 2015

I grow the Tropea Lungo, which I believe are the same as the Torpedo. I like them in tossed salads and I always make a few jars of refrigerator pickled onions with them using a recipe from Michael Symon. The only thing I don't like about them is that they don't keep very long. About 50% of the ones I have left are sprouting.

bower · December 29, 2015

We grew Red Tropea Longa at the farm this year. Beautiful onions - strong flavour. Some of them didn't bulb at all - although they were nearly as fat as leeks. We kept those ourselves and used them green not for storing.

December 27, 2015	#1
whoose Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bozeman, Montana Zone 6b Posts: 333	Red Torpedo Tropea and Red River Onions Anyone grow these onions? They look great.

December 27, 2015	#2
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,917	I grow the Tropea Lungo, which I believe are the same as the Torpedo. I like them in tossed salads and I always make a few jars of refrigerator pickled onions with them using a recipe from Michael Symon. The only thing I don't like about them is that they don't keep very long. About 50% of the ones I have left are sprouting.

December 29, 2015	#3
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,793	We grew Red Tropea Longa at the farm this year. Beautiful onions - strong flavour. Some of them didn't bulb at all - although they were nearly as fat as leeks. We kept those ourselves and used them green not for storing.