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Buying onion bulbs for calçots

By Lisard Bellod · 26 Sep 2009

Original article from the archive, published on 26 September 2009. We preserve the author's story; References to services, prices and activities are historical.

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I've been busy in the fields: this week I need to spray the olive and orange trees.

And of course, planting Calçots or better… future calçots. 😉 By popular request I attach a link so that you can Buy Onions for Calçots or directly Buy calçots.

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Well, as you can see, yes... the end of September and I'm planting onions, but the blame lies with a gardener who told me, as if it were a secret.

I do the second planting at the end of September, so you will have calçots when others will no longer have them.

At first I thought, hmmm okay but I have planted 50 kilos and I already have to get bored or sell some. And that's how it all remained...

field of calçots

A week ago I went to buy Bordeaux mixture and everyone at the cooperative seemed desperate to get onions for planting. I caught the bug too! After plenty of persistence, yesterday I finally planted another 50 kilos of onions.

Next year I think I'll either set up cold storage for onions or stagger the planting. What do you think?

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