Early Pompeii White OVERWINTERING or EARLY SOWING

This smaller but cold-hardy onion is a good variety for overwintering, giving nice white onions in Spring when they are most appreciated. Not huge, but very cold hardy, and quite early. 

Alternatively sow in spring to get small white bulb onions to use fresh, so you can do half your packet each way.

For full-size onions:

Sow it around Aug 18th in a closely-spaced row. At the start of October they will be a decent size and you just transplant them out to their final position spaced about 15cm apart. As soon as the weather improves in spring they’ll be off and away, giving you earlier onions than you would get otherwise. 

For white bunching onions:

Sow in late spring and about 3 months later you’ll get small white bulb onions with a long green top, use the whole thing (bulb and greens) chopped in salads or cooking.

Not a storage onion, this is one for eating fresh as and when you harvest it.