Red Beard Scallions
🔥🧅 Red Beard Scallion Seeds (Japanese Bunching Onion) 200 Seeds Per Pack · Vivid crimson stalks. Crisp, juicy bite. Utter chef-magnet. · Meet Red Beard — the fiery-stemmed Japanese scallion that brings colour, flavour, and serious att...
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🔥🧅 Red Beard Scallion Seeds (Japanese Bunching Onion)
200 Seeds Per Pack
Vivid crimson stalks. Crisp, juicy bite. Utter chef-magnet.
Meet Red Beard — the fiery-stemmed Japanese scallion that brings colour, flavour, and serious attitude to the onion patch. Think scallions… but dressed like they’re going to a Tokyo street-fashion show.
This isn’t just a garnish onion.
It's a statement onion.
🌱 Why You Need to Grow Red Beard
| Trait | Why It’s Elite |
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| Striking red bases | Instant plate appeal, chef favourite |
| Non-bulbing bunching type | True scallion — no bulb swelling |
| Cut-and-come-again | Multiple harvests, great ROI |
| Cold tolerant | Perfect spring + fall performer |
| Heat tolerant too | Handles summer if kept moist |
| Compact & container-friendly | Urban garden approved ✅ |
Species: Allium fistulosum
Days to maturity: 55–70 (baby size even quicker)
🍴 Flavour Notes
Bright, fresh onion flavour with a clean finish.
Not aggressive. Not bitter. Just… perfect.
Tastes like:
✅ Sweet scallion
✅ Tiny garlic whisper
✅ Clean vegetal crunch
Use it everywhere:
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Ramen, donburi, yakisoba
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Crudos, tartare, oyster platters
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Eggs, roasted potatoes, stir-fries
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Grilled whole with miso-butter
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Finely sliced on top of EVERYTHING
If garnish had a “chef’s secret stash,” this is it.
👨🌾 Growing Notes
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Direct sow or transplant — both work
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Sow thick for slender stalks, thin for chubbier stems
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Keep soil moist for best sweetness + colour
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Does well in beds, raised planters, even 6” pots
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Harvest outer stalks and let inner shoots keep growing
Pro tip: Hill soil around stalks mid-season for longer white shafts (like leeks but easy).
Succession plant every 2–3 weeks if you want a never-ending scallion empire.
🌟 Highlights
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Stunning red + green colour contrast
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Mild, sweet scallion flavour
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Fast-growing + extremely productive
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Cut-and-come-again habit
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Ideal for gourmet gardens & kitchen gardens
This onion makes regular scallions feel like dial-up internet.
Start indoors 8–10 weeks before last frost. Germinate at 26–30 °C on a heat mat; peppers stall below 22 °C. Pot up to 10–15 cm before hardening off outside after nights stay above 12 °C.
Feed balanced through bloom, then bump potassium for fruiting. Stake taller varieties. More detail in our full Canadian growing guide.
Match the pepper to the technique: thin-walled varieties blister fast in a hot pan; thick-walled ones roast or stuff beautifully; fruit-forward ones make balanced sauces and pickles. The variety's flavour profile is your shortcut — see Choosing the right pepper for a use-case guide.

























