General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 15 inches
Plant Spread: 6 inches
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Vegetable
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Ca (Calcium)
Na (Sodium)
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Will not come true from seed
Pollinators: Bees
Various insects

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Common names
  • Onion

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Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2016-06-06
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2016-03-16
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2015-11-10
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2016-04-24
Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Jun 6, 2016 11:23 AM concerning plant:
    A short-day onion that grows well in Zone 8. Yellow Grano type that attains good size. Excellent resistance to bolting, which is sometimes a problem for winter-grown onions. Moderate tolerance to pink root. Excellent for producing single stems. A D. Palmer introduction.

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