General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Vegetable
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Ca (Calcium)
Na (Sodium)
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Pollinators: Bees
Various insects

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Common names
  • Onion

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Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2011-06-10

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on May 27, 2013 1:00 PM concerning plant:
    A medium sized, open pollinated, red short-day onion. Does well here in the winter. Not as large or as sweet as more modern hybrids.
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