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)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8a
Plant Height: 12-18 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Vegetable
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Ca (Calcium)
Na (Sodium)
Resistances: Birds
Deer Resistant
Gophers/Voles
Rabbit Resistant
Squirrels
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Will not come true from seed
Pollinators: Bees
Various insects

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Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2017-05-02
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2016-12-01
Ready to transplant
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2017-04-07
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2017-02-20
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2016-09-13
Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on May 2, 2017 4:14 PM concerning plant:
    An early maturing hybrid Vidalia type that is the earliest among those that I have grown. Large uniform onions average 4 inches in diameter. Zero bolting among 500 plants but I did get a half dozen that separated into clusters. Made good scallions . Overall an excellent Vidalia type.

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