Post by jenn on Jan 8, 2022 21:10:24 GMT
Sadly the deep South has few seed companies and growers. Perhaps I need to go overseas as Paquebot did to get his Marko (?) onions from Hungary. Africa, India, South America, SE Asia/ Pacific Islands, Australia! are mostly within 30° of the equator- might take a few years or a few months in the fridge to reset Southern Hemisphere onion seed? Anyone walked this path before?
davidsgardenseeds.com/ in San Antonio area has several short day varieties; I will try them out this spring (get seed for my fall 2022 planting before shipping in the heat endangers the seed, and they're old out). 7 varieties, Sierra Blanca, White Castle, Texas 1015Y, Granex Yellow, Red Burgundy, Red Creole, Desert Sunrise (Red)
Any others around that have more than the 1-2 types of red and same of white?
Fedco, my main source for seed, saved me time but broke my heart by stating upfront "we don't offer seed for short-day onions". Southern Exposure Seed Exchange offers no short day.
Baker Creek seed had poor/0 germination for one type, Unzen in 2021 for me. All their descriptions onion seem to say 6-12 hours sun so not a hint when they don't specify, but their nonspecified (Thanks guys for saying long or short or intermediate day most of the time) onions have origin sites- Round Tropea grown Mount Poro Italy which is 44° N, and VIOLET DE GALMI ONION from Ader Valley of southeast Niger which is at 17° N so I'll try it (and Unzen again...)
Finally this year planted in the fall vs spring so look forward to seeing what that does for my bulb size, and hope to keep up with the proper spacing. (Right now my onions are in bunches of 3-30 out in the garden.) And what is this haircut y'all keep mentioning? Guess it's time to review growing onions from seed somewhere, but like seed sources, that advice (in English anyway) is written mostly by Northerners!
davidsgardenseeds.com/ in San Antonio area has several short day varieties; I will try them out this spring (get seed for my fall 2022 planting before shipping in the heat endangers the seed, and they're old out). 7 varieties, Sierra Blanca, White Castle, Texas 1015Y, Granex Yellow, Red Burgundy, Red Creole, Desert Sunrise (Red)
Any others around that have more than the 1-2 types of red and same of white?
Fedco, my main source for seed, saved me time but broke my heart by stating upfront "we don't offer seed for short-day onions". Southern Exposure Seed Exchange offers no short day.
Baker Creek seed had poor/0 germination for one type, Unzen in 2021 for me. All their descriptions onion seem to say 6-12 hours sun so not a hint when they don't specify, but their nonspecified (Thanks guys for saying long or short or intermediate day most of the time) onions have origin sites- Round Tropea grown Mount Poro Italy which is 44° N, and VIOLET DE GALMI ONION from Ader Valley of southeast Niger which is at 17° N so I'll try it (and Unzen again...)
Finally this year planted in the fall vs spring so look forward to seeing what that does for my bulb size, and hope to keep up with the proper spacing. (Right now my onions are in bunches of 3-30 out in the garden.) And what is this haircut y'all keep mentioning? Guess it's time to review growing onions from seed somewhere, but like seed sources, that advice (in English anyway) is written mostly by Northerners!
