General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Plant Height: |
18-20 Inches |
| Plant Spread: |
4-8 Inches |
| Flowers: |
Inconspicuous
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| Flower Time: |
Summer
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| Foliage Mound Height: |
18-20 Inches |
| Underground structures: |
Bulb
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| Uses: |
Vegetable
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| Dynamic Accumulator: |
K (Potassium)
Ca (Calcium)
Na (Sodium)
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| Resistances: |
Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Humidity tolerant
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| Pollinators: |
Bees
Various insects
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| Containers: |
Not suitable for containers
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- Garden Onion
- Edible Onion
- Onion
Posted by
TBGDN (Indiana - Zone 5a) on Aug 23, 2013 7:39 PM concerning plant:
Last year (2012) was the first year ever for Red Wing in our gardens. We bought plants after reading of their long storage quality. To make a long story short, 2012 was a disaster here for drought, high temperatures, and suffocating humidity levels. Most of the vegetables survived (with plenty of irrigation), but Red Wing was the champion survivor among the onions! And, along with our Kennebec potatoes, these onions lasted us well into April, 2013. Now with a near normal growing season, it looks like we have a bumper crop of these in addition to our Copra, Candy, and Big Daddy onions. Their size seems above average too. An excellent choice for keeping long term.
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