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

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Yellow Granex'.

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Common names
  • Sweet Onion
  • Georgia Sweet Vidalia Onion
  • Garden Onion
  • Edible Onion
  • Onion

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Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-05-23
An onion which flowers like this needs to be used quickly.
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-07-05
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA, Zone 6b
Date: 2021-06-01
Location: my Zone 8a garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2024-02-26
Onion transplant, 2 weeks after planting
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-05-27
The edible onion is the swollen base of the stem
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-06-18
Onions are ready for harvest when the foliage falls over.
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA, Zone 6b
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA, Zone 6b
Date: 2021-06-01
Plant Events from our members
paleohunter On March 30, 2024 Transplanted
paleohunter On May 25, 2023 Harvested
paleohunter On December 4, 2022 Transplanted
paleohunter On June 6, 2022 Harvested
paleohunter On November 20, 2021 Transplanted
paleohunter On June 13, 2021 Harvested
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