Viewing post #813906 by Weedwhacker

farmerdill said:I Just for information, sets are dormant long day varieties, that are not good for any more than green onions here. Most big box stores will have little bags of them.

That's very interesting... so they sell long-day onion sets in the south? That would seem to me to be quite deceptive and frustrating to inexperienced gardeners!

I had the "brilliant" idea last year to buy extra sets in the spring and keep them in my fridge to plant later in the season... dutifully planted and watched them grow, and then realized they would never bulb up in the fall because our days had become too short. They did make very nice green onions, though!! For my "main crop" of onions, I now start my own plants from seed... not really hard to do, and so many varieties to choose from! (And quite amazing how those little seedlings turn into nice big onions...)