Picked up a set of onions from them yesterday! I think they have a newbie working there, I asked him if they had any Granex onion sets and he said no, all they had was Vidalia's ;-)

Tom

Yeah, most of the people working there don't know much. It is supposed to be a family business, but I haven't seen any of the family lately. A few years ago, I complained that the rape seed turned out to be turnips. That was beyond them. They also sell onion sets (bulbs). They have no idea that those will not make onions in this area. Anyway, we can educate each other. I hope you got the plants and not the sets. I am trying to remember. Maybe the plants are called slips. Or maybe that is only for sweet potato plants.

They also sell onion sets (bulbs). They have no idea that those will not make onions in this area.

Sure they will, I buy the bulb sets every year and end up with wonderful baseball-sized onions. As long as you buy short-day sets (Granex) they'll start bulbing up in January, after the winter solstice is past the daylight starts getting longer.

Tom

Tom, I have never seen named varieties of onion sets in this area. In the past I have tried some unnamed sets and ended up with giant scallions in the spring. Shells usually has three varieties: red, white and yellow. You have had better luck than I. That is why I grow my own from seeds.

I should have said "bunches" instead of "sets". I hear bunches called sets here frequently so I guess I'm remiss, sorry.

Tom

Tom, I guess I should have said "bare root plants" rather than "slips". It seems like when I was growing up all bare root vegetable plants were generally called slips. I have never really thought much about it before. English can be an inexact language. No offense taken. My name is also Tom.

It's all good Tom, we'll have our onions in a few months ;-)