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Cooking & Baking

Retrograde

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9. Onions are day-length sensative

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Reply #5)

Sun Jun 23, 2024, 02:36 AM

Jun 2024

There are varieties bred for shorter days in summer - such as in Mexico - and ones bred for longer days in summer - like in much of Europe. If you look at seed catalogs, you'll find them listed as long-day, short-day, and day-neutral. There are a lot of different regional cultivars.

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I often wondered. JohnnyRingo Jun 2024 #4

I knew there was that Jilly_in_VA Jun 2024 #5

Onions are day-length sensative Retrograde Jun 2024 #9

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