Author Archives: ThePlantLady

About ThePlantLady

ThePlantLady.com is a library of gardening information compiled from many resources, including written texts, online databases, current research, and first-hand experience from farmers and gardeners. It includes growing requirements specific to each plant, as well as varietal information. My background in microbiology and chemistry allows me to tap into the scientific research being done today and digest it for the use of the home gardener or small farmer.

Japanese Bunching Onions

General info on bunching onions. Japanese bunching onions were developed from the Welsh Onion, and is a bunching onion that can be grown almost year-round and harvested either young, when they are about the size of a green onion, or when the plants have grown to the size of leeks. They are happy to tolerate […]

Super Star Onion

Details Day Length Requirement: Day-neutral cultivar Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Storage: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: recommended day-neutral cultivar (RIEOG-355) Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE           […]

Candy Onion

Details Day-neutral onion Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Recommended day-neutral onion (RIEOG-355) Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE                 […]

Yellow Granex Onion

Details Short day onion Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Recommended short day onion (RIEOG) Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE             […]

Sweet Georgia Brown Onion

Details Day Length Requirement: Short day onion Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Recommended short day onion (RIEOG) Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE         […]

Exhibition Onion

Details Day Length Requirement: Long day onion Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Recommended long day onion (RIEOG) Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE       […]