image from quotesgram.com It is cool today as the temperature at 2:30 is 56 degrees but feels like 53. It is cloudy and still raining a bit. Tonight, low will be 39. This is a typical spring day. Stay warm. Now next week, it will be warmer than normal, so I will be saying stay cool.
Slowly we are getting the plants outside that are ready. Now they are on tall racks, and hopefully on next couple of days I will get them on the long wagon racks. Greenhouse is full, and still more planting to do. I just told Larry I am really pleased on how the plants look. They look great. For you the gardener when you come it will be the Bibical Way, “Seek and you shall find.” Yes, we have onions. We have red, white and yellow onion sets. This year they came in large bags, so we have rebundle them into small bags. I am so pleased on how they are. Nice size and so much better than buying them in little bags. I think you will think the same thing. We have onion plants. Here is the description of what we have. Patterson Onion Plants Yellow, globe shaped, slightly pungent, hybrid Size Potential: 3-4″ Storage Potential: 8-10 months Days to Harvest: 110 Yellow, Storage, Hybrid Patterson continues to provide the longest storage potential our varieties offer. This variety provides great storage potential, firmness, large size potential, great uniformity, and high yield. Red Candy Apple Onion Plants Deep Fed, Flat Globe Shape, Sweet, Hybrid Size Potential: 3″ Storage Potential: 2-3 months Days to Harvest: 85-95 Red, Sweet, Hybrid Red Candy Apple has proved to be a reliable red intermediate day onion year after year. Although slightly smaller in size, Red Candy onions can be pushed to grow larger in long days areas with additional nitrogen. Allow to grow to full maturity as Red Candy Apple finishes strong. When planted in short and intermediate day areas, it produces larger bulbs. Makes a great red bulb to be sold early at the farmers’ market in all areas. What it lacks in size, it will make up in appearance and flavor. Contains a higher concentration of quecetins, an antioxidant compound that helps delay or slow damage to the cells and tissue of the body. Sterling Onion Plants Dixondale Farms exclusive! White, globe shaped, mildly pungent, hybrid Size Potential: 5″ Storage Potential: 6 months Days to Harvest: 100-110 Description Sterling is a consistent performer with tall, vigorous tops that may help protect against sun scalding. Its uniform bulbs range in size from jumbo to colossal. Sterling is resistant to foliar disease and bolting. When you come and you ask how do I grow big onions? Or grow the onion that you eat small? I will show you the way to plant to get each of them. Till next time this is Becky Litterer, Becky’s Greenhouse, Dougherty Iowa [email protected] 641-794-3337 cell 641-903-9365
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