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Texas Grano Onion
Texas Grano Onion
Oversized, Like Its Mother State

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1015Y. Texas Grano Onion produce softball-sized, straw-colored globes which are heat and drought tolerant. Keeps for months. Short Day. 168 DAYS.

For flavorful bulbs in a hurry, start with onion plants. You’ll harvest onion bulbs just 3 ˝ months after planting.

Tip: ‘Long-day onions’, better suited to the North, need 13+ hours of daylight for best development, while ‘short-day varieties’ need less and thrive in regions with a mild winter climate.

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Texas Grano Onion - Seed Packet
14798 - For each offer ordered, get approx. 250 seeds.
Price: 1 - $1.95
2 or more - $1.75
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Product Details
Zones: 3 - 9 (-30° F.)
Height: 6 - 12 inches
Spacing: 4- 6 inches between plants, 12 - 24 inches between rows
Depth: 1/4 - 1/2 inch
Spread: 3 - 5 inches
Sun/Shade: full sun
Germination: 8 - 10 days
Days To Maturity: 168 days from seed
Yield: 100 lbs/100 foot row
Fruit: Straw colored, large, but exceptionally sweet. Flesh is soft and mild. Weighs about 1 pound
Comments: Fair storage. Pink root tolerant. Fairly resistant to splitting and bolting. Short day. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: GROWS BASEBALL SIZE & UP. LOW IN THE CHEMICAL THAT CAUSES BAD BREATH. FAIR STORAGE ABILITY. PINK ROOT DISEASE TOLERANT. SWEET,STRAW COLORED & SOFT FLESH. RESISTS SPLITTING & BOLTING. USES:FRESH/FREEZING/COOKING SHORT DAY: BULBS FORM WHEN DAYS ARE 12 HOURS OR LESS. BEST GROWN IN THE SOUTH. LONG DAY: BULBS BEGIN TO FORM WHEN DAYS ARE 15 HOURS OR LONGER. BEST IN NORTH. * ABLE TO PLANT 4-5 WKS. BEFORE FINAL SPRING FROST. ONIONS ARE QUITE HARDY. IF DELAYED PLANTING OCCURS,STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE NOT SUBJECT TO FREEZING. PLANTS CAN BE WRAPPED IN A MOIST TOWEL,PLACED IN AN OPEN PLASTIC BAG & STORED IN THE CRISPER OF THE REFRIGERATOR FOR 1-2 WEEKS. WATER FREQUENTLY AS ONIONS ARE SHALLOW ROOTED.HARVEST: MATURE ONIONS WHEN TOPS TURN BROWN & LOOK PINCHED AT THE "POINT WHERE THEY CONNECT W/ THE BULB.TO STORE: CUT OFF THE STEM ABOUT 1"" ABOVE" THE BULB. STORE BULBS IN A COOL, DARK, DRY PLACE IN SHALLOW OPEN TRAYS.
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