TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.net to food@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 months agoIt's only a Vidalia onion if it's from the Vidalia region of Georgia, USA, otherwise it's just a sweet onionhexbear.netimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up137arrow-down1imageIt's only a Vidalia onion if it's from the Vidalia region of Georgia, USA, otherwise it's just a sweet onionhexbear.netTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.net to food@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWilsonWilson [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agothere’s also a Walla Walla sweet onion from Walla Walla valley in Washington and a Maui sweet onion from Hawaii. I tried growing walla’s and vidalia’s from seed in Illinois and they did not do well and tasted like sulfur.
minus-squarepropter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoThis. There’s more to growing plants than just having the seed. The native soil chemistry and the native climate both play big parts.
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThat’s a fave of mine. The Walla Walla Sweet Onion song “Tasted Like Sulfur”.
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoyim yum so many swee4t onions you have to have the right soil, right?
minus-squareWilsonWilson [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoyes. Illinois has good soil but not the right kind for onions apparently
there’s also a Walla Walla sweet onion from Walla Walla valley in Washington and a Maui sweet onion from Hawaii. I tried growing walla’s and vidalia’s from seed in Illinois and they did not do well and tasted like sulfur.
This. There’s more to growing plants than just having the seed. The native soil chemistry and the native climate both play big parts.
That’s a fave of mine. The Walla Walla Sweet Onion song “Tasted Like Sulfur”.
yim yum so many swee4t onions
you have to have the right soil, right?
yes. Illinois has good soil but not the right kind for onions apparently