Short Day Onion Plants – Dixondale Farms

Texas Legend Onion Plants

David Waterman — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:11:25 +0000

Revered for its uniformity, Texas Legend onions are a pollinator for hybrid varieties grown in Vidalia, GA. Specifically bred for more healthful benefits than its parent variety, the original 1015Y Texas Supersweet, Texas Legend onions are still as mild and sweet! Texas Legend onions actually contains 25 active compounds that inhibit the growth of cancerous cells, help combat heart disease, and stimulate the immune system. It is also antibacterial and anti-fungal, to help ward off colds and relieve stomach upset and other gastrointestinal disorders. The Texas Legend onion matures 10 to 14 days earlier than the 1015Y Texas Supersweet and it is ideally suited for growing in the short day region. If planted early, it is widely adaptable to all short day and intermediate day growing areas. This onion plant variety one gives you a nice, globe-shaped, sweet, yellow onion that is open pollinated (meaning they are pollinated by wind, insects, or animals). Texas Legend onions also have anti fungal and anti bacterial properties to help combat colds and relieve tummy aches and other disorders of the gastrointestinal type. In the correct growing conditions, you should expect yields of 6″ onions, around 105 days after planting from transplants.

Texas Early White Onion Plants

David Waterman — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:08:21 +0000

If you want a white onion that has a great reputation for ease of growing, flavor, and disease resistance, you should check out the Texas Early White onion plants. It actually won an award for the distinctions previously noted, the 2012 Direct Gardening Association “Green Thumb” award. These sweet, globe shaped, open-pollinated Texas Early White onions are resistant to greening, bolting, and single centers. It also has a great pink-root tolerance. With correct growing conditions you should find yourself with a good yield of 5-6 inch bulbs at maturity. Harvest about 105 days from transplants, It is one of the most popular at farmers’ markets! In 1974, several varieties of onions were grown to evaluate their adaptation to the tough South Texas environmental conditions. One of the yellow varieties that was evaluated was thrown out because it had a percentage of white bulbs. In the spring of 1975, several of these bulbs were planted and then evaluated for uniform maturity, resistance to greening, pink root tolerance, single centers, bolting resistance, and shelf life. Up until now there was only enough seed to grow this for large onion operations. Starting in 2013, we were able to produce the seed ourselves and home gardeners and small farmers gained access to this variety. Texas Early White onion plants can be grown in intermediate day areas for an early white since it is a “late” short day onion.

Texas Legend Onion Plants – 30 Bunch Case

David Waterman — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:31:47 +0000

Texas Early White Onion Plants- 30 Bunch Case

David Waterman — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:23:55 +0000

Yellow Granex Onion Plants – 30 Bunch Case

jristaino@thinkitagency.com — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:51:55 +0000

The Yellow Granex variety was developed right here in Carrizo Springs, Texas by basically crossing the 1015 and the Bermuda to make a deep, flat onion. You may not grow them as sweet as the famous Vidalia, Georgia onions, but they will be the sweetest variety in your garden! This onion variety was approved through vigorous testing to be allowed to be called a Vidalia onion. Each variety has to be submitted every two years and approved by their committee. Only approved Yellow Granex strains are permitted in the 17 county region in Georgia. This is also the variety grown in Maui, Hawaii and around Tyler, Texas, where it is called the “Noonday Onion.” It stores fairly well for this type of onion at approximately 1-2 months. We planted the first crop of Yellow Granex back in the 1960s and were the first to ship any plants to Vidalia. Now we grow over 100 million of these just to be transplanted in Vidalia. They will probably never admit they had their start in Texas, but we know the truth! Yellow Granex produces large, semi-flat onions with rounded shoulders. Goes great in salads or salad dressings.

White Bermuda Onion Plants – 30 Bunch Case

jristaino@thinkitagency.com — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:49:33 +0000

White Bermuda onion plants are our recommendation for early green onions as they produce a nice white, large scallion in just 30 days! This heirloom variety was grown by our great-grandfather in 1913 when he planted some of the first onions in the Bermuda colony by our farm. The seed was brought over from the Canary Islands and quickly put our area on the map as one of the largest onion growing regions with this sweet, flat onion. Also known as a cocktail onion, the Crystal Wax, or White Bermuda onion produces a smaller white onion with mild-flavored, flat bulbs. White Bermuda onions are a great onion to use as a green onion, in soups, stews, and pickling. Some garden centers sell this variety as the Texas Sweet.

1015Y Texas Super Sweet Onion Plants – 30 Bunch Case

jristaino@thinkitagency.com — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:45:34 +0000

1015Y Texas Super Sweet Onions are Texas’s most famous onions and are also some of the sweetest! It’s called the 1015Y in honor of the ideal date to plant the seed (Oct 15th), and Y stands for yellow. Whether you are a novice or beginner, the Texas Super Sweet Onions are the perfect onion to add to your garden. They have an off-white flesh and are very sweet and flavorful, excellent for salads, slices, grilling, and cooking. 1015Y Texas Super Sweet Onions are known for their great flavor and large size, disease resistance, and very little pyruvate (which is that substance in onions that makes you cry like a baby when you are cutting them up). Under the correct growing conditions you should produce good yields of 6″, sweet, yellow onions.

We continue to produce our own seed to ensure availability. Don’t be fooled by imposters; there are a lot of people who aren’t selling true 1015 onion plants. This variety was developed by Texas A&M. There were several other “dated” varieties that were developed but this variety was chosen as the most flavorful. Matures approximately 10 days later than Texas Legend.

Red Creole Onion Plants – 30 Bunch Case

jristaino@thinkitagency.com — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:43:47 +0000

Red Creole onion plants are the best short day storage onions! This onion has a spicy, Cajun type flavor and can be added to any dish for a bolder experience. Red Creole onions are small to medium in size with pungent red-purple flesh and tolerant to disease with very little bolt resistance, so planting these onions plants a bit later will decrease the number of bulbs that bolt.. Well adapted to all short day growing areas. At maturity, you will find yourself with a dark-red, globe-shaped, pungent onion about 3-4 inches in diameter. Once planted by transplant, they take about 110 days until harvest and then can be stored for approximately 6-7 months. Our customers have been asking for a short day storage variety and this is one that will work for you in that category.

Southern Belle Red Onion Plants – 30 Bunch Case

jristaino@thinkitagency.com — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:40:00 +0000

Blushing deep red throughout, the Southern Belle onion is truly a beauty and sweet as well! Relish the sweet flavor and intense color of these delightful, flattened globe-shaped, ruby red bulbs on top of salads or to garnish any meal. Better uniformity, more disease and bolt resistance, and larger size potential than any other short day red variety. Let Southern Belle Red onions cure properly to have exceptionally red rings that look great on salads. This is the sweetest red onion available for short day areas. We improved Southern Belle Red onions to have more disease and bolting resistance. Because of their higher concentration of quercetins, red onions are also very healthy. Quercetin is a flavonoid – an antioxidant compound that helps delay or slow damage to cells and tissue of the body. Recent studies on its health effects suggest that quercetin may help fight diseases and disorders such as cataracts, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers. Southern Belle is an excellent choice for your health and your appetite. This onion is considered a mid to late short day variety.

Yellow Granex Onion Plants

David Waterman — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:41:29 +0000