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VIDALIA - SWEET GRANEX ONIONS

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vidalia-sweet granex onion

vidalia

Granex Onion
Allium cepa
3-3 1/2 in.
Hardy biennial

A Vidalia onion is a sweet onion of certain varieties, grown in a production area defined by law in Georgia and by the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The varieties include the hybrid yellow granex, varieties of granex parentage, or other similar varieties recommended by the Vidalia Onion Committee and approved by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

The onions were first grown near Vidalia, Georgia, in the early 1930s. It is an unusually sweet variety of onion, due to the low amount of sulfur in the soil in which the onions are grown. Moses Coleman is considered the person that discovered the sweet Vidalia Onion variety in 1931.

The Yellow Granex is one of the approved varieties on the Georgia Agricultural Commission’s list that is used by Vidalia, Georgia farmers to grow the famous Vidalia® Onions. They have top quality with classic, sweet mild taste. And it’s true that some folks eat them like apples! The secret to growing really sweet, mild onions just like they do in that famous town in Georgia is to start with a sweet short-day variety just like this one and have soil that is very low in sulfur. The Yellow Granex is excellent for eating fresh!

Planting depth: 1/4"
Soil temp. for germ.: 50-75°F
Days to germ.: 7-14
Plant spacing: 4"
Days to maturity: 105-110
Full sun
Water heavy