Wrong seeds/plants for sale

taboule · January 9, 2016

Hi, I hope the new year is off to a good start for all of you.

This year I decided to grow onions from seeds, to be started indoors then transplanted in early spring after thaw out. So I was elated late december when I found new-for-2016 seeds at a local store, bought a bunch of Granex seeds (large sweet yellow). Then I read about them and learned they are a short day variety. I've since found the same in a different store (HDepot, also from Burpee ;-) I'm in the Northeast.

Do these folks know and/or don't care? Does it happen to others, for example with long DTM tomatoes in the colder zones?

Lastly should I bother growing these seeds or I only have a slim chance of getting decent sized bulbs? I've since found some walla walla, a long day onion, and could relegate the granex to be eaten as green scallions.

I know about Dixondale and others, but would like the satisfaction of growing from seed.

Any thoughts would be appreciated, thank you.

January 9, 2016	#1
taboule Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: MA Posts: 903	Wrong seeds/plants for sale Hi, I hope the new year is off to a good start for all of you. This year I decided to grow onions from seeds, to be started indoors then transplanted in early spring after thaw out. So I was elated late december when I found new-for-2016 seeds at a local store, bought a bunch of Granex seeds (large sweet yellow). Then I read about them and learned they are a short day variety. I've since found the same in a different store (HDepot, also from Burpee ;-) I'm in the Northeast. Do these folks know and/or don't care? Does it happen to others, for example with long DTM tomatoes in the colder zones? Lastly should I bother growing these seeds or I only have a slim chance of getting decent sized bulbs? I've since found some walla walla, a long day onion, and could relegate the granex to be eaten as green scallions. I know about Dixondale and others, but would like the satisfaction of growing from seed. Any thoughts would be appreciated, thank you.