Hey Fellow Floridians - Year 2

[ginger2778]

Really nice. Larry, you are the king of broccoli growing.

[efisakov]

I second that.

[Barb_FL]

2nd to Larry in Central Florida. I've harvested 13 to date. Mostly this size; 5 were from EBs.

I started my final 4x4 raised bed with Broccoli seedlings. Started filling in the gaps with Broccoli (where I pulled the broccoli plants) in the original raised bed.

[efisakov]

Looking great, Barb.

[Fiishergurl]

Barb those are jusr beautiful!

Ginny

[ginger2778]

If Larry is the king Barb, you are the queen!

[efisakov]

Does anyone grow sweet onions in Florida? If yes, how long does it take to develop good size bulbs?
I am learning about it. This was interesting read.
https://garden.org/learn/articles/view/493/

[kayrobbins]

I have grown them several times and the onions are wonderful. The bad part is they do take 4-5 months to mature. I always planted what were called Vidlalia type that I got at the feed store. They can't call them Vidalia onions since you can only use that name if it is grown in Vidalia, Georgia but they sure tasted the same grown in Florida.

http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.e...-shallots.html

We are suppose to have heavy thunderstorms, lot of wind and tornado possibility tonight. I had started hardening off 2 trays of pepper plants and I have to go move them and anything else that might go flying around. I don't remember having this type of weather in January before but I also don't remember all the days of 80 degree weather this time of year.

[Jimbotomateo]

My dad always called them sweet Vidalia onions and said they were the very best!. He was always saying they only came from Georgia but sounds like they do well in your area. Jimbo.

[efisakov]

Thank you both. I have seeds of sweet onions from Yalta, Crimea. Pretty famous there, will try growing them this year here in NJ. Was hoping that someday I can grow them in Florida. They are red type.

[kayrobbins]

Originally Posted by Jimbotomateo

My dad always called them sweet Vidalia onions and said they were the very best!. He was always saying they only came from Georgia but sounds like they do well in your area. Jimbo.

Your dad is right, Vidalias are wonderful. I think you could grow them anywhere you could grow any sweet onion if you could get the onion sets. I am not sure how the one feed store here gets them because I don't know anywhere else that sells them. You have to reserve your order in advance because so many people want them. Vidlaia managed to get the rights to that onion and pretty much are in control.

For a long time St. Augustine claimed to be the only place where Datil peppers would grow. It use to be really hard to get those seeds too. I know that I have sent Datil seeds to 15 different states and have only had one person say they did not grow well for them.

[efisakov]

Key, I saw with my own eyes sweet onions growing in the yard of our neighbor in Crimea. And yet many people were saying that they could not get them grow to the desirable size. Knowledge is powerful. That link, I posted, explained a lot. It makes sense to me. I am starting my seeds indoors in a week to create my own sets.
I was hoping that in Florida I can grow them from seeds outdoors.

[kayrobbins]

I know I had mentioned before how much I like Indigo Rose that I am growing for the first time this fall. I continue to be amazed at this plant. Usually after a plant has produced for months the fruit size gets smaller but these picked this week are as big as the first ones. It is hard to tell from the picture but they are about the size of a small plum.

I wish I had kept count of how many tomatoes it has produced but I know it has been more than 200. Sadly since doing chemo I cannot eat tomatoes, they make me so sick. Since I can't eat them and am running out of people to give them to I have been saving lots of seeds so I have plenty if any one here has not had a chance to try them.

[ginger2778]

They are gorgeous.

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by efisakov

Key, I saw with my own eyes sweet onions growing in the yard of our neighbor in Crimea. And yet many people were saying that they could not get them grow to the desirable size. Knowledge is powerful. That link, I posted, explained a lot. It makes sense to me. I am starting my seeds indoors in a week to create my own sets.
I was hoping that in Florida I can grow them from seeds outdoors.

Ella, in Plant City, Fl they grow large sweet onions on the end of the strawberry rows. They are nicknamed strawberry onions. Just Google plant city onions.