Growing Onions in Rhode Island: Which Varieties Actually Bulb
Rhode Island gardeners work with roughly 15 hours of daylight at the summer solstice, measured at the Providence station.
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Rhode Island gardeners work with roughly 15 hours of daylight at the summer solstice, measured at the Providence station.
Growing onions in Quebec starts with one number: at 45.47°N (the latitude of Montreal), the longest day of the year delivers 15 hours and 29 minutes of…
Prince Edward Island sits at 46.29°N, and that single number decides which onion varieties will ever form a bulb here.
Philadelphia sits at 39.87 degrees north and gets 14 hours and 50 minutes of daylight on the longest day of the year.
Portland sits at 45.59 degrees north, and on the longest day of the year the sun stays up for 15 hours and 30 minutes.
Ontario sits far enough north that the sun does most of the bulbing decision for you.
Oklahoma City sits at 35.39 degrees north, and on the longest day of the year the sun gives it 14 hours and 24 minutes of daylight.
At 39.99 degrees north, the longest day of the year brings 14 hours and 51 minutes of daylight.
At 62.82°N, Nunavut sits inside the narrow band where long-day onions finally get enough summer light to bulb, but almost every other type sold in stores…
Nova Scotia’s summers give onions roughly 15 hours and 25 minutes of daylight at their longest, measured from the Halifax Stanfield station at 44.88…