Skip to content

The Homestead Post

Home & garden, state by state

  • Home
  • Garden
    • Flowers
    • Lawn
    • Soil & Compost
    • Trees & Shrubs
    • Vegetables
  • Home Care
    • Electrical
    • Foundations
    • HVAC
    • Plumbing
    • Roofing
  • Energy
    • Heating & Cooling
    • Insulation
    • Rebates & Credits
    • Solar
  • Pests
    • Ants
    • Mosquitoes
    • Rodents
    • Termites
    • Ticks
  • Decor
    • Bedrooms
    • Kitchens
    • Living Rooms
    • Outdoor Spaces
  • DIY
    • Repairs
    • Tools
    • Weekend Projects
  • State Guides
    • Northeast
      • Connecticut
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
    • Southeast
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
      • West Virginia
    • Midwest
      • Illinois
      • Indiana
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Michigan
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Ohio
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Southwest
      • Arizona
      • New Mexico
      • Oklahoma
      • Texas
    • West
      • Alaska
      • California
      • Colorado
      • Hawaii
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Nevada
      • Utah
      • Wyoming
    • Pacific Northwest
      • Oregon
      • Washington
    • Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Northwest Territories
      • Nova Scotia
      • Nunavut
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Quebec
      • Saskatchewan
      • Yukon

Safrane Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Safrane Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Safrane is a long-day onion, which means it needs roughly 14 to 16 hours of summer daylight to form a bulb.

Redwing Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Redwing Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Redwing is a long-day onion, which means it only forms a bulb once summer daylight stretches past a certain threshold, roughly 14 to 16 hours.

Red Longof Tropea Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Red Longof Tropea Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Red Long of Tropea is an intermediate-day onion that bulbs reliably between 35 and 48 degrees N latitude, matures about 90 days after transplant, and…

Red Longof Florence Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Red Longof Florence Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Red Long of Florence is an intermediate-day onion, which means it bulbs reliably between about 38 and 50 degrees north latitude.

Red Carpet Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Red Carpet Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Red Carpet is a long-day onion that bulbs reliably between 40 and 45 degrees north latitude, matures in about 115 days from transplant, and produces a…

New York Early Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

New York Early Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

New York Early is a long-day onion for northern gardens: where it will actually form a bulb, and how long that sweet, yellow bulb keeps once cured.

Frontier Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Frontier Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Frontier is a long-day yellow onion built for storage, not for salad bowls. It bulbs reliably between 40 and 50 degrees north latitude, matures around…

Candy Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Candy Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Candy onion belongs to the intermediate-day group, which means it bulbs reliably between roughly 33 and 40 degrees north latitude.

Cabernet Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Cabernet Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Cabernet is a red, intermediate-day onion that bulbs reliably between 35 and 45 degrees north latitude, reaches maturity around 100 days after…

Bridger Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Bridger Onion: Where It Bulbs and How Long It Keeps

Bridger is a long-day onion, which means its bulbing clock is set by summer daylight hours, not by the calendar or the thermometer.

Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous Page1 … Page591 Page592 Page593 … Page663 Next →

The Homestead Post

Home and garden advice with the numbers attached — written for your climate, your season and your local rules.

Sections

  • Garden
  • Home Care
  • Energy
  • Pests
  • Decor
  • DIY

Popular states

  • California
  • Texas
  • Florida
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • Ohio
  • Georgia
  • North Carolina
  • All states →

The Post

  • About us
  • Contact
  • Editorial guidelines
  • Affiliate disclosure
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms of use
© 2026 The Homestead Post·Home & garden, state by state