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Re: Onions, hor and sweet

From: "Shelley Pasco" <whistle AT halcyon.com>
To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Onions, hor and sweet
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:57:15 -0800

My experience regarding onions is that the more lime I use, the less hot the
onions. Within each variety, of course. My storage onions are always more
pungent than my Walla Walla onions, but all of them grow larger and taste
better the sweeter the soil. If you want hotter alliums use more sulfur.
Shelley
Whistling Train Farm
Kent, WA

Re: Onions, hor and sweet, Marcie Rosenzweig, 02/22/2000
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- Re: Onions, hor and sweet, Shelley Pasco, 02/23/2000