yes, for your zone you are behind schedule.

Too large and too late. Yellow Granex is a short day onion designed to grow in the winter. You should look for long or intermediate day onions. Yellow Granex is harvested in April.
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That's too bad...I bought them as plants from my local agway, which is typically pretty good at selling things that work. Oh well, I'll keep em in the ground and see if I can't get some pickling onions at least.

Good Luck with the onions!!

Happy Gardening All,
-Kristina K.

Here is a link that might be useful: Urban Farm Wife

Yeah, most chain stores, in particular, aren't so good when it comes to the whole "long day, short day" thing. They sell the ones with names consumers know "Vidalia" (aka Yellow Granex)is really common, but its a short day onion.

I once asked the clerk at Lowes why they stocked short day onion plants in Michigan, just for a hoot. The deer in the headlights look was fun. I gave him a 30 second explanation and told him he should pass this on to the store manager. Which is completely pointless, because everything is done on a corporate level anyway.

Lowes and HD use vendors anyway.

Nonetheless, you thin onions and use the green in dishes. Transplanting them sets them back and we're too close to high summer.

Dan

Yes, thin them. Get a good bunch of slender green onions, brush them with olive oil, and throw them on the grill the next time you barbeque. Very tasty!

I planted a row of Red Candy Apple closely, particularly to thin them all season for salad onions. I think they're keeping ahead of me, though.