How to Use short-day in a Sentence

short-day

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• Three areas are designated, which align with long-day, intermediate, and short-day onions.
  — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Feb. 2026
• After the first year of growth, remove most of the foliage from short-day plants in fall and remove older, browning foliage from day-neutral strawberries.
  — Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
• Texas Super Sweet, Georgia Sweet, and Sweet Red are short-day onions often grown in the South.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 July 2026
• Short-Day Onions Long-day onions are usually planted in late winter to spring, but short-day onions are planted in fall, usually about 4 weeks before a hard freeze is expected in your area.
  — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026
• Too Much Light Unlike most plants that flower during the longer days of spring and summer, Christmas cactuses are short-day plants that form buds and flower only when the days get short in winter.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
• Short Day Onions Growers in USDA hardiness zones 7 through 10 get the best results from short-day onions, which start bulbing when daylight reaches 10 to 12 hours daily.
  — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Feb. 2026