Post by silverseeds on Jul 22, 2009 11:00:19 GMT -5
Hi stevil I have one type to trade it is a shallot and is VERY hardy.
It is from natvie seed search here the description off the site....
I'itoi's Onion
An introduction by the Spanish, these are a wonderful addition to winter gardens in the low desert. In cooler regions, growth is in summer. Plants rarely flower, propagate by division. 10 bulbs/packet.
Im pretty sure they used to call i a shallot type, and to be honest, I dont know anything else about except what this sys, and what I found when I grew it last year.
I planted it last spring, half my bulbs in heavy clay soil amended with four inches of manure. The others I planted straight into my heavy soil with no amendments. I didnt keep records but it was WELL before frost they all died back. I thought they were dead, I dug one up and the bulbs were tiny. I just forgot about them. and its DRY here. although we do get most of our moisure in winter. So this spring low and behold the popped back up, so I dug one up, still pretty small. So I left them and about 5 weeks ago or so Im not sure they had been looking bigger and bigger, but at that point seemed to be stressed or something, the green part was looking wispy, and watering didnt help. So I dug some up and they were ready. They tased great, abnd there was no difference between those grown in the amended soil or the heavy clay by itself. Although the ones in clay were harder to clean. This was my first time trying onions, so Im figuring it out as I go. I just went and got one to taste it, still crisp and tasty, nice full flavor a little heat or spicyness at the end. Good aftertaste. Mine were BIGGER and nicer then most of the ones I got when I ordered them so I guess I did just fine. I pulled most of them out of the ground and have them curing, not sure when to plant realy, some others I planted the same day and they seem to be doing fine, in a different patch.
If youd like these I would like o trade if you think you have a hardy type onion that would do well here in a arid area. I think I would like a bulbing type, since I already have bunching type, but I dont know much about this or what would be best. I just know it would take alot of these little bulbs to fry them up in a stir fry. They are GREAT in a salad as were the greens.
heres a link to the site I got it from and a picture
www.nativeseeds.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_30&products_id=813
It is from natvie seed search here the description off the site....
I'itoi's Onion
An introduction by the Spanish, these are a wonderful addition to winter gardens in the low desert. In cooler regions, growth is in summer. Plants rarely flower, propagate by division. 10 bulbs/packet.
Im pretty sure they used to call i a shallot type, and to be honest, I dont know anything else about except what this sys, and what I found when I grew it last year.
I planted it last spring, half my bulbs in heavy clay soil amended with four inches of manure. The others I planted straight into my heavy soil with no amendments. I didnt keep records but it was WELL before frost they all died back. I thought they were dead, I dug one up and the bulbs were tiny. I just forgot about them. and its DRY here. although we do get most of our moisure in winter. So this spring low and behold the popped back up, so I dug one up, still pretty small. So I left them and about 5 weeks ago or so Im not sure they had been looking bigger and bigger, but at that point seemed to be stressed or something, the green part was looking wispy, and watering didnt help. So I dug some up and they were ready. They tased great, abnd there was no difference between those grown in the amended soil or the heavy clay by itself. Although the ones in clay were harder to clean. This was my first time trying onions, so Im figuring it out as I go. I just went and got one to taste it, still crisp and tasty, nice full flavor a little heat or spicyness at the end. Good aftertaste. Mine were BIGGER and nicer then most of the ones I got when I ordered them so I guess I did just fine. I pulled most of them out of the ground and have them curing, not sure when to plant realy, some others I planted the same day and they seem to be doing fine, in a different patch.
If youd like these I would like o trade if you think you have a hardy type onion that would do well here in a arid area. I think I would like a bulbing type, since I already have bunching type, but I dont know much about this or what would be best. I just know it would take alot of these little bulbs to fry them up in a stir fry. They are GREAT in a salad as were the greens.
heres a link to the site I got it from and a picture
www.nativeseeds.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_30&products_id=813
