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Post by alkapuler on Feb 5, 2010 0:19:28 GMT -5
having obtained the heirloom leek called Babbington from the SSE some years ago, it perennialized in our backyard garden and has been thriving ever since...each mature stalk makes 10-15 nice sized top bulbils (seems that underground little bulbs are called bulblets and above ground vegetative seeds like in some garlic are called bulbils) that root when the stalks fall over and make new plants...
so a few days ago the plants began to sprout and i dug some up to propagate them in our field garden to find that they have nice round bulbs, the largest an inch across, an unexpected surprise
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Post by mjc on Feb 5, 2010 0:32:52 GMT -5
Would you be interested in sharing some of the bubils next time they flower? They don't seem to be in the Yearbook this year...
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Post by ottawagardener on Feb 5, 2010 9:01:54 GMT -5
I wonder if it would with stand leek moth. I am very interested in all food things perennial and love the alliums!
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Post by ceara on Feb 5, 2010 11:58:43 GMT -5
I wonder if it would with stand leek moth. I am very interested in all food things perennial and love the alliums! Ditto! I think we eat something from the onion family almost every day. I don't enjoy growing regular bulb onions because we can get them cheap at stores since a lot of that stuff is grown in Quebec and doesn't have a lot of food miles to get to our plates. But anything perennial is always good. |
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Post by pugs on Feb 5, 2010 15:51:09 GMT -5
Alan,
I don't see them in your catalog. Do you have any to spare? I could drive down and get them, if you do.
Pugs
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Post by galina on Jul 3, 2010 18:34:09 GMT -5
Alan, I don't see them in your catalog. Do you have any to spare? I could drive down and get them, if you do. Pugs We are unfortunately not allowed to send any bulbils to the USA without phytosanitary certificates and bureaucracy, because they are live plant material. I will have quite a number of top bulbils this year if anybody in Europe wants some. Anybody from overseas who can arrange to collect from a UK address is also welcome. According to the Plants for a Future database, they are hardy to zone 6. www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Allium+ampeloprasum+babbingtonii |
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Post by bunkie on Jul 4, 2010 11:29:35 GMT -5
i bought a packet of Babbington Leeks from Peace Seeds this year. i wintersowed them and then transferred them this spring to the garden. however, with all this rain we got, the tops just recently died down, not making any topsets. i dug them up yesterday and have small onions with roots set aside. does anyone think i could plant them with any success?
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Post by mjc on Jul 4, 2010 12:41:47 GMT -5
Bunkie...it probably wasn't the rain that didn't let them flower this year. Most alliums don't flower the first year when grown from seed.
Yes, you can replant the small ones and they will probably 'flower' next year.
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Post by bunkie on Jul 4, 2010 12:46:04 GMT -5
thanks mjc, i did not know that!
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Post by mjc on Jul 4, 2010 12:52:15 GMT -5
Some take even longer...ramps are one that can take up to seven years to flower from seed.
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Post by bunkie on Jul 4, 2010 14:08:35 GMT -5
wow.
the main things with these are the stems just went dead, like when watered too much.
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Post by stevil on Jul 5, 2010 2:43:15 GMT -5
Just a minor comment that it's Babington's Leek (one "b") after the botanist Cardale Babington (PFAF and many others also have it wrong, but there's a comment on their page that they intend to correct it). (or Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii)
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Post by bunkie on Jul 5, 2010 11:02:43 GMT -5
thanks stevil. i wasn't sure as i've seen it spelled both ways.
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Post by lieven on Jul 30, 2011 15:36:31 GMT -5
IMO there are various strains of Babington's Leek. I've tried & eaten & mixed up at least 4 of them. Some make real seeds, other strains just top bulbils, and some can't make up their leeky mind. Leek moth & leek rust like Babington's too...
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Post by trixtrax on Jul 30, 2011 18:28:48 GMT -5
I am not sure about this, but are the Babington's a type of bulbil producing sandleek (Allium scorodoprasum)? They seem like they are, but I've seen the debate go both ways. What do you all think?
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