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Post by benboo on May 30, 2014 9:12:26 GMT -5
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on May 30, 2014 11:13:52 GMT -5
benboo: Excellent work and write up. Thanks and congratulations.
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Post by nicollas on May 30, 2014 12:52:44 GMT -5
Ho, that should give some very interesting things, congrats !
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Post by richardw on May 30, 2014 16:02:10 GMT -5
Interesting stuff Ben.
Amazing just how different the first generation has turned out,will be interesting to see what the next generation does
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Post by kazedwards on May 30, 2014 17:34:18 GMT -5
That is awesome and crazy that you didn't do anything special to get seeds. Keep us posted!
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Post by raymondo on May 30, 2014 17:49:09 GMT -5
Excellent. It will be interesting to see what the next generation brings.
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Post by templeton on Jun 17, 2014 3:17:48 GMT -5
Hey, Ben, just caught up with this post. I've grown out some topset seed too. I'll keep in touch to let you know how they do. Haven't flowered or topset yet, just bunching like mad.
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Post by benboo on Jun 17, 2014 10:10:17 GMT -5
Templeton, how many seeds did you manage to germinate? Thanks for the interest in my onions everyone! I took some more pictures of the flowers this morning and added them to my blog if you want to see them. No seeds yet, but they are for the most part in full flower. I will keep you posted if any seeds develop. Here is the link: plantadventurer.blogspot.com/2014/06/update-on-seed-grown-walking-onions.html |
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Post by templeton on Jun 17, 2014 18:50:02 GMT -5
Templeton, how many seeds did you manage to germinate? ] I got around 4 or 5 seeds by continually debulbing the infloresences. One plant survived. It's thriving. |
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Post by philagardener on Jun 17, 2014 19:12:06 GMT -5
Wow - those are amazing! I rejuvenated my bed last year and the new plants have a mix of bulbils and flowers but nothing like yours.  |
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Post by oxbowfarm on Jul 31, 2014 13:29:08 GMT -5
I decided to clean out my walking onion patch after removing all the bulbils and replanting. I was surpised at how pretty they are after you clean them up.  |
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Post by kazedwards on Jul 31, 2014 23:55:35 GMT -5
Those are pretty!
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Post by templeton on Aug 1, 2014 3:13:30 GMT -5
Today after work checked the post - got a delivery of 'everlasting onions' and 'brown spud onions' from a growing friend in NSW. So Damien's Everlasting' and Damiens spud onons got planted to trays in the greenhouse. Seemed like a good time, and the tables aren't yet overflowing with tomato seedlings, so trayed up Ray's Red topset, and al's red topset, from last summer's growout.
Both of these last set smallish basal
bulbs, and then died back, and in my garden last season didn't set topsets, tho both of the donors tell me they topset in their gardens - maybe they need a bulb at the base toprovide the trigger to induce topsets. This season will tell.
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Post by richardw on Oct 1, 2014 19:13:30 GMT -5
My attempt to get my walking onions to produce seed this summer involved replanting half the bed in bottom onions and the rest in bulbils,the bottom onion are slightly larger as a clump,so maybe that might give me better results than last year  |
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Post by kevin8715 on Oct 1, 2014 19:42:11 GMT -5
Looking good Richard. The lettuce, the Egyptain one, is adapating to my garden now.  My attempt to get my walking onions to produce seed this summer involved replanting half the bed in bottom onions and the rest in bulbils,the bottom onion are slightly larger as a clump,so maybe that might give me better results than last year |
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