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Post by richardw on Oct 1, 2014 21:58:59 GMT -5
Thats good to hear the Egyptian lettuce is doing well
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Post by ottawagardener on Nov 13, 2014 8:10:01 GMT -5
I should have read this thread first!!!
Richardw this is exactly (more or less) what I was wondering about and your selection and growing techniques have inspired me and made me think that I'm on the right track. Not only that but our varieties look similar. Thank you for posting.
I'm also intrigued by all the flowering experiments.
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Post by rowan on Nov 18, 2014 21:46:17 GMT -5
Last summer I bought what I thought were Jersey shallots but they are producing topsets like miniature walking onions, even starting to make topsets on the second tier. Is this normal for this variety or do I have another variety of topsetting shallot? Name?  I'm not sure you can see well but one of these topsets is showing an unopened second tier, there are many doing this but no flowers. The shallots themselves are just like Jerseys, large and pink, and taste delicious. |
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Post by meganp on Dec 23, 2014 16:40:54 GMT -5
Just noticed some flowers on the second tier of my tiny patch of walking onions that were all transplanted last autumn (SH). I have both pink and white bulbils and are all a good size.  Walking onion flowers by meganp08, on Flickr  IMG_4691[1] by meganp08, on Flickr |
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Post by ottawagardener on Dec 25, 2014 11:48:32 GMT -5
Just to add to the this: egyptian, walking and top setting are sometimes used interchangeably with these types of onions but yup, those look like my 'red top sets.' And wow seeds: cool.
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Post by templeton on Dec 25, 2014 17:00:36 GMT -5
Hi Megan,
let us know if they develop seeds.
My topsets which produced a few seeds a couple of years ago failed to develop any seeds this year, despite bulbil removal. I only did a few heads this year, and i think seed production is a relatively rare event in my strain.
T
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Post by meganp on Dec 25, 2014 22:33:12 GMT -5
hello T, I noticed a couple more top sets with bulbils and flowers today on other clumps and removed the bulbils from them. Will keep you posted whether any seeds actually develop. Megan
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Post by meganp on Jan 5, 2015 17:15:18 GMT -5
One of the flower stalks has swollen ovaries - fingers crossed that there'll be viable seeds  IMG_4742[1] by meganp08, on Flickr |
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Post by meganp on Feb 10, 2015 23:44:54 GMT -5
Sad to report that none of the walking onion flowers set seed, they have all shrivelled and died  |
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Post by darrenabbey on Feb 11, 2015 10:48:02 GMT -5
Sad to report that none of the walking onion flowers set seed, they have all shrivelled and died I wonder if embryo rescue might be a useful technique. Extract the embryos before the seeds shrivel and die, then grow them in sterile culture media. |
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Post by meganp on Feb 11, 2015 12:44:08 GMT -5
Afraid i don't have the skills nor the knowledge to tackle embryo rescue:(
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Post by darrenabbey on Feb 11, 2015 18:17:46 GMT -5
oh, but I'm sure you can make friends with someone who does. ;-)
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Post by meganp on Feb 11, 2015 20:58:19 GMT -5
oh, but I'm sure you can make friends with someone who does. ;-) If I was living in Dunedin or Christchurch, I'm sure it would be a possibilty but we don't have any tertiary educational facilities here in Queenstown (population less than 30,000). The high school lab might be a possibility but happy to continue removing bulbils each year and leaving it up to chance in the interim. Thanks for the suggestion though! |
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Post by steev on Feb 12, 2015 0:54:28 GMT -5
Oh, please! You have this forum and the whole internet; boldly go where you've not yet gone. It's all an adventure!
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Post by richardw on Mar 14, 2015 3:55:54 GMT -5
This past summer i planted one half of my 6x1 M bed bulbils and the other half in base onions,it was these that ended up grow seed,23 seeds in total,these will be sown in about a month,so,looking forward to seeing if they germinate.
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