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Post by richardw on Aug 20, 2015 22:39:28 GMT -5
One of my best walking tree onion seedlings that spent the winter inside the tunnelhouse,its just on 4 months old now and due to plant outside in maybe a months time.  |
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Post by kazedwards on Aug 22, 2015 9:39:33 GMT -5
It's looking good!
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Post by richardw on Oct 27, 2015 23:30:03 GMT -5
The seed grown tree onion (top Photo) now look nothing like there parent line (bottom),a much wider leaf and having more red in the stem.   |
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Post by richardw on Nov 18, 2015 23:44:24 GMT -5
According to Wikipedia - Genomic evidence has conclusively shown that tree onions are a hybrid of the common onion and the Welsh onion (A. fistulosum), so if that is the case what is plainly showing now with my four seedlings especially the largest one in the photo is that they are throwing strongly to the common onion but have taken on the red colouring of the Welsh. Going to be interesting to see if they form any flower stem in the next few months  |
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Post by richardw on Jan 10, 2016 13:23:55 GMT -5
Now down to two remaining F2 seedling grown plants, the largest one shown above rotted in the ground while in that same photo you can see the these two remaining plants with white tags. Photo below is how they have separated, but they are not what i would call spectacular looking onions, lots of small segments. But interestingly they haven't sent up scapes and is not likely that they will this summer, so, if there is going chance of producing F3 seed it will be from replanting the onions for next summer   |
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Post by eastex on Jan 10, 2016 19:16:20 GMT -5
I have a serious obsession with multiplier onions. I've got some KW Green Mountain in my front bed with some young blueberry bushes at the moment. I'm nervous about them overwintering because of the extreme moisture in this area. I don't want them to rot, you know? But I have always, always fall-planted my onions and I am just hoping they come up well. When I was out farther west where it was dry and hot, these onions did well, but absolutely always sent up flower stalks. Bit of a hassle for me as the onions don't keep as well when they have a flower stalk, even if I remove it. Kelly was really excited the first year when I told him they all flowered, but the flowers never produced viable seed. Last fall, while growing the GMO and a few catawissa onions on the patio, I managed to get some seed. Since then, I have moved and I'll be darned if I know where those buggers are stored currently. But if I can find them by spring, I'm certainly going to grow them out and see what pops up. Sadly, my catawissa didn't make the transition to the new place and I'm going to have to find some new ones. After looking through the thread, I'm lusting after those beauties Richard grows instead, but sadly I don't think koanga ships overseas.
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Post by philagardener on Jan 10, 2016 20:14:40 GMT -5
I've had good luck planting my Green Mountain in the Fall, despite clay soil and wet Winters. They are all up at the moment (along with all my garlic, other potato onions and shallots). I keep a few back in case of a problem, but I think they fare better in the ground than on the shelf in my kitchen. Less likely to eat them by mistake, too  One third to a half bloom each year and I have gotten good sets of viable seed from them (but have encouraged cross pollination with the shallots to increase genetic diversity). |
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Post by richardw on Jan 11, 2016 12:42:19 GMT -5
I'm lusting after those beauties Richard grows instead, but sadly I don't think koanga ships overseas. You will see on the Koanga website my line of tree onion, they reckon ive improved them a lot over the years through bulb selection only |
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Post by eastex on Jan 11, 2016 18:32:38 GMT -5
I'm lusting after those beauties Richard grows instead, but sadly I don't think koanga ships overseas. You will see on the Koanga website my line of tree onion, they reckon ive improved them a lot over the years through bulb selection only Maybe I will figure a way to finagle some of yours via some overseas friends, or maybe I'll have to breed mine for years like you! |
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Post by raymondo on Jan 12, 2016 3:12:07 GMT -5
...but have encouraged cross pollination with the shallots to increase genetic diversity. For more diversity I've recently bought seeds of a hybrid shallot called Roderique which I hope a) is not male sterile and b) will cross with my potato onions. |
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Post by templeton on Jan 13, 2016 0:31:16 GMT -5
A bit of a Green Mountain topsetter update: I planted two surviving bulbs of a topsetting selection out of my Green Mountain spud onion seed growouts - they have flowered, but no bulbils. However, a large-bulbed selection nearby has topset bulbils.  Wondering if any of these flowering GMs have crossed with Mill Creek, or my other nearby topsetters which are flowering? Ray's topsetters he sent me a few years ago haven't flowered this year - pity, they are a pretty bulb. T |
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Post by richardw on Jan 13, 2016 11:57:37 GMT -5
We are getting these two threads a bit cross wired > Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS & Walking Onions, Catawissa? Red Top? Tree Onions
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Post by raymondo on Jan 13, 2016 16:43:37 GMT -5
We are getting these two threads a bit cross wired > Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS & Walking Onions, Catawissa? Red Top? Tree OnionsReflects the confusion that exists in the onion world perhaps!  |
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Post by templeton on Jan 16, 2016 14:26:17 GMT -5
We are getting these two threads a bit cross wired > Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS & Walking Onions, Catawissa? Red Top? Tree Onionsyep. i posted the last bit here since these GMs have started to exhibit topsetting charcteristics in some lines. |
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Post by richardw on Jan 16, 2016 16:35:31 GMT -5
Can see your point now, which thread do ya put it in??
Do GMs not normally grow top sets?
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