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Post by kazedwards on Jul 3, 2016 11:11:01 GMT -5
Some of my onions this year did not make any bulbils or flowers either one, don't know that they ever did that before. I pulled one up thinking it might have a larger bulb that they usually do and it does but only slightly and you can see it is starting to divide. Typically if left in the ground they divide into clumps but still always made bulbils. The only difference is this year I planted individual ones with wider spacing and took better care of them instead of leaving them to their own devices. Are their any kinds that make large bulbs more like other onions?  Egyptian onions, walking onions, treetop onions, multiplier onions? Can someone explain what the difference is or if there really is a difference? kazedwards, want to swap some bulbils this year? Don't look like I'll have a whole lot but can spare a few. I don't think there is a difference. All the same thing just different name. I'd love to do a swap. I was planning on offering the bulbils or bulbs but thought I should wait for it to cool down first. |
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Post by reed on Jul 4, 2016 7:46:40 GMT -5
Sounds good.
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Post by reed on Jul 6, 2016 4:36:17 GMT -5
Well the pods on the onions dried down and still looked good so I brought them in and opened them up. They were empty.  |
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Post by kazedwards on Jul 20, 2016 11:20:52 GMT -5
So about a month ago I cleaned up my walking onion bed and saved all of the bulbils and inions I didn't use. The onions I laid out on a screen but the bulbils I got lazy with. They have been sitting in my garage in a cool whip contain filled to the top. Today I decided that I should probably lay them out so they dry better sense I plan on offering them to people this fall. This is what I found about 2" down in the container.  Resilient little buggers. I thought I would find some that had rot or mold but I didn't. They are all bulbils and none of them had any roots when they went in. |
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Post by richardw on Jul 21, 2016 15:50:34 GMT -5
I never get roots on any my bulbils, even after 6 months in the shed.
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Post by khoomeizhi on Jul 21, 2016 17:09:45 GMT -5
wonder if it's a humidity thing. how wet has it been there, zach?
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Post by kazedwards on Jul 22, 2016 1:04:42 GMT -5
It hasn't been wet in the garage but it's been 75% humidity outside. The garage has a vent in it so it's not as bad but when the temps are close to 100 and with that much humidity not much helps.
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Post by paquebot on Jul 23, 2016 19:27:27 GMT -5
All that the topsets need is moisture and they will develop roots. If left on their own, they may drop on bare soil and root from there. They don't have to be planted.
Martin
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Post by zeedman on Jul 24, 2016 15:14:26 GMT -5
So about a month ago I cleaned up my walking onion bed and saved all of the bulbils and inions I didn't use. The onions I laid out on a screen but the bulbils I got lazy with. They have been sitting in my garage in a cool whip contain filled to the top. Today I decided that I should probably lay them out so they dry better sense I plan on offering them to people this fall. This is what I found about 2" down in the container. Resilient little buggers. I thought I would find some that had rot or mold but I didn't. They are all bulbils and none of them had any roots when they went in. If stacked deeply in a non-porous container, the bulbils can generate enough humidity for those on the bottom to sprout. I've had that happen with both walking onion bulbils, and tiger lily bulbils (which are much more susceptible). Because of that, I use only porous containers for bulbils, such as baskets, or paper bags left open. Plastic buckets work OK if there is only a layer or two. The bulbils on my Catawissa are very large this year, most 3/4-1" wide. Plenty of rain this year, they have never really dried out. |
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Post by richardw on Sept 24, 2016 0:52:14 GMT -5
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Post by philagardener on Sept 24, 2016 11:19:13 GMT -5
Those look really nice, richardw ! Your lines look much more like potato onions than my walking onions, which have very upright foliage and small bulbs. Mine also tend to throw bulbils early and often, making multi-tiers of clusters (with less effort directed into bulbing as a consequence, I imagine). |
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Post by richardw on Sept 24, 2016 13:37:56 GMT -5
If you go back to page 2 in this thread and see James plants, his are more of a 'up right' than mine and emerge from the ground as a single stem, mine will always divide before hand. Size wise how do mine compare to the green bulbil strains?, mine being the red?  |
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Post by templeton on Sept 29, 2016 21:11:38 GMT -5
Richard, they are awesome! I;ve got to try to select for big bulbs! I've got in a range of topsetters this year, doing a side-by-side trial,including some topsetters that came out of the Green Mountain growouts.
T
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Post by richardw on Oct 1, 2016 13:45:15 GMT -5
Thanks templeton ,It all comes down how the F2 produces this summer as to whether i'll carry on with the parent clone. If i can get enough seed i'd be happy to share some |
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Post by richardw on Oct 8, 2016 23:50:15 GMT -5
Diversity showing up in the F2 clumps, one is growing a scape where the rest are not, even the original clone is showing no signs yet. Maybe not be a good thing though if i'm wanting to cross pollinate with the rest if one is flowering well ahead of time.  |
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