Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS

richardw master gardener Posts: 3,382	Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Dec 28, 2013 3:33:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by richardw on Dec 28, 2013 3:33:06 GMT -5 Looking good T
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starry grub Posts: 56	Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Dec 28, 2013 18:03:52 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by starry on Dec 28, 2013 18:03:52 GMT -5 Great photos
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Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Jan 26, 2014 23:15:24 GMT -5 homegrower and kyredneck like this

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Here is one of the flower heads on the potato onion plant that flowered this season. Each of the eight bulbs making up the plant has a similar flower head. It was a single bulb last season and flowered then also.

Potato Onion Fruits Ripening Jan 2014

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homegrower grub Posts: 63	Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Jan 27, 2014 6:56:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by homegrower on Jan 27, 2014 6:56:12 GMT -5 Nice!

richardw master gardener Posts: 3,382	Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Jan 27, 2014 17:43:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by richardw on Jan 27, 2014 17:43:16 GMT -5 Should have plenty of seed there Ray
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Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Feb 4, 2014 17:26:21 GMT -5

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Seed is beginning to ripen and I'm collecting as it does so. One of the flower heads also produced five very small bulbils which I have planted into some seed raising mix. I'll be sowing the seeds around the equinox which is when I normally sow standard onion seeds.

Ray
Silty loam over clay, pH 5.5, altitude 1000m, latitude 30deg south, 150 frost free days.

richardw master gardener Posts: 3,382	Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Feb 18, 2014 13:07:42 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by richardw on Feb 18, 2014 13:07:42 GMT -5 Ive just received some potato onion seed,what's the best way for me to germinate it remembering its late summer here.
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trixtrax Seasoned vet Posts: 299	Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Feb 19, 2014 1:41:23 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by trixtrax on Feb 19, 2014 1:41:23 GMT -5 Can you wait until Spring? You'll have the most survivors

richardw master gardener Posts: 3,382	Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Feb 19, 2014 3:36:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by richardw on Feb 19, 2014 3:36:58 GMT -5 yep i can wait,ok then i'll leave the seed in the tin for 6 months.
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raymondo master gardener Posts: 2,101	Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Feb 19, 2014 5:40:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by raymondo on Feb 19, 2014 5:40:01 GMT -5 I'll be sowing my TPOS next month, around the equinox, along with potato onion bulbs, ordinary onion seed, topsetting onion bulbs and garlic cloves.
	Ray Silty loam over clay, pH 5.5, altitude 1000m, latitude 30deg south, 150 frost free days.

ottawagardener Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator I'm lazy that's why I work with nature. Posts: 3,507	Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Feb 19, 2014 10:08:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ottawagardener on Feb 19, 2014 10:08:53 GMT -5 I'm smitten with this idea now too.
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starry grub Posts: 56	Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Feb 19, 2014 10:13:08 GMT -5 kyredneck likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by starry on Feb 19, 2014 10:13:08 GMT -5 Finally got my green mountain seedlings started.
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richardw master gardener Posts: 3,382	Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Feb 19, 2014 12:31:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by richardw on Feb 19, 2014 12:31:58 GMT -5 Well if Ray is sowing March,maybe the idea is i try some at the same time and the rest in spring,then i could compare the difference.
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nicollas Seasoned vet Posts: 337	Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Feb 19, 2014 12:57:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nicollas on Feb 19, 2014 12:57:19 GMT -5 I soak them a day or more in water and sow indoor in February. My seedlings are at the same phase as starry.
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oxbowfarm master gardener Posts: 1,988	Potato Onions and True Potato Onion Seed TPOS Feb 19, 2014 13:15:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by oxbowfarm on Feb 19, 2014 13:15:18 GMT -5 nicollas have you grown enough of Kelly's Red potato onion (is he calling it Red Mountain?) to cut one open and see the internal color?