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Post by templeton on Mar 28, 2013 22:55:41 GMT -5
Benboo's post to the topset onion thread inspired me to extract the theme to a new thread.
In the Antipodean summer, borrowing technique from true garlic seed investigators, I assiduously de-bulbed all the topset onions that looked like they were trying to flower from several dozens of clumps. Leeks(generic) and bunching onions (4 Seasons and Red Beard) were flowering cheek by jowl with the topsets, so could have contributed pollen.
I bagged the inflorescences as they dried, and carefully sorted the heads after they dried off - 10 seeds!
I sowed them a fortnight ago, and have got one tiny plant. Doesn't look like any more will emerge.
Will keep you posted.
T
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Post by richardw on Mar 28, 2013 23:48:33 GMT -5
I ended with no seed,i did a fair amount of searching to try and find some too. Hey good luck benboo and T,will be intresting to see what ya get. The newly planted bulbils are starting to come through and like i mentioned a while back one single always comes up with multiable stems.   |
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Post by steev on Mar 29, 2013 0:51:14 GMT -5
Actually. richardw, I'm more interested in your soil (though also in your onions). Is it very clayish? It looks so black, I suspect it's very rich, although perhaps a tad hard to work.
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Post by richardw on Mar 29, 2013 4:10:31 GMT -5
No its a bit on the light side really steev,so its an easy soil to work.
When i first set up the garden the subsoil and topsoil was reversed so what you see there was nothing more than a sandy clay 11years ago,thanks to compost and green cropping its come a long way,my last soil test showed the humus is still low but better than zero when i started growing in it.
On the NE side of the garden area is really in low clay and i'm think i might dug some out of a area where a stream runs through our place and add it,also put some in the compost heap as well.
Just noticed,note the strawberry seedling top photo,left of onion.
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Post by benboo on Mar 29, 2013 8:39:39 GMT -5
To be honest, I did not do anything special to get seeds. I planted some bulbils right next to my row of scallions and was not even intending to get seeds. It was not until I read some posts here that I checked for them. I am not sure if the seeds are from a cross with the scallions, or from walking onion pollen.
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Post by templeton on Mar 29, 2013 16:26:53 GMT -5
Benboo, maybe you should start working on garlic seed?  T |
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Post by benboo on Mar 29, 2013 21:39:17 GMT -5
I have considered true garlic seeds. There is a wild/possibly domesticated garlic patch up the road with some big bulbils. I picked a handful while running last fall and shoved them in my pockets to plant for this season. I have no idea what kind of garlic it is, but it will be a fun little grow out. It may result in some seeds too.
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