Amuri Red Onion

[raymondo]

Nice one Joseph. I invariably get asked what's in my envelopes, because, I think, of the packaging and then have to fill out customs forms. Your packaging method would neatly avoid this issue for seeds that fit.

[Joseph Lofthouse]

I'm thinking that for some shipments I may include a bit of quilt batting so that nothing rattles.

Domestically it saves on postage because if the package is of uneven thickness there is a big rate hike.

[steev]

When I sent four varieties of corn to Italy, I sandwiched each type in 4" masking tape, on which I Sharpied the name; no rattling at all. I think this could work well combined with Joseph's method.

[richardw]

For the third year in a row the Mutant onions have again reproduced by bulbils,so i feel that its a stable line and that i'm happy to offer some bulbils to you overseas fella's,i plan to send some to one person in the US who i'm sure wont mind passing a few on to the rest.I'm not sure about Australia though,those keen PM me.


Interesting that some heads are at different stages of development,this is something that hasn't happened before

[trixtrax]

Richard, sorry if you've answered this already, but I don't remember seeing it elsewhere, have you tried shaving off the bulbils to see if true flowers emerge from the flowering head?

[ottawagardener]

Oh fun, I'd love to try.

[richardw]

Jan 18, 2014 5:32:41 GMT -5 trixtrax said:

Richard, sorry if you've answered this already, but I don't remember seeing it elsewhere, have you tried shaving off the bulbils to see if true flowers emerge from the flowering head?

No i havent,but there's not a single unformed flower anywhere on every one of these heads.
What i find fascinating is how everything grown from from that first single plant has grown 100% identical and not a slight hint of any variation

As you can see by this close up,no flowers at all

[richardw]

This onion just keeps getting more bizarre,i've left some of the bulbil stems on the plant for as long as i can to see if ,1 ,the bulbils grow much larger, and 2 ,to see if any flowers develop of which none did,then this evening while checking over the bulbil clusters i find what looks like a seed pod thats formed without it first flowering,now thats just not bloody normal is it?

[steev]

Before these started growing for you, you didn't notice any meteorites or craters in your garden, did you?

[richardw]

Funny you should ask that,no meteorites but did happen to notice a hovering Airbus A330...........why?

[samyaza]

Feb 6, 2014 12:11:11 GMT -5 richardw said:

Funny you should ask that,no meteorites but did happen to notice a hovering Airbus A330...........why?

Because kryptonite might be the cause of your onions looking so weird, I suppose ;-)

[steev]

Aren't some meteorites known to be from Mars?

You haven't seen any of these onions inexplicably in a different place than you seem to remember their having been?

[richardw]

Nope,not me personally ,wonder if Pathfinder while out vaporizing rocks has detected any

[blueadzuki]

Any signs of then developing three small equidisNecronoicontant moblie twigs near the base or a long whip-like sting? Or have you heard them singing "feed me"? Or florescing in eerie colors that defy human description, but remind you of dark allusions you read in eschoteric volumes like the Necronomicon? Have your crops grown incredibly well, but proved to be tasteless and inedible?

[oxbowfarm]

I've been in the market for triffid seed for a long time. I thought I found some on ebay but it was a scam.