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Post by richardw on Feb 6, 2014 18:20:03 GMT -5
LOL......................cough cough....ive decided that the remaining bulbil heads were not going to grow any more so i've taken a photo before cut them off,some onions seem to grow more bulbils than others while some grow a lot ....well! nothing,just looks more like a half arse attempt at growing a flower
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Post by blueadzuki on Feb 6, 2014 19:23:46 GMT -5
Oxbow, I'd say you'd need to go to the source; try someone in Russia (that is where it came from in Wyndam's book). On the less malacious side, if you find anyone in your search who has samples of seed for Frank R. Stockton's Cosmic Bean, or Flanders and Swann's Wompom, let me know. I have a little garden, a single crop that provides absolutely everything sounds handy.
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Post by flowerweaver on Feb 6, 2014 21:02:19 GMT -5
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Post by richardw on Feb 6, 2014 23:48:17 GMT -5
Yes it does a bit,only difference is the bulbils are located within head instead of at the end of tentacles like mine.
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Post by wmontanez on Feb 9, 2014 7:55:49 GMT -5
the mutant onion now seems stable Richard? The bulbil grown strain does have just bulbil set and no flowers? That is fascinating indeed!
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Post by nicollas on Mar 5, 2014 3:09:15 GMT -5
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 5, 2014 20:20:12 GMT -5
Richard, one of my onions made bulbils as well. Of course I had so many onions out there, that I assumed it was a cross. And then I thought the mutation was something like plant stress (not my own). As in these darn things are bound and determined to make some sort of seed/clone.
And yeah, put me on the list for a fist full of bulbils.
Joseph, you are tricksee
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Post by steev on Mar 5, 2014 21:22:31 GMT -5
Ditto what Holly said about the list.
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Post by richardw on Mar 6, 2014 14:28:08 GMT -5
Anyone still wanting to grow bulbils and hasn't been in contact with the various distributors,please PM me
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Post by richardw on Mar 6, 2014 14:33:48 GMT -5
Richard, one of my onions made bulbils as well. Of course I had so many onions out there, that I assumed it was a cross. And then I thought the mutation was something like plant stress (not my own). As in these darn things are bound and determined to make some sort of seed/clone. And yeah, put me on the list for a fist full of bulbils. Joseph, you are tricksee My California reds always grew a bulbil or two amoung the flowers,Rowan had hers do the same too,is this how some of yours turned out as well Holly. The now named 'Amuri red' mutant was a whole different ball game though Oh and Chris has you Holly and steev on the list as well.
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Post by kevin8715 on Mar 6, 2014 20:16:52 GMT -5
I want to try. Another addition to my strange onion collection. I should put in my signature my location (California).
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Post by richardw on Mar 7, 2014 13:32:50 GMT -5
I want to try. Another addition to my strange onion collection. I should put in my signature my location (California). PM on its way
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Post by jondear on Mar 9, 2014 18:20:40 GMT -5
I love growing onions. Any thoughts on how that would perform at higher latitudes?
I'm not hinting that I'd like some, just curious if you think daylength would effect bulbil production.
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Post by longhorngardens on Apr 25, 2014 13:52:31 GMT -5
Richard, have you eaten any of these and if so, how did they taste?
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Post by richardw on Apr 25, 2014 15:39:15 GMT -5
Richard, have you eaten any of these and if so, how did they taste? Eaten lots of them and they're no different in taste to the normal seed grown reds
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