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Post by longhorngardens on Apr 25, 2014 16:47:10 GMT -5
Fantastic. Thank you.
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Post by kazedwards on Apr 26, 2014 21:15:03 GMT -5
I would love to jump in on this too if possible! I love plants that grow different like walking onions and these seem even more unusual!
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Post by kazedwards on Apr 27, 2014 18:53:14 GMT -5
Do you have a name for this oddity yet? If you don't I like punk rock tree onion!
Is it only the fall planted ones that produce bulbils? Also have you left the spring ones that grow to normal onions to see if they produce bulbils the second year?
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Post by richardw on Apr 28, 2014 1:02:04 GMT -5
Do you have a name for this oddity yet? If you don't I like punk rock tree onion! Yep its called Amuri Red Some of the autumn sown bulbils go on to produce a stem/bulbils in the following spring. All the spring sown bulbils grow into normal sized onions ,stored for winter and replanted,all will divide up into 4-8 segments,some just grow into a clump of onions while others will have a few segments that produce a stem/bulbils |
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Post by longhorngardens on Apr 28, 2014 12:13:20 GMT -5
How long are you storing the Spring planted onions before planting them once again Richardw?
You said that once replanted the following Spring they will divide into 4-8 smaller bulbs and some of these will send up a stem with bulbils. What about the other smaller bulbs? Do they grow into full sized onions and then send up a stem with bulbils the following year? I think you may have touched on this earlier in the thread, but I am seeking some clarification.
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Post by richardw on Apr 28, 2014 14:41:53 GMT -5
How long are you storing the Spring planted onions before planting them once again Richardw? I will lift them at the end of summer and plant out again later winter,but i must start leaving some as a experiment to see how they handle that wet time of the year,up till now i haven't wanted to take the risk as i wasn't growing enough,ive got about 200% more area in bulbils growing at present Ok ,say one onion divides into maybe 6 and maybe 3 grow into a small onion while also growing up a bulbil stem,the other three will grow into a onion the same size as the parent onion. In this photo there's two replanted onions that divided,the closest one spilt up into four,two grew a stem while the other two just a onion.The one behind just divided i9nto three,no stem at all.  |
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Post by longhorngardens on Apr 28, 2014 15:38:22 GMT -5
Thank you for the clarification.
How many months would you say that you keep them in storage? Do you lose any while in storage?
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Post by richardw on Apr 29, 2014 0:07:48 GMT -5
Yep ya lose the odd one but overall they keep better than seed grown ones for some reason.
I keep them in the shed for six months
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Post by 12540dumont on Apr 29, 2014 0:19:07 GMT -5
Richard, how do you get onions to last 6 months? Every year I add another 50 foot row and they're still gone. Today I had to BUY onions. weep.
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Post by richardw on Apr 29, 2014 14:47:03 GMT -5
Six months as in you just dont grow enough to get ya through?,i would have grown close to 100kgs this past summer that includes the seconds,did trade 30kgs for Australian Jara power pole though.So much did you grow last year?
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Post by kevin8715 on Jul 6, 2014 22:33:14 GMT -5
Anyone know what I should so with this bulb? Plant it immediately or wait a bit for a dormancy period?  |
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Post by steev on Jul 7, 2014 22:46:14 GMT -5
The plant knows when it needs dormancy; barring killing conditions, bulbs, tubers, and corms do their dormancy in-situ.
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Post by richardw on Jul 22, 2014 14:36:16 GMT -5
yep,as steev says,i wonder if it big enough to send up a scape,how many do ya have?
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Post by nicollas on Jul 22, 2014 14:44:53 GMT -5
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Post by kevin8715 on Jul 22, 2014 15:06:28 GMT -5
I made the mistake of planting some in too much sun so most of them died of heat. This is my only sizable bulb which I have stored right now in pertile for planting in the fall or when it starts sprouting.
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