Green Mountain spud onion - divisions, seeds, topsets
Mar 18, 2015 1:38:36 GMT -5
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Post by templeton on Mar 18, 2015 1:38:36 GMT -5
Had a look over the second lot of seedlings from my original Green Mountain seed - third lot, actually, since I did an autumn planting, followed by a spring planting, and then kept some back just in case. Well sowed it sometime last year - can't actually remember if it was spring or autumn.
Lots of variety between seedlings, but just noticed this one unusual thing lurking next to the leeks.
A fat-bulbed potato onion, with slightly flattened bulb, but a flower stalk poking out the top. With swollen capsules - unusual, since none of the other G Mtn F1 seedlings flowered in their first year.
Then I noticed one of the capsules was open with mature seed in it,
and then i noticed a couple of tiny topset bulbs in the seed head.
So division, seed, and topsetting - I wonder if I threw it a scalpel and some hormones if it would tissue culture itself?
T
Lots of variety between seedlings, but just noticed this one unusual thing lurking next to the leeks.
A fat-bulbed potato onion, with slightly flattened bulb, but a flower stalk poking out the top. With swollen capsules - unusual, since none of the other G Mtn F1 seedlings flowered in their first year.
Then I noticed one of the capsules was open with mature seed in it,
and then i noticed a couple of tiny topset bulbs in the seed head.
So division, seed, and topsetting - I wonder if I threw it a scalpel and some hormones if it would tissue culture itself?
T
