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ONIONS!!!

chiltepin said:
Nothing like a good homegrown onion! I planted a "Walking" Egyptian Onion.  Mainly b/c it is so damn interesting!  You can eat the whole plant - topset, greens and bulb!  No idea what I am doing, however.  :crazy: 
The plant is ridiculously robust!  haha.
 
 
http://www.egyptianwalkingonion.com/
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Those look like the ones that grow wild here. I like to go out and pick the sprouts to chew on.
 
Interesting onion. Would probably try to grow it in the future.
I got some seeds of an onion named Suvorov. Not much about it on internet. I found something in Portuguese and translated with google translate, sounds like this:
 
According to legend, during the transition Suvorov's famous army crossing the Alps, on the mountain slopes they found an unusual onion having garlic taste and smell. By order of the commander, onions were added to the food and this saved the lives of many soldiers suffering from scurvy. After that, people used for this onion the name "Suvorov".
 
Failed to sprout last year, will try again this year with the last few seeds.
 
Stuttgarter Riesen is a nice, large allround onion. Tastewise I prefer the smaller ovale french types though.
 
chiltepin said:
You have Kelsae and Ailsa. Tell us why you picked these. Are they similar?
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I picked the Kelsea because of this description, who doesn't like to show off their giant vegetables??
110 days. Allium cepa. Plant produces giant 15 lb sweet white onion. The Kelsae Sweet Giant Onion holds the Guinness World Record for the Largest Onion in the World at at nearly 15 lb 5.5 oz and 33 inches diameter! It has a unique mild sweet flavor. Impress your neighbors and try growing a World Record size onion. Long day variety suitable for Northern regions. pk/100

We grow the Ailsa Craigs every year, most years they do pretty well with softball sized onions. Also usually plant some regular sets picked up from the local stores.
rghm1u20 said:
Interesting onion. Would probably try to grow it in the future.
I got some seeds of an onion named Suvorov. Not much about it on internet. I found something in Portuguese and translated with google translate, sounds like this:
 
According to legend, during the transition Suvorov's famous army crossing the Alps, on the mountain slopes they found an unusual onion having garlic taste and smell. By order of the commander, onions were added to the food and this saved the lives of many soldiers suffering from scurvy. After that, people used for this onion the name "Suvorov".
 
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These sound interesting, garlic taste would be good. I may have source seeds and try these.
 
I'm growing a 100 of the Walla Walla Sweet Onion this year in the same area that I'm growing 100 heads of garlic. My garlic did great last year so I'm hoping the same for the onions. I'm also growing chives, green onions and leeks. I'm going to also plant some shallots next week.
 
http://sweetonions.org/
 
Those look a
 
chiltepin said:
Nothing like a good homegrown onion! I planted a "Walking" Egyptian Onion.  Mainly b/c it is so damn interesting!  You can eat the whole plant - topset, greens and bulb!  No idea what I am doing, however.  :crazy:
The plant is ridiculously robust!  haha.
 
 
http://www.egyptianwalkingonion.com/
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those onions look like a lot of fun to grow and eat. Plus they can take cooler temps rather well. Thanks for sharing I had never seen those before.
 
Here are some of my onions, a few in the dirt and some experimentals in a Kratky type of Hydro. If they seem to be working out I'll move them to larger reservoirs. Some have been in the liquid for a couple of weeks and seem to be doing alright. I keep them trimmed back to 3 to 4 inches for now.
 
I love onions. Onions and fresh cut or pressed garlic for me go well with hot peppers as ingredients on so many things. I really like cooking with green onions s well. Are onions pretty easy to grow? 
 
     I don't have the room to start seeds (peppers are the priority!), so I just plant sets every spring. These are just regular yellow onions.
     I planted these about a month ago. The garlic in the back, I planted last October.
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skullbiker said:
These sound interesting, garlic taste would be good. I may have source seeds and try these.
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Bump!
Old topic, I know, just want to know if @skullbiker found some seeds.
 
Hey guys, all those plants look great. I tried planting some down here in S FL in a kiddie pool. I planted them on October 16th 2016 and its long past the 120 days. I still don't see any bulbing and somehow they were growing sideways. The sun is now moving to the back of the house so the sunlight should be longer now. Did I do something wrong or are the plants defective somehow. Should I pull them and use them as large green onions or do you think they will still produce bulbs? Thanks for any help, here are some pics if I can download them properly:
 
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