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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
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 Posted - 02/02/2009 : 02:17:18
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This is the reason i`m keen now to have other people try my seed in other climates and latitudes.
I`m breeding this onion to grow for the full growing season and not like normal onion that when the sunlight hours reach there maxium they stop growing and lose there tops.I`ll keep posting photos to show how many still retain there tops as we move toward winter.I`m picking that the seed that Di, tessa and who ever wants to try growing should perform better than the onions in the photo as that seed is a generation ahead,and what i mean by performing better is that they retain there tops through winter.
Di are your red onions losing there tops at the moment? |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2009 : 06:20:23
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I'd like to give them a go too please 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2009 : 07:12:43
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onions over here lose their tops over summer. they can only really grow in the winter. it would be so nice to have an onion supply all year round.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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Di Taylor
assistant gardener
New Zealand
188 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2009 : 12:41:52
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Mine are just starting to brown off but losing their tops would be taking it a bit far at this stage....will keep you informed
A good year is when more things get harvested than die! |
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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
639 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2009 : 16:10:08
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This is how the onion seed looks as of 2/2/09,should be ready to harvest by the end of Fed.
Thanks to you who have offered to be grow outers in my breeding programme,i`ll really get a lot of enjoyment seeing how my seed grows in your areas.Where i live and grow my garden is probably the most extreme areas climatically anywhere in NZ and probably equally to any where in Aussie also,given this i do need to know more about each of the climates where these seeds will be grown.
My annual temperature extreme are as follows,every winter i can expect a -8c frost and every summer a high of 39c = 47c,
Di i know your climate but what is everyone else's extremes?
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2009 : 18:55:08
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richard...is that right? you're getting 47 degrees over your way?
the hottest i've experienced here in perth has been 45.
the lowest...an overnight temp of -1.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2009 : 19:12:07
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WOW they look the same as my leek flowers ??
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 02/02/2009 : 19:14:14
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Richard the coldest here South of Brisbane was -1C and 41C was the warmest..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2009 : 19:55:49
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why wouldn't they look like your leek flowers, cheryl? they're siblings!
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
639 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 03:01:26
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tessa - its the temperature range between 39c and the -8 ,so its 39+8=47,with M A the temperature range is 42 and tessa yours is 46,Di would be -3 to 36 =39,sound about right Di?
will be interesting to see how they would handle 45c,they handled the 41 the other day here ok,but the key there was water.
Cheryl the leek flower has a bit more purple in it and are a little larger as well.
Another interesting feature of this line of onion that never used to happen once,is during flowering the odd plant is replacing themeself with a hole new onion within its central base.i`ll see if i can find one today and take a photo. |
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 03/02/2009 : 07:21:55
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I love the receipe and will have to do that. I hlove red onions and had 2 in the fruit bowl going old and with sprouts so I planted them and they are sending up bigger green shoots. New experiment for me.
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tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 07:27:38
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those will give you seeds, pamela! great idea to plant them!
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever! perth, wa |
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Tony
dirt-poker
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Posted - 03/02/2009 : 07:39:46
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I just sent your recipe to my wife, it sounds great!
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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
639 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 14:01:28
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| Pamela - even after the onion has given you seed you can still eat the onion even though it will have a flower stem in its center,this is easily removed. |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2009 : 15:17:42
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 look forward to the pic 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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California Red Onions