Another experiment with Red Florence onions. These were from the batch that were grown as shallots. That experiment was a success. Now they are not good storers and I am not sure I could replant now and they'd come through winter. I have replanted a few whole onions as they are in the conservatory. They are about the size of the little pots, but growing roots and green tops and hopefully preparing to split. I read that you can mostly harvest onions and just leave the base to regrow, so this is what I am now doing with 4 others. I have tried this before and it worked. But I made the mistake then of splitting the new shoots and growing as separate plants. Not much bulb and they all flowered. Lets see how these fare - I will certainly keep them together. If they split and produce as well as the ones grown from whole onions, then obviously the yield is higher because we can eat most of them and still keep them for growing next year. I would not do this with a relatively small shallot, but as these are so much bigger - who knows - fingers crossed.
The punnet on the right contains the little onion bulbils from the Bedfordshire Champion onion that decided on top bulbils, some are tiny but we will see how many will grow. And the two pots in the front are ulluco cuttings that have rooted - an attempt to increase stocks without needing tubers.
We'll see how these experiments work out.
The punnet on the right contains the little onion bulbils from the Bedfordshire Champion onion that decided on top bulbils, some are tiny but we will see how many will grow. And the two pots in the front are ulluco cuttings that have rooted - an attempt to increase stocks without needing tubers.
We'll see how these experiments work out.
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