green onions and/or bunching onions
ezzirah011
13 years ago
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Comments (10)Ruthie, I'm very envious of your weather and climate -- we had highs under 10 degrees F for the past four days, lows in the -10 to -15 F range, and windchills of -30 to -40 F. All topped off with 8 inches of blowing, drifting snow yesterday. Alas, at least it was a nice morning, clear and sunny, and I was able to get the plow out and do the driveways and my street before the clouds and snow flurries returned. It's much too early to consider planting much of anything for outdoors yet, although I'm toying with the idea of starting some leek seeds this week, since they take SO long to get to transplant size. I ordered my onion plants last month from Dixondale Farms down in Texas, they'll be shipped the 2nd week of April. 31 bunches, so I will have quite a large onion patch again this year. Dennis SE Michigan...See Morelimp evergreen white bunching onions
Comments (2)I had to add that the thread below is one of the best that I have seen for the whole process of growing onions from seed to harvest. The thread is about allium cepa var. cepa (sometimes called the common onion) not allium fistulousum (or welsh onion that is seen as more of a perennial) but the process and spacing should be about right to establish a perennial bed. I am assuming for the following that you want a perennial onion: There is a LOT of confusion out there about bunching onions! Due to the nature of language (Americanized English) and changes in agriculture over time some seed companies seem to list all bunching onions as allium fistulosum - or just as bad, all varieties of onions as allium cepa. All varieties of allium fistulosum should be perennial and divide at the base in the appropriate climate. As I understand it - the reason for the confusion (aside from laziness) could be that at one time most green onions (or bunching onions, etc..) at one time were largely allium fistulosum, but as time went by producers for many reasons largely (or entirely) have switched to varieties of allium cepa var. cepa that have the culinary characteristics of what people used to buy a variety of allium fistulosum for - So in a strange way both the latin name and the common name have been muddled up pretty much (I assume) because not too many seem to care - even though it would be like selling tomato seeds as if they were potatoes or vice versa. Here is a link that might be useful: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/allium/msg0310064812977.html...See Moreseeds available for exchange.
Comments (0)Here is my list of seeds available for exchange. 2010 Seeds Asparagus Mary Washington beans : garden tendergreen improved beans : tendergreen (green bush) beans : Garden bean top crop beans : Lima beans Henderson bush beans : Beans (Kentucky Wonder) beans : Golden Wax Broccoli Green Sprouting Broccoli Calabrese Beet Detroit Dark Red Beet Early Wonder Tall Top Cowpeas california blackeye Cabage All purpose blend Carrot Kaleidoscope Mix Cucumber Alibi Hybrid Collards Georgia Collards Vate Non-Heading Eggplant black beauty organic Eggplant Prosperosa Fennel Florence Kale Dwrf Blue Curled Kohlrabi Early White Vienna Lettuce Marvel of 4 Seasons Lettuce Bon Vivant Blend Lettuce salad bowl Lettuce Grand Rapids (Leaf) Lettuce Looseleaf Blend Lettuce Iceberg Lettuce GreenIce Lettuce Master Chef Blend Lettuce Gourmet Blend Lettuce Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce Simpson curled Lettuce: Salad Blend (Italian Mixture) Lettuce: Mesclun Sweet Salad Mix Lettuce: Mesclun Spicy Mix Lettuce: Mocrogreens rainbow blend Melon Exotic Mix Okra clemson spineless Okra Dwarf Green Pod Onion White Lisbon Bunching Onion Red Blush Pepper sweet banana Pepper California Wonder Pepper All Alarm Hot Mix Pepper Kaleidoscop Mix Pepper Grand Bell Mix Pepper Hot Mix Pepper Jalapeno Early Pepper Bell Pea Dwarf Dray Sugar Pumpkin Mini Mix Radish Chinese White Radish Cherry Belle Radish Gourmet Blend Radish Sparkler Radish French Breakfast Squash dark green zucchini Squash grey zucchini Squash Straightneck early yellow Squash Butternut Squash Acorn Squash Yellow Crookneck Squash Black Zucchini Spinach Giant Noble Spinach Correnta Hybrid Spinach Bloomsdale Savoy Spinach Salad Hybrid Spinach Mustard Swiss Chard Green Lucullus Swiss Chard Bright Lights Swiss Chard Neon Lights Mix Tomoto Beefsteak Tomoto Rutgers Select Tomoto Best of Show Mix Tomoto Rainbow Heirloom Mix Tomoto salad mix Turnip Seven Top Turnip Purple Top White Globe Watermelon Sugarbaby Watermelon Crimson Sweet Herb 2010 Arugula Dill Long Island Mammoth Parsley Moss Curled Parsley Italian Thyme Sage broad leaf Rosemary Mustard India giant curled Chives ______________________________________________________________ 2011 Seeds 1. Squash Zucchini Black beauty 2. Carrot 3. Cucumber Marketmore 76 4. Lettuce Romaine 5. Tomoto Rutgers 6. Spinach Bloomsdale longstanding 7. Beet Detroit Dark Red 8. Squash Early Prolific straighneck 9. Broccoli Green Sprouting 10. Pepper Numex Big Jim Chili 11. Peas Little Marvel 12. Garden Bean Kinghorn Wax 1.Atichoke (Green Globe) 2.Asparagus 3.Broccoli 4.Brussell Sprout 5.Cabbage2 (Pok Choy) 6.Celery 7.Kale (Yates Blue) 8.Okra 9.Radicchio 10.Fennel (Florence) 11.Broccoli (Diccio) 12.Alfalfa (Organic) 13.Leaks 14.Beans (Kentucky Wonder) 15.Bean Looking for Asian and Indian seeds in return. Please email me myids10@gmail.com...See MoreRadishes and Green Onions
Comments (9)This is the 1st year I'm trying the green onions (aka white bunching onions/scallions) like Mel suggests. What I did was dig down about 3" before sowing the seed, leaving the soil to the side. As the onions grow up I'll be slowly replacing the soil around the onions. I also have some white bunching onions that I started from seed about 6 weeks ago and I'll be using the same idea for them when I put them in the ground this week. It's also a good thing to do when growing leeks....See MoreOkiedawn OK Zone 7
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