Hi All,
Starting jan 1, we have been having a lot
of snow. At one point I had three foot
of it on my garden. It slowly melted away
and exposed my garlic under it.
A lot on more had sprouted up. But! Everything
was flat to the ground.
https://imgur.com/pzGqCBnl.png
And now it has another eight inches on top
of it. PLUS!!! the next three days we
are up for another "winter storm warning"
with snow again predicted.
YIKES!!!
Do you think my poor garlic will survive?
-T
On 2/27/23 14:05, Snag wrote:
On 2/27/2023 2:57 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,
Starting jan 1, we have been having a lot
of snow. At one point I had three foot
of it on my garden. It slowly melted away
and exposed my garlic under it.
A lot on more had sprouted up. But! Everything
was flat to the ground.
https://imgur.com/pzGqCBnl.png
And now it has another eight inches on top
of it. PLUS!!! the next three days we
are up for another "winter storm warning"
with snow again predicted.
YIKES!!!
Do you think my poor garlic will survive?
-T
I've got green onions that came though our -8° adventure just
before Christmas then over 8" of snow with an ice storm following up
the snow . They're putting up new growth since we've gotten a couple
of weeks of warmer weather . Your garlic is going to be just fine .
What kind of onions are you over wintering?
And when did you plant them?
Seeds? Or that little bulbs?
On 2/27/23 16:51, Snag wrote:
On 2/27/2023 5:08 PM, T wrote:
On 2/27/23 14:05, Snag wrote:
On 2/27/2023 2:57 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,
Starting jan 1, we have been having a lot
of snow. At one point I had three foot
of it on my garden. It slowly melted away
and exposed my garlic under it.
A lot on more had sprouted up. But! Everything
was flat to the ground.
https://imgur.com/pzGqCBnl.png
And now it has another eight inches on top
of it. PLUS!!! the next three days we
are up for another "winter storm warning"
with snow again predicted.
YIKES!!!
Do you think my poor garlic will survive?
-T
I've got green onions that came though our -8° adventure just
before Christmas then over 8" of snow with an ice storm following up
the snow . They're putting up new growth since we've gotten a couple
of weeks of warmer weather . Your garlic is going to be just fine .
What kind of onions are you over wintering?
And when did you plant them?
Seeds? Or that little bulbs?
These were planted last summer . They're just called "bunching
onions" , I guess because you buy them by the bunch at the store ... I
buy them as little bulbs , by the pound . I found out just the other
day when I got these that if they're kept in the crisper drawer in the
fridge they'll keep for quite some time .
And they are back under 1-1/2 foot of snow again!
Do you think my poor garlic will survive?
the bunching onions i have grown for a few years
now are very mild and survive the winter without
being mulched or babied at all.
On 3/1/23 13:57, songbird wrote:
the bunching onions i have grown for a few years
now are very mild and survive the winter without
being mulched or babied at all.
Sound right up my alley.
What kind of onions were they and where
did your originally purchase them?
T wrote:
On 3/1/23 13:57, songbird wrote:
the bunching onions i have grown for a few years
now are very mild and survive the winter without
being mulched or babied at all.
Sound right up my alley.
What kind of onions were they and where
did your originally purchase them?
Tokyo Bunching Onions, i got them from the local library
seed library and returned many thousand seeds a few months
ago. i still have a few hundred extra left (and should
have a resupply by mid-summer).
i imagine they are commercially available but if you
can't find them locally send me your snail mail address
and i'll send you some since they are small enough to
go by a regular sized envelope.
my e-mail address works.
songbird
[...]
Oh yo know what? On a whim, I planted the white
ends of scallions (green onions) from the
supermarket. They are still going at is four
years now. I did not know they were also known
as bunching onions.
As I recall, "Scallions" are said Japanese Bunching Onions; but (IN
THE US ANYWAY), what you get from the store is more likely just a very
young white onion (AKA "Green Onion" or "Spring Onion").
(above distinction comes from asking chef friends, because "I can't find scallions!"; so take with a grain of salt)
Dan Purgert wrote:
...
As I recall, "Scallions" are said Japanese Bunching Onions; but (IN
THE US ANYWAY), what you get from the store is more likely just a very
young white onion (AKA "Green Onion" or "Spring Onion").
(above distinction comes from asking chef friends, because "I can't find
scallions!"; so take with a grain of salt)
yes, young onions are often just used as a green onion.
it isn't until months later that you would know that any
sold to you are bunching onions or not since they are the
ones that would not form bulbs.
as for cross-fertilization, they are different species
so i don't think it happens apart from doing some genetic
manipulations in the lab. note, however that some things
called garlic are not garlic (elephant garlic is actually
a wild leek).
for more fun there are onion hybrids. there are a lot
more onion species than garlic.
songbird
Just out of curiosity, were does the term "bunching"
come from? What do they mean by "bunch"?
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