richard's onions

as per this previous thread:


http://gardendelights.forumco.com/topic~TOPIC_ID~3200.asp



the first one has come up today.
very exciting!

well done I'm still yet to plant

We want full updates on those onions... have to see whether those NZ-ers are better than the Oz ones

Interesting thread ..

I'll get so more seed in the mail tomorrow Cheryl,when we do the Big Smoke thinge

Pleased to hear that the first of your seed is up tessa

Well my red onions didn't behave themselves this season ,they grew a good sized onion and then there tops dried off like normal onions ,instead maintaining green tops through winter.Ended pulling them out and are now in the shed,photo later
The seed from these onions are a generation behind the seed you have tessa

These onion are Pukekohe long keepers and should keep us going most of the year

They look fantastic Richard ..

I must plant my seeds real soon.. Just waiting for the green manure to rot down a little finally got to chopping it down last Sunday..

Grat haul there Richard, well done

mmm... fried onions

cant beat the smell of fried onions Gail

are those onions very sweet, richard? i MUST have sweet onions.
one thing i've enjoyed about the (limited) varieties available here in perth...is that most of them sweet. back home...the brown onions were are dry and sharp. that's why i thought i hated onions. then someone gave me a brown spanish and it was love at first sight. since then i've been trying to grow brown spanish onions...but no luck EVER.
dang.

I have been using the red onions lately for both cooking and salads, twice the price though but I do like the flavour, loe shallots but they are over $10 a kilo

Tessa those Pukekohe long keepers are a strong tasting onion but as the name suggests they keep well into spring, we like them,kids dont

If you like shallots Cheryl you would like the tree onion to the left in the crate.

they are what I call red onions, boy they are expensive Ricjard, but really yuuumy

How much a kg do you pay for them over there

approx $5.00 but they go up and down all the time , last Sunday I bought 4 cost on average $1 each

which left is that, richard? the one on the left?...or the other left?

I like red onions best too. Last year I planted hundreds of onion seedlings I'd raised from seed. They were doing really well until we had a sudden hot spell and they all shot to seed !

More Great lookin onions there Richard.

Sorry tessa <me, and one more <me, on the Right for *"^* sake <me yet again

I really love Onions any way .I used to grow [In Victoria] Brown Spanish ,White
Odourless,White flats.RED onions, Spring onions,Shallots ,Leeks and Chives.
Faye cooks nice caramelised onions.

Have to love that Icon Gwen

You certainly know your Gwen

my gosh.
there's an icon for everything, isn't there?
LOVE THEM.

yamm caramelised onions sounds really nice,how does Faye cook it Gwen?

Okies they finally arrived today after Customs went thru them So how when where and what do I plant, thanks, never grown farta maka before I mean onions