We’ve been harvesting green onion seeds. These green onions are in the species Allium fistulosum. They overwintered outdoors in mini tunnels under a couple of feet of snow. We want flowers that have at least 50% mature seed showing The seed team walks the bed looking at each flower and chooses those with black seeds. … More Harvesting green onion seeds
Onion update. This is what those onions I replanted for seed look like these days. Still a few weeks until seed. My next free online workshop is on Thursday May 19 at 2pm Eastern … It will be about harvest efficiency – more details coming soon!
Sweet pods full of fat green Kale seed a few weeks from harvest. And to the right, onions are about to bloom. My next free online workshop is on Thursday June 16 at 2pm Eastern …
The first flower buds are starting to appear on these seed onions. That means these ???? ???? ???? are about to stretch out real soon with long stems and a flower on the end of each stem. We normally trellis seed crops with stakes and twine. But this year we’re trying some Hortonova trellis netting … More Trellising onions for seed
These onions overwintered in the cold room. 2 weeks ago, the Tourne-Sol seed team planted the bulbs in bins of potting soil in the seedling nursery so they could break dormancy. Last week, the team planted the onions into the field greenhouse. And now the bulbs have broken dormancy and it”s leafy green growth time. … More Onions doing their onion thing
Do you keep old onion seed? General rule is that onion seed is only good for 1 year. And like all general rules (and onions for that matter), there are more layers to reality. At the least, you should change the wording to “BOUGHT onion seed is only good for one year.” That BOUGHT makes … More Should you keep old onion seed?
Saving onion seeds is as EASY as popping those sprouting onions into the ground and letting them put on green leaves that turn into flowers, which in turn become seeds. And saving onion seed is as HARD as the amount of rain you get. All that moisture and maybe hail and harsh winds can spread … More The EASY and HARD of Saving Onion Seed
There are things you know a lot about and things you don’t know as much about. I know a lot about Brassicas seeds and Brassica cross pollination. But now that we’ve ran out of seed Brassicas to talk about, it’s time to move on to other crossers on #seedsavingformarketgrowers. And next up are some storage … More My Seed Saving Zone Of Discomfort