Greetings!
I have missed the list,
too.
Hch 120, i want to let you know that i found out i have only about
40 Bottle Onion Seed left, and they are even older than i remembered from
'04'. Chances are they won't be viable. Maybe i will just sow them
as see - but having 20 of these oldies may not be worthwhile. Last
i heard, Jeptha Yoder sells sets for them..... was sets for 4.00 lb + 4.00
shipping and that was 2-3 years ago.
There is a thread on this at
Gardenweb :"Source for
bottle onion seed" You may be able to ask someone like Brook Elliott
if he has more. Never know about him. Perhaps you can find the source from some of the folk on
that thread.
Also, i replanted my bulbs to make seed, and
only 1 of each 3 sent up a flower stalk! Still, i had about 7
blooms at the time, and quite a lot of seed, which ishared away at the
time. If i have luck with these few seed, it will be a few years till we
have more seed to share, but i will give it a try just to keep them going
around. This onion had alot of thin layers, with only the outer one
reddish. It only stored okay - not long enough. Still they are
pretty - but not thrillers! After i grew them for a few years, i
wondered what all the hype was about them....i LOVE growing many alliums aside
from Bottle Onions.
Toni
Haven't seen an email from the list in days
???