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Couple of onion sets going to seed, Can I save seed???
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Posted by gardenmom2 IN Zone 6 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 30, 09 at 19:25
| HI again. I have two onions I planted from sets that are going to seed. Can and should I save the seed to plant next winter. They were just the plain white onions at the farm store?? |
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RE: Couple of onion sets going to seed, Can I save seed???
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| I'm going through old posts looking for something else and have seen several people ask this question so will chime in with my experience. I was told that you won't get what you expect and boy was that advice correct. At the time my garden was probably 2 miles from the nearest other garden, so cross pollination from other gardens was doubtful. From the seed off white ebeneezer onions I had all colors of the rainbow in the seedlings. None of which ever amounted to anything. I played around with them about 5 years before I finally let them go. It was a fun experiement but a waste of my gardening space. Maybe others have had a better experience but I think it all depends on the heritage of the onion you planted originally. |
RE: Couple of onion sets going to seed, Can I save seed???
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Mark, thank you for sharing. With my limited garden space I certainly have to put every square inch to work. My concern is, last season I had leeks and onions grown in the same bed, does that make my leek seeds tinted and not worth saving?
Penny |
RE: Couple of onion sets going to seed, Can I save seed???
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| No, leeks and onions won't cross pollinate. |
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