Topic: Potato Onions

[Macy]

My potato onion sets have arrived, but without much detail. Should I plant them now (if it ever drys out) or leave it until the spring? I haven't got many so don't really want to chance it. I'm 240m above sea level, but they'll be going into a raised bed (if that makes any difference). Can anyone advise? Thanks

[lightyears]

i keep hearing about these, were did you get them from? google reveals nothing  ???

[shaun01]

lmfao  ;D

[gardentg44]

just had a google,they resemble shallots aparently ???

[Macy]

The supplier (Irish Seed Savers) came back to me, either autumn/ now or spring planting apparently, so the similarities with shallots continue. They're supposed to seperate like shallots, giving you mild onions with good storage properties. Most of what I found on google related to the US, so not sure they'll be as prolific or to the sizes (3-4 inch) quoted this side of the atlantic.

[shaun01]

if it looks like a shallot grows like a shallot tastes like a shallot   ??? why not just grow shallots plus they are not frost tolerant and have been know to poison some animals (dogs) read this
/www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Allium+cepa+aggregatum

[chriscross1966]

if it looks like a shallot grows like a shallot tastes like a shallot   ??? why not just grow shallots plus they are not frost tolerant and have been know to poison some animals (dogs) read this
/www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Allium+cepa+aggregatum

Because it isn't a shallot and I already have two sorts of shallot and an onion that I grow so it resembles shallot..... if any dog ate a significant chunk of my crops, dying from onion poisoning is unlikely to be its biggest issue left to face...

chrisc

[Unwashed]

Regular onions are toxic for dogs.

[chriscross1966]

Regular onions are toxic for dogs.

Yep, specially if the mangy mutt eats MY onions :D

[delboy]

Contrary to popular belief, dogs are not stupid.

They don't eat onions unless cooked and in something meaty.

Any other type of dog is probably a wolf.

[Macy]

I had hoped to get them in yesterday, but too wet (again). Do you grow them crisscross? How do you find them?

[chriscross1966]

I had hoped to get them in yesterday, but too wet (again). Do you grow them crisscross? How do you find them?

I used to grow them years ago but didn't ahve a plot for a long time.... from memory they're as hardy as the other aggregatums (the welsh and/or russian cluster onions etc) so generally no problem with leaving them in through the winter.... they tend to display a bi-annual growth habit whereby you plant little onions and get big onions, then plant big onions and get lots of small onions....

chrisc

[Macy]

Thanks. I had read that about planting size, but now at least I have the technical term.