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Title: giant onion and other veg seeds
Post by: sid on November 23, 2006, 19:29:07
hi can any one help i am after sume seeds for giant veg sutch as onion leek pumpking any thing only need a few its for my grand kids to grow so they can grow bigger veg than me lol just had my first year on the allotment and loved it my grandsons love it on the allotment also dose any one know wher to get hens from as we are after 4 or 5 we are from doncaster
Title: Re: giant onion and other veg seeds
Post by: pete10 on November 23, 2006, 21:14:02

Robinsons are the guys for them.http://www.mammothonion.co.uk/index.htm.Good service as well.
Title: Re: giant onion and other veg seeds
Post by: saddad on November 23, 2006, 22:45:50
exactly what I was going to say Pete...
;D
Title: Re: giant onion and other veg seeds
Post by: sid on November 24, 2006, 19:37:05
thanks i will go see wat they have
Title: Re: giant onion and other veg seeds
Post by: triffid on November 24, 2006, 20:05:55
Ooo!

Inspired now... have ordered mammoth onion seed in the hope that they taste as good as they look  ;D
Title: Re: giant onion and other veg seeds
Post by: manicscousers on November 24, 2006, 20:13:13
is it true that they don't store as well as smaller ones, that's what we were told, or are they just for showing ?
Title: Re: giant onion and other veg seeds
Post by: triffid on November 24, 2006, 20:18:56
Don't know, manicscousers: tune in, same time, same place next year and I'll tell you how they're going (if they haven't all been eaten!)  ;D

The thing that attracted me (apart from the novelty value of growing a truly ginormous onion variety) is that according to Robinson's, 'Mammoth Improved has a very sweet flavour'

And another useful nugget of info from their cultivation notes:
Quote'Onions will store better if harvested with a little growth left in the plant.'
Title: Re: giant onion and other veg seeds
Post by: pete10 on November 24, 2006, 20:42:00

I like the look of them also . Will be going for the leaks next year and the cabbage.
Title: Re: giant onion and other veg seeds
Post by: Merry Tiller on November 25, 2006, 01:17:23
Quoteis it true that they don't store as well as smaller ones

Yes, it's true