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HilaryG

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Re: funny onions
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2010, 15:30 »
Here's a funny onion ::) ::)
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Re: funny onions
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2010, 16:06 »
Quote from: HilaryG on January 25, 2010, 15:30
Here's a funny onion ::) ::)

It really looks as if it is having the last laugh  :lol: :lol:
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Re: funny onions
« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2010, 21:46 »
Perfectly normal. Especially with reds. Its the same process that causes shallot bulbs to divide.

You'll even find them pictured in Thompson and Morgans catalogue.

They have a red variety called Garnet which is an "improved Red Baron producing more single centred bulbs".
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Re: funny onions
« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2010, 03:15 »
It's caused by cold weather (or so I've been told)... basically the same thing that causes garlic and shallots to clove rather than bulb..... I've had years(back when I used to grow onions from sets) when a lot of (espciallty overwintering) ones were like this.... Doesn't happen so much with seed-grown ones.

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