Marshalls have just sent me a trial seed packet of bunching onions. What are
they? None of my reference books mention them.

Thanks

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Jonathan Ward
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Jonathan Ward wrote:
: Marshalls have just sent me a trial seed packet of bunching onions.
: What are they? None of my reference books mention them.
:
: Thanks

It's a new one they are testing. They have sent you a report sheet to
send back if you feel like it. I had mine the weekend and you just
reminded me to plant them and see how they do. We will have to exchange
notes later!


Robert
The Devil's Advocate

www.pafc.co.uk

Jonathan Ward wrote:
: Marshalls have just sent me a trial seed packet of bunching onions.
: What are they? None of my reference books mention them.
:
: Thanks

It's a new one they are testing. They have sent you a report sheet to
send back if you feel like it. I had mine the weekend and you just
reminded me to plant them and see how they do. We will have to exchange
notes later!


Robert
The Devil's Advocate

www.pafc.co.uk

Jonathan Ward wrote:
: Marshalls have just sent me a trial seed packet of bunching onions.
: What are they? None of my reference books mention them.
:
: Thanks

It's a new one they are testing. They have sent you a report sheet to
send back if you feel like it. I had mine the weekend and you just
reminded me to plant them and see how they do. We will have to exchange
notes later!


Robert
The Devil's Advocate

www.pafc.co.uk

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Marshalls have just sent me a trial seed packet of bunching onions. What are
they? None of my reference books mention them.

Bunching onions are (or were) maincrop bulbing onions, preferably of a
white skinned variety, picked while the bulb is still small, but while
the tops are still fresh and green. The whole of the plant other than
the root can be used in the kitchen at that stage - they are especially
good thin sliced into salads. The are (or used to be), tied into bunches
of six or ten for sale, hence their name. We used to grow them from very
early planted sets, and they came just nicely to fill the +- May onion
gap when last year's maincrop in store are showing shoots, but this
year's crop are not ready to harvest as mature bulbs.
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Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

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In article , Jonathan Ward
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Marshalls have just sent me a trial seed packet of bunching onions. What
are
they? .

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The are (or used to be), tied into bunches

ANd called spring onions - but under the trade descriptions act (or some
b - - - - y EU rule) they had to be renamed!

regards

Ron

What we called spring onions or salad onions

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David Hill
Abacus nurseries
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"Jonathan Ward" wrote in message
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Marshalls have just sent me a trial seed packet of bunching onions. What
are
they? None of my reference books mention them.

Mightn't be something like Welsh onions, might they? Or Egyptian onions?
Both are really handy perennials that form bunches, you split them in spring
if you want to, and keep cutting greens from them through the season as you
need them? As long as you don't cut to much and feed them once in a while
you've got a bunch by next summer?

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"Jonathan Ward" wrote in message
...
Marshalls have just sent me a trial seed packet of bunching onions. What
are
they? None of my reference books mention them.

Mightn't be something like Welsh onions, might they? Or Egyptian onions?
Both are really handy perennials that form bunches, you split them in spring
if you want to, and keep cutting greens from them through the season as you
need them? As long as you don't cut to much and feed them once in a while
you've got a bunch by next summer?


Thanks for all your answers. I'll sow them this weekend and see what I get.
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Jonathan Ward
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