Sunday, March 21, 2010

Transplanting Onion and Leek Varieties

It snowed deeply last night.  I had to plow our road and dig a path to the greenhouses.  The picture is of our deck.
My first task was to transplant the onion seedlings that were languishing in a seed tray:
Greek Salad: a deep purple pungent onion that keeps well, has great taste but is hard to come by P
Tropea: an Italian thick neck variety - great flavor F
Red Marble: New to me F
Bunching Heshiko: Japanese geen onion type - good flavor P
White Scallions: very hardy and reliable F

Another tray is filled with leeks which I will transplant in a week or so:
Lincoln: the standard variety F
Lancelot: my favorite, non-hardy very long and sweet P
Bleu de Solaize: very hardy, overwinters well F
F = Fedco Seeds  P = Pinetree Seeds

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