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Fractal Top Member Posts: 1,859	Top Set Onions Nov 9, 2015 21:33:49 GMT SueA likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fractal on Nov 9, 2015 21:33:49 GMT link to original thread The bulbuls turned up Five per packet (three packets).

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Top Set Onions Nov 9, 2015 21:41:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Nov 9, 2015 21:41:57 GMT Steve, are you refering to Welsh or Russian onions?

Fractal Top Member Posts: 1,859	Top Set Onions Nov 9, 2015 22:43:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fractal on Nov 9, 2015 22:43:52 GMT Yes, another name for them Dai

Fractal Top Member Posts: 1,859	Top Set Onions Nov 9, 2015 22:44:34 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fractal on Nov 9, 2015 22:44:34 GMT They are also called Egyptian Walking Onions too.

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Top Set Onions Nov 10, 2015 8:29:54 GMT Fractal likes this

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I had a look for my bulbils Fractal but I must have thrown them away when I was clearing old foliage from the veg. bed & potato containers. I've still got the original plant in the pot though so will try splitting it & replanting in the veg. bed.

Fractal Top Member Posts: 1,859	Top Set Onions Nov 10, 2015 10:12:35 GMT SueA and daitheplant like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fractal on Nov 10, 2015 10:12:35 GMT Great. If for no other reason they make an interesting talking point. Mine will be going to three gardens, mine, parents and some in garden that I've cleared for a herb bed.

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Top Set Onions Nov 10, 2015 10:46:18 GMT daitheplant likes this

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Nov 9, 2015 21:41:57 GMT daitheplant said:

Steve, are you refering to Welsh or Russian onions?

I was wrong Dai,

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum)
Onion/Shallot (Allium cepa)
Tree onion (Allium x proliferum) a hybrid betwen both species with possible backcrosses with one or either respective parent! Hence variability I suppose?

Mine look like one of the red ones.

Fractal Top Member Posts: 1,859	Top Set Onions Nov 10, 2015 10:48:15 GMT daitheplant likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fractal on Nov 10, 2015 10:48:15 GMT Incidentally, Jekka's Herbs seeds at work have Welsh Onions, think I'll try them too. Just use as large bunching onions, lift clump and replant a few stems for propagation to keep them going.

roofgardener Top Member PLanting Chillis Posts: 2,378	Top Set Onions Nov 10, 2015 13:52:31 GMT SueA, Fractal, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by roofgardener on Nov 10, 2015 13:52:31 GMT According to Wikipedia , people in Cornwall refer to Welsh Onions as "Chibbles". This pleased me greatly !
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SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,912	Top Set Onions Nov 10, 2015 19:47:30 GMT Fractal likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Nov 10, 2015 19:47:30 GMT Mine were just labelled 'tree/walking onion' I think & were greenish if I remember Fractal, there are lots of little green shoots coming up in the pot so I'll get on with replanting them when the weather picks up.

Fractal Top Member Posts: 1,859	Top Set Onions Nov 10, 2015 19:49:06 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fractal on Nov 10, 2015 19:49:06 GMT Nov 10, 2015 13:52:31 GMT roofgardener said: According to Wikipedia , people in Cornwall refer to Welsh Onions as "Chibbles". This pleased me greatly ! I also read that during my mini research

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Top Set Onions Nov 10, 2015 21:02:41 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Nov 10, 2015 21:02:41 GMT If wikipedia say Welsh onions are "chibbles", what do they say "jibbons" are?

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Top Set Onions Nov 10, 2015 21:40:03 GMT

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Couldn't find it on Wikipedia though dictionary.com says:
plural noun
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(Southwest English, dialect) spring onions
Word Origin
from Norman French chiboule, variant of French ciboule onion, ultimately from Latin capulla an onion patch, from caepa an onion

roofgardener Top Member PLanting Chillis Posts: 2,378	Top Set Onions Nov 10, 2015 22:20:57 GMT Fractal likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by roofgardener on Nov 10, 2015 22:20:57 GMT So "chibbles" and "jibbons" share the same root ? Um... so to speak.

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Top Set Onions Nov 11, 2015 21:34:03 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Nov 11, 2015 21:34:03 GMT In this area Jibbons are Spring Onions.

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