Amish Yellow Bottle Onions

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Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:12 am

The tops are finally dying. This photo was taken a week ago, Sept 7th.
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Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:21 am

I got my first set. Still waiting for the rest of the bulbs to die off.
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Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:03 am

Everyone can get an idea of what a bottle onion is by Pony's picture. I's the shape of old-style bottles. They are not slicers but for cooking. They are also interesting in that they are semi-sweet and yet store well into the winter. They seal very nicely just as the set shows.

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Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:53 am

I pulled my remaining onions and am letting them dry out in the pot. They are like little kids who stay up past their bed time.
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Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:38 am

From the left, first two look good. They will dry and their necks will close off. Then they will sleep well during the winter. Middle one didn't bulb but may still remain viable. Fourth one may not close up but could still survive. Last one a bit bigger than they should be but will survive to become a nice big onion.

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Sat Oct 24, 2020 6:13 pm

I pulled them mid morning so they were still wet. That was a mistake because they were slipper and tenacious in holding onto the soil. The problem is that the brown wrapper broke off and slipped up. Anyway, I'll put them in storage and will report back to this thread in April 2021. See you all next year. :)

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Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:33 pm

I got a nice little surprise yesterday. Martin sent me some of his sets so I’ll be able to harvest a few onions next year to eat instead of saving them all for seed. Very nice specimens! Thanks Martin!!
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Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:41 am

About a month ago, I planted a few of my Amish bottle onion sets that were sprouting into a pot. They are coming along nicely. The rest of my sets have not sprouted yet. I think when we get another warm day, I will plant a few in my little hoop house outside. The rest will be planted in early April.

I put a pencil next to them for scale.
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Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:45 pm

It will be interesting to watch those plants. I never tried sowing seeds for plants due to what feedback I got from another who tried. What happened then was that the plants did not bulb but went straight to seed. That was in Northern California just south of the Oregon border. Thus it was not a case of day length.

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Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:01 pm

Paquebot wrote: Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:45 pm I never tried sowing seeds for plants due to what feedback I got from another who tried.
I plan to try some this way once I get some seeds. These particular plants were the ones that sprouted in storage plus a few non-sprouted ones. The rest are still good and will be planted early April. Have a lot of different experiments going this year. I hope I can keep track of them all.

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Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:52 pm

It's not easy to keep track of everything here, either! Had an SSE member request seeds but they were gone in the forum offers. However, I still had more sets on hand than needed. Thus he gets skip step one and have sets to plant this year. If all goes well, I should have seeds again next fall. Eight bulbs in the ground and warm under a foot of snow.

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Fri Feb 26, 2021 3:05 am

Paquebot wrote: Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:52 pm Eight bulbs in the ground and warm under a foot of snow.
How many sets will you be planting this year to make into full onions?

I think I have about 40 still to plant.

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Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:09 am

I have the bed area laid out for 48 sets, same as last year. We are closing on March and there are still some bulbs which are not sprouting. That's a factor that would also take time to work out. They are an onion which quickly breaks down when cooking, like a sweet one, but still stores well. They are for eating, not looking at!

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Fri Feb 26, 2021 2:34 pm

Paquebot wrote: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:09 am They are for eating, not looking at!
I agree but I can't help admiring my onions & potatoes. When trying out new varieties, I will purposely not eat some so I can get a sense how long they can store. Then I will know how much time I have for a particular variety before it goes bad.

My potato onions (yellow shallots) are the best keeper I have. They will last over a year before going bad.

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Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:19 am

This past weekend, I planted my bottle onion sets that I grew and that Martin sent me. I also planted six bottle onion plants that I had in pots this year since they started sprouting.

I put them all in a raised bed in my community garden plot so they'll get maximum sun. Still have 5-6 smaller sets left that I'll plant in my home garden bed.

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Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:29 am

How fun! I have yellow potato onions I am trying this year. Already realized I buried them incorrectly, but they will survive and next season i will do better.
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Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:43 pm

Julianna wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:29 am How fun! I have yellow potato onions I am trying this year. Already realized I buried them incorrectly, but they will survive and next season i will do better.
I have yellow potato onions as well and they seem to keep for a really long time. I find for best results, one should plant their biggest potato onions in the spring. If you plant in the fall, they tend to go to seed. If you plant smaller ones, they don't get as big.

Martin has said that potato onions are the same as yellow shallots. I have to agree with him as I don't see a way to tell them apart. Still, if you want an onion that can keep for over a year, they work quite well.

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Wed Apr 21, 2021 4:55 pm

ponyexpress wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:43 pm
Julianna wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:29 am How fun! I have yellow potato onions I am trying this year. Already realized I buried them incorrectly, but they will survive and next season i will do better.
I have yellow potato onions as well and they seem to keep for a really long time. I find for best results, one should plant their biggest potato onions in the spring. If you plant in the fall, they tend to go to seed. If you plant smaller ones, they don't get as big.

Martin has said that potato onions are the same as yellow shallots. I have to agree with him as I don't see a way to tell them apart. Still, if you want an onion that can keep for over a year, they work quite well.
That is interesting! Mine haven't sent anything up yet to go to seed and I did fall plant them. But our fall, winter, spring, and summer are all about the same so they probably haven't figured out it is a different season yet. :lol:
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Wed Apr 21, 2021 8:13 pm

How did we drift to another of my favorite alliums, potato onions/shallots.? Been growing the yellow ones for at least 20 years and still have 15 this year. There are some information here that is misleading. For one, I have never seen them bolt to seed no matter when planted. However, due to too much winter kill, it's only been spring planting for past decade. Also, same growth rules apply to potato onions as any other shallot. Main one is that planting a large sets results in many divisions and smaller bulbs. On the other hand, small sets give less divisions and larger bulbs.

Update on my bottle onions is that 48 sets were planted and there are now 48 plants. Some sets were barely ½" long and an eighth inch thick. Still plenty of life in them to start another cycle.

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Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:16 am

Julianna wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 4:55 pm That is interesting! Mine haven't sent anything up yet to go to seed and I did fall plant them. But our fall, winter, spring, and summer are all about the same so they probably haven't figured out it is a different season yet. :lol:
Since this thread is about bottle onions, you could start a new thread about potato onions. I’ll be happy to share my experience. I’ll do another experiment of planting large and small onions.

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