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Old February 18, 2010   #4
riceke
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Default How Huge?

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Originally Posted by salix View Post
Ruth, last year I grew a hybrid "Ambition" (round shaped)- they are HUGE! Very nice, good taste and are keeping very well. They grew as well as regular onions, had no disease or pest issues at all. This year I am trying a torpedo-shaped variety, again a hybrid, which is supposedly very tasty. I spent some time looking for an open-pollinated variety, but no luck so far.
Ruth, I am curious about "Ambition's" size. I grew shallots (can't remeber the variety) several years in a row a while back but was unable to get any bulbs lager than a clove of garlic. It may have been that in my climate (Georgia) I should have started them in the Fall rather than Spring. I finally gave up, since it took a lot of effort peeling enough of them to cook with. I saw Ambition advertised but couldn't tell how large of a bulb it produced.
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