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World record onion...

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2020 7:07 pm
by pondgardener
If a cooking recipe called for one large onion, would this one be a tad much?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/ ... li=BBnb7Kz

Re: World record onion...

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2020 7:29 pm
by worth1
I'm gonna beat that old coots record come hell or high water you just wait and see. :lol:
Been watching him for some time now.

Re: World record onion...

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2020 7:55 pm
by ddsack
You can tell Mr. Glazebrook really loves that onion! I wonder what became of it? Chopped up into a crowd sized cauldron of soup, or replanted and let go to seed?

Re: World record onion...

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:29 am
by Nan6b
The article says he lets them go to seed. Now why hasn't he grown an 11-pound tomato yet??? :lol:

A 6 foot cauliflower is a little hard to believe.

[mention]worth1[/mention] , go for it!

Re: World record onion...

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:02 pm
by AZGardener
I wonder what variety he started out with. The two big varieties I know of are Ailsa Craig and Kelsea. There are probably others but I'm not up to speed on varieties.

Re: World record onion...

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 10:07 pm
by Paquebot
Record onion was Kelsea Giant. Biggest that we have in the US is Ailsa Craig.

Martin

Re: World record onion...

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:24 am
by worth1
Reimer seeds has the onion.
Advertised as getting to 33 inches in diameter.
That should be circumference.
Diameter would be about 10.5 inches.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q ... mqPKOX808M