"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 5 Jul 2014 12:17:35 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> >
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>> > "sf" > wrote in message
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>> >> On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 18:36:24 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> >> > wrote:
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>> >>> I can grow them here but I grew them from sets not seeds.
>> >>
>> >> I don't know anyone who grows onions from seed, it's always a "set"
>> >> (baby onion).
>> >>
>> >>> I do see that the
>> >>> seeds are available. The one year that I tried to grow them, we had
>> >>> unseasonably high temps for a couple of days and that was enough for
>> >>> them to
>> >>> bolt and flower. They have beautiful flowers.
>> >>
>> >> I bet they are. Slightly off topic, one of my neighbors has artichoke
>> >> plants (open to anyone who drives down the easement) that they ignore
>> >> every year. I was sorely tempted to do a midnight raid (knowing they
>> >> wouldn't notice), but I resisted the urge.
>> >
>> > Why not just ask if you can have some?
>>
>> I meant to add, if they do allow you to have some, you could give them a
>> small gift to say thank you and I guarantee you will be allowed to have
>> them
>> every year hereafter
>
> Last year I made a comment to the effect of "are you planning to dry
> the flowers", to which the reply was "no, we'll harvest them next
> weekend" - which didn't happen.

But you could ask if you may have some?

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