Walking onions?

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Noell_swfl Fort Myers, FL(Zone 10a) Jun 03, 2006

I was told on onions that grow in a very odd way.. and get top heavy... fall over and replant?

Just wondering if this is right or if anyone has every heard of them?

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Mobi Denver, CO(Zone 6a) Jun 03, 2006

Is this what you mean? The Egyptian walking onion

http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/31430/

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cottonpicker Audubon, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 03, 2006

yep..... been growing them for many years. Planted them once about 20 years ago & they continue to give a good crop every year. Walking onions OR Egyptian onions, same thing... I planted a few bulblets to start and, as you said, they sprout every springtime to give green onions OR scallions , as some folks call'em.....then as weather warms the stalks thicken, become tough to eat & bulblets form on top. Stalks fall over & the bulblets will sprout & take root... OR.. one can harvest the dry bulblets and plant in another location to start a new patch. Good thing to have in the garden if you like onionslike we do! They do NOT, however, form larger mature underground onions.

LarryD

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Noell_swfl Fort Myers, FL(Zone 10a) Jun 03, 2006

I love Onions!!! THank you!!!

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Katlian Carson City, NV(Zone 6b) Jun 03, 2006

You just have to make sure you collect the bulblets as they ripen if you don't want them spreading everywhere. A handful of bulbs 4 years ago has turned our garden into an onion farm! We haven't bought green onions in a long time :)

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cottonpicker Audubon, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 04, 2006

thanks, Katlian... yeeee-hawwww!!!!!! ..... see, noell, what i said IS fact!! I wadn't jus' whistlin' Dixie!!

LarryD

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Noell_swfl Fort Myers, FL(Zone 10a) Jun 05, 2006

lol... now all I have to do is find some!

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