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Anyone want walking onions??
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llama momma
Ginger Blue
Goosegirl
audrey.jeanne.roberts
donnainzone5
CapeCoddess
Scorpio Rising
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Judy McConnell
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Anyone want walking onions??
I have a bunch and will send to anyone wanting them. Use my e-mail addie:judytiger@hotmail.com to send your name and address.
Judy McConnell- Posts : 439
Join date : 2012-05-08
Age : 84
Location : Manassas, VA(7a) and Riner, VA (7a)
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
Are they long-day, medium-day, or short-day onions? I have a BTE strip, or I could build a 2' x 2' or use a 12" pot. Would any of those work? What I'm wondering is if my latitude would be good for them. I would hate for you to mail me some (I'll pay postage) and they aren't appropriate for this area.
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
Sanderson - I can find no evidence that walking onions have a long day,medium day nor short day variety. To my knowledge, they will grow and produce in zones 3-9.
More information is here: http://www.egyptianwalkingonion.com/
The thing that I do see is that most "sets" are sent in the fall but really see no reason for not sending them now (except they might cook-LOL).
I put mine in the end of a 4x8 bed and NOW they have taken over about half of the bed.
Sorry can't get the background color removed from the following.
My first sets came from Southern Exposure Seed (in VA) and they say:
Ships in fall. (Allium cepa var. proliferum) Grows well all through North America. The onion to plant if you always want onions. Egyptian Walking Onions grow perennially in beds. The hardy bulbs set bulblets on stalks. Air-bound bulblets will sprout new smaller stalks, which fall over and replant themselves, hence the name Walking. Bulbs can be harvested over the fall and winter. Green onions can be harvested selectively as they grow. Plant them where you intend to have them for a long time, as they are quite hardy. They tend not to yield very much the first year, but after that they will keep you supplied with onions.
More information is here: http://www.egyptianwalkingonion.com/
The thing that I do see is that most "sets" are sent in the fall but really see no reason for not sending them now (except they might cook-LOL).
I put mine in the end of a 4x8 bed and NOW they have taken over about half of the bed.
Sorry can't get the background color removed from the following.
My first sets came from Southern Exposure Seed (in VA) and they say:
Ships in fall. (Allium cepa var. proliferum) Grows well all through North America. The onion to plant if you always want onions. Egyptian Walking Onions grow perennially in beds. The hardy bulbs set bulblets on stalks. Air-bound bulblets will sprout new smaller stalks, which fall over and replant themselves, hence the name Walking. Bulbs can be harvested over the fall and winter. Green onions can be harvested selectively as they grow. Plant them where you intend to have them for a long time, as they are quite hardy. They tend not to yield very much the first year, but after that they will keep you supplied with onions.
Judy McConnell- Posts : 439
Join date : 2012-05-08
Age : 84
Location : Manassas, VA(7a) and Riner, VA (7a)
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
I have some as well, if anyone is interested - you can throw them on the ground anytime you get them and they will survive. They are truly the gift that keeps on giving! If you are worried about them cooking during transit - don't. They are virtually impossible to kill, and as soon as you get them in or on the ground they will send up their first shoots. Even if you end up starting them late, as in snow on the ground late, just toss them where you want them to come up the next spring and they will! Do not be afraid to trim them too close to the ground when harvesting the greens to use as green onions - they will spring right back. After they are established and spreading, you can use the bulblets on the top, the greens, or the larger root bulb (about the size of a shallot). It is all edible.
Goosegirl- Posts : 3424
Join date : 2011-02-16
Age : 59
Location : Zone 4A - NE SD
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
GGirl - we can't get rid of the extras -LOL
Judy McConnell- Posts : 439
Join date : 2012-05-08
Age : 84
Location : Manassas, VA(7a) and Riner, VA (7a)
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
LOL - if only all food plants were that hardy!!!Judy McConnell wrote:GGirl - we can't get rid of the extras -LOL
Goosegirl- Posts : 3424
Join date : 2011-02-16
Age : 59
Location : Zone 4A - NE SD
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
They sound fun! I will take some! I am going to email you, Judy! Hey, GG!
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8844
Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
Between the walking, the chives and the scallions coming back every year I don't know why I even bother planting the potato onions. I haven't tried it yet but I'll bet you that the leeks would come back if we cut them just above the root. That's what the scallions do... multiple times per year.
CC
Edit: Just remembered why I plant onions every year...
To have raw onions during the winter.
CC
Edit: Just remembered why I plant onions every year...
To have raw onions during the winter.
CapeCoddess- Posts : 6811
Join date : 2012-05-20
Age : 68
Location : elbow of the Cape, MA, Zone 6b/7a
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
Now I'm scratching my head about Egyptian walking onion verses potato onion. I have a 2' x 2' bed, currently trellised. I used it for winter squash, this year for 2 tomatoes. It could become a permanent onion bed with one of these. So, Egyptian, with me forcing the top down within the bed, or breaking one apart and planting a couple replacements. Or do they even need replacement. Does the originally planted bulb keep producing? Dang, I want to try them.
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
Last fall, I visited a friend who formerly managed a community garden. We visited his plot to harvest the remnants of his vegetables.
He offered me some "garlic." I took a look and sniff and immediately determined that it was Egyptian Walking Onion.
I plopped them into my garden when I got home, then later transplanted them. They're thriving! BTW, my friend says that his were taking over his plot.
He offered me some "garlic." I took a look and sniff and immediately determined that it was Egyptian Walking Onion.
I plopped them into my garden when I got home, then later transplanted them. They're thriving! BTW, my friend says that his were taking over his plot.
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
I have them - and we still haven't gotten together as planned.... sooooo I think I should hand deliver them to you, lol! Mine have never bulbed up, but I use them as green onions and slice them up. The ones I planted last fall are getting much larger so I'm hoping for more of a bulb even though they are naturally a small bulb.sanderson wrote:Now I'm scratching my head about Egyptian walking onion verses potato onion. I have a 2' x 2' bed, currently trellised. I used it for winter squash, this year for 2 tomatoes. It could become a permanent onion bed with one of these. So, Egyptian, with me forcing the top down within the bed, or breaking one apart and planting a couple replacements. Or do they even need replacement. Does the originally planted bulb keep producing? Dang, I want to try them.
They really, really do spread, so having some measure of containment or simply pulling them up will keep them in control.
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
The largest the bottom bulb ever gets is about the size of a shallot - and that is usually the second year.audrey.jeanne.roberts wrote:I have them - and we still haven't gotten together as planned.... sooooo I think I should hand deliver them to you, lol! Mine have never bulbed up, but I use them as green onions and slice them up. The ones I planted last fall are getting much larger so I'm hoping for more of a bulb even though they are naturally a small bulb.sanderson wrote:Now I'm scratching my head about Egyptian walking onion verses potato onion. I have a 2' x 2' bed, currently trellised. I used it for winter squash, this year for 2 tomatoes. It could become a permanent onion bed with one of these. So, Egyptian, with me forcing the top down within the bed, or breaking one apart and planting a couple replacements. Or do they even need replacement. Does the originally planted bulb keep producing? Dang, I want to try them.
They really, really do spread, so having some measure of containment or simply pulling them up will keep them in control.
As to your control methods - I have never found any to be completely successful!
Goosegirl- Posts : 3424
Join date : 2011-02-16
Age : 59
Location : Zone 4A - NE SD
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
Where I intend on putting them is in the actual ground, not very good soil....still will grow? South side of my house.
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8844
Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
Ooopps - my e-mail should be judytiger2@hotmail.com
No wonder it didn't work!
No wonder it didn't work!
Judy McConnell- Posts : 439
Join date : 2012-05-08
Age : 84
Location : Manassas, VA(7a) and Riner, VA (7a)
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
Scorpio Rising wrote:Where I intend on putting them is in the actual ground, not very good soil....still will grow? South side of my house.
Absolutely! I put mine in Builder's sand, with decayed leaves that naturally fall into it, hoping to keep them contained. It took awhile for them to take off but this year, their third year, they're doing beautifully!
CC
CapeCoddess- Posts : 6811
Join date : 2012-05-20
Age : 68
Location : elbow of the Cape, MA, Zone 6b/7a
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
donnainzone5 wrote:Last fall, I visited a friend who formerly managed a community garden. We visited his plot to harvest the remnants of his vegetables.
He offered me some "garlic." I took a look and sniff and immediately determined that it was Egyptian Walking Onion.
I plopped them into my garden when I got home, then later transplanted them. They're thriving! BTW, my friend says that his were taking over his plot.
One of the guys with a plot at our local community garden throws his onions bubils over the fence. The resulting plants are absolutely beautiful and they are spreading though the whole field.
That's how I started most of my walkers, by throwing bubils in the sand.
CapeCoddess- Posts : 6811
Join date : 2012-05-20
Age : 68
Location : elbow of the Cape, MA, Zone 6b/7a
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
So to harvest do you just pull the whole plant like you do with other onions? How do they multiply?
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8844
Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
No, you harvest the stems/leaves, and the flowers if you want. The only ones you would pull up are extras. The ones that stay in the ground will eventually form a big flower and bubils on the top, sometimes more than one. The tops get so heavy the stem eventually bends over and the bubils hit the ground and start a new plant. That's how they walk all over the garden.
Or you can harvest the bubils yourself and plant them wherever you want... Or eat them.
Or you can harvest the bubils yourself and plant them wherever you want... Or eat them.
CapeCoddess- Posts : 6811
Join date : 2012-05-20
Age : 68
Location : elbow of the Cape, MA, Zone 6b/7a
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
CapeCoddess wrote:No, you harvest the stems/leaves, and the flowers if you want. The only ones you would pull up are extras. The ones that stay in the ground will eventually form a big flower and bubils on the top, sometimes more than one. The tops get so heavy the stem eventually bends over and the bubils hit the ground and start a new plant. That's how they walk all over the garden.
Or you can harvest the bubils yourself and plant them wherever you want... Or eat them.
OK, thanks CC
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8844
Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
Got 'em! Thanks Judy! I owe you some S&H! In good shape. Spacing?
Will be in dirt. Not amended. Just good old dirt. South side of house, brick. Thoughts?
Will be in dirt. Not amended. Just good old dirt. South side of house, brick. Thoughts?
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8844
Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
CapeCoddess wrote:No, you harvest the stems/leaves, and the flowers if you want. The only ones you would pull up are extras. The ones that stay in the ground will eventually form a big flower and bubils on the top, sometimes more than one. The tops get so heavy the stem eventually bends over and the bubils hit the ground and start a new plant. That's how they walk all over the garden.
Or you can harvest the bubils yourself and plant them wherever you want... Or eat them.
Hence, the name! Thanks, CC
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8844
Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
Thank you Judy, I received the topsets yesterday. I'm excited to try these; is it a good time to plant them, or do I need to wait for cooler temps?
Ginger Blue- Posts : 281
Join date : 2016-06-02
Location : New Hampshire, Zone 4
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
I planted mine this past weekend...hope that is OK!
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8844
Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
Once I heard how hardy they were I took the Egyptian onions out of the sfg box and put them in the lawn near the sfg boxes. They took off even after my husband ran over it all with the riding mower. Twice. Hardy is an understatement with these plants!
llama momma
Certified SFG Instructor- Posts : 4914
Join date : 2010-08-20
Location : Central Ohio zone 6a
Re: Anyone want walking onions??
Ginger Blue wrote:Thank you Judy, I received the topsets yesterday. I'm excited to try these; is it a good time to plant them, or do I need to wait for cooler temps?
Plant them anytime. They are wild and crazy.
CapeCoddess- Posts : 6811
Join date : 2012-05-20
Age : 68
Location : elbow of the Cape, MA, Zone 6b/7a
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