Egyptian Walking Onion help
 

I received some Egyptian Walking Onion bulbs in a trade, however I was expecting them to be dry bulbs. What I received appears to be something like a oversized green onion bulbs with roots and a 3" stem, like you would buy in a store.

How should I plant and care for them? There is still 2 feet of snow here. I only have an west side window with sun.


Any ideas?


thanks,
Dean

How about potting them in potting soil until spring thaw?

LarryD

Just as Larry said above, pot them up and then plant in the early spring, they will mulitiply like crazy once planted outside.
Alberta

I have put them in potting soil and have them setting in a west window. How often would you water them?

Dean

I'd water them sparingly-not too often.

A friend pots some for gifts for people to grow and snip as green onions.

In our January thaw, I planted some bulbils here and there outside. I expect they'll be up in the spring. It's worked before.

john et

Egyptian Walking Onions
 

These onions are about the hardiest thing going. I bet they could be planted any time one can work the soil and they'll survive. I have some in my garden. They got eaten down by my ducks a couple of times before winter set in. They sat out, practically on the surface of the ground, and now that we're seeing signs of spring, they're growing again.

George

I have grown these for the last 20 years and i find if you plant the largest of the aerial bulblits in late summer by winter they can be up to 20cm-8in tall, then late summer i harvest the ground crop and at the same time i replant the following years bulblits.Or the last 20 years i have increased the size of the harvested onions to about the size of billiard ball.The family likes them as are a more milder.

The bulbils I planted in January came up and are doing fine. My Catawissas can have a third level of bulbils or florets.

I have lots of fun with these.

john et

Have you ever planted from the third level bulblits John?

Richard

Hi, Richard.

No, I haven't planted from a third level bulbil. I just manage to have a large clump of Catawissas from year to year to look at.

john