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March 9, 2008 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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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 |
March 9, 2008 | #2 |
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How about potting them in potting soil until spring thaw?
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March 9, 2008 | #3 |
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Just as Larry said above, pot them up and then plant in the early spring, they will mulitiply like crazy once planted outside.
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March 9, 2008 | #4 |
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I have put them in potting soil and have them setting in a west window. How often would you water them?
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March 9, 2008 | #5 |
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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 |
March 11, 2008 | #6 |
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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.
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July 17, 2008 | #7 |
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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.
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July 17, 2008 | #8 |
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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
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July 17, 2008 | #9 |
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Have you ever planted from the third level bulblits John?
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July 17, 2008 | #10 |
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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
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