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Old March 9, 2008   #1
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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.


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Old March 9, 2008   #2
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How about potting them in potting soil until spring thaw?

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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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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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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.

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Old March 11, 2008   #6
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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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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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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.

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Have you ever planted from the third level bulblits John?

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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.

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