Description: 10 bulbils from my walking onion plants. I grow everything organically -- no pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Just wood chips and compost, and I occasionally bother to water them. (Maybe once a month. I could probably get away with not watering them at all, though, and we don't get rain in summer.) I got my original plants from my neighbor's patch of walking onions, which are also grown organically. Walking onions are sterile and don't set seeds. So bulbils are what you plant to start a new patch. I live in Provo, Utah. Zone 7b. Walking onions are perennial evergreens for me. In summer, they make bulbils; in winter, the bulbils are lying on the ground making new plants. In my experience, you can plant bulbils any time of year, and they'll do just fine. They seem to be both drought tolerant and shade tolerant. My neighbor's patch is in full sun and gets a fair amount of water; mine is in full shade and gets very little water. Both patches seem equally happy (although hers grows faster). Leaves are always available to eat, and taste exactly like green onions. Bulbils are available through the warmer six months of the year, and taste exactly like onion bulbs. You can dig up the bulbs to eat any time of the year -- after a few years, they get as big as regular onions -- but I prefer to leave mine in the ground so they'll keep making new leaves and bulbils for me. My climate is wet in the winter and dry in the summer. I mostly just ignore the walking onions, and they take care of themselves. In my climate, they seem to be an excellent food source that is always available and easy to ignore except when you want to eat it.
Price: 15 USD
Location: Provo, Utah
End Time: 2024-10-17T15:04:00.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Unbranded
Life Cycle: Perennial
Type: NA
Common Name: Walking onion
Features: Edible, Food
