Egyptian Walking Onion

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Red Cups with 5-6 onions each $3 
Mature Plant can grow 24“ (see second photo)
Can be used as an ornamental accent in a flower garden also edible. Greens taste like chives and the large mature bulbs (in the ground) taste like a shallot.

Perennial – Grows back from the main bulb and tiny cluster bulbs at the top of the stems can make more plants.

Plant onion plants as soon as the soil can be worked, before the last frost.
Plant onion plants 1 inch deep, 5 – 6 inches apart, or 2 – 3 inches if you prefer to thin later for green onions or scallions. Water well.
A small plant may need a year to mature enough to flower and develop sets in the following year.

They are called walking onions due to their unique way of replanting themselves; as their heavy top sets fall and then grow into new plants, they literally “walk” across your garden.

I also plant them in a flower garden for the ornamental look of the flower. (see photo by steps)

The bulblets of the Egyptian walking onion can be eaten raw or cooked. They can be pickled or sliced into salads. The smaller onion blades on the plant can be used like chives, but the bulb of the parent plant is tough-skinned and pungent.

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