Planting Egyptian walking onions couldn't be simpler! Let us show you how we plant our onion seed sets within our market garden. It really is a set and forget crop, so if you love onions, these perennials are a must for your garden.
It’s important to note that the corresponding season in the northern hemisphere temperate zone is roughly six months different, so September or October.
Hi there from northeast Ohio USA 🇺🇸 Thanks so much for sharing your tips and techniques for growing these beautiful onions! I never tried growing the entire head of bulbuls! Just thought one by one gave them better chance for size. Seeing yours, I will definitely be trialing side by side for next year. 🎉🎉🎉
@@heirloomnaturallyvegetables01 OH MY GOSH ! This is my first harvest each Spring (March for us). Very few days, I cut a big bunch of them just below the soil line and bring in a big harvest, and chop them up. They store many days, ready to use in a mason jar with a small square of folded paper towel on the bottom. The beauty is that Even after a month, I haven’t used 1/3 of this onion bed (there is a second onion bed to wait for bulbuls) and the original onions that were cut are already growing more greens for me. At some point, they multiply at the bottom and I can pull them to use the whole thing, or wait for bulbuls. But if I don’t start harvesting early, those greens eventually get tough and aren’t best for fresh eating. So I can be really aggressive on my harvesting early on. LOVE these onions! Thanks again for your awesome video!
Are there different varietals of Egyptian walking onions? My sister gave me same and they are red, or the outer skin is red. The bulb in the ground also seems to be smaller than yours.
Do the bulbils have to dry before planting them.? I just got some from my friend and they were freshly cut from thr mother plant. Can I plant them now or should let them dry? Thanks.
I'm not sure what part of the world you are in, but here in Australia they naturally dry mid Summer, which is when we harvest, cure and store before replanting the top sets. When left on the plant, they will naturally take root, as indicated in my other videos, however they do need to be mature enough to do so. My suggestion would be to plant them in any case - in my experience plants and seeds just want to grow. I would be careful not to overwater however, given they are freshly cut to ensure they do not rot.
Do you know how to save the little walking onion bulbils for planting the next season? I saved a couple dozen in a paper bag last fall, but now they seem shrunken and overly dry. Will they still grow?
Hi Jeff. We cure our bulbils as we do any onion - hang to dry for a couple of weeks before storing in a cool, dark, airy place until we replant them. We cure both the larger and smaller bulbils for replanting. If the bulbils were really small, they don't tend to store overly well. As you have experienced, they shrivel. If these are the only bulbils you have, and there is still some firmness about them, it would be worth a try. If however, they just crunch into nothing when squeezed, they are probably no good.
So u plant this april 2harvest next april. Our temperatures winter dip into 10° farenheit. Pro ably alot colder then Australia so thmethod here might have 2b dffrnt.
Hi Sergio. We plant late April to late May for a late December to early January harvest. We don't get snow here, but do get heavy frosts. They happily grow in the ground throughout Winter and begin sizing up in Spring.
@@heirloomnaturallyvegetables01 thank you for this response. We get snow and freezing temperatures here in north eastern Canada so wanted to be sure I won't lose them if I plant them now, late September.
