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Walking onions - Proserpina - 23-05-2020
Thought you might like to see the progression of my walking onions over the past few weeks, because they are just such fun
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They will do better in a nice big bed veg bed where they can spread in all directions, but are ticking over fairly well in a pot for now.
RE: Walking onions - Veggie - 23-05-2020
Great photos!!
If you grow some Runner beans they could have a race!
RE: Walking onions - Bren - 23-05-2020
Mine are just a bit behind yours, they're just starting to bulb up.
RE: Walking onions - Broadway - 23-05-2020
Are these different to Welsh Onions?
RE: Walking onions - Proserpina - 23-05-2020
(23-05-2020, 08:22 PM)Broadway Wrote: Are these different to Welsh Onions?
I think so, but I'm no expert. My Welsh onion seeds are described as bunching onions, though I haven't had a lot of success with those. As far as I'm aware, they aren't top-setting onions like these.
RE: Walking onions - Veggie - 23-05-2020
Yes, they are different, Danny.
Walking onions form bulbils at the top, the stalks flop over and the bulbils will grow, where they land, some distance from the parent plant.
Welsh onions form flowering seed heads - they're not wanderers but scatterers.
RE: Walking onions - Mamzie - 23-05-2020
these are fab - I have some supposedly Japanese walking onions growing in pots from a seed day in February. Did wonder what they would look like x
RE: Walking onions - SarrissUK - 24-05-2020
So cool! It's an onion growing in a way you couldn't make it up!
RE: Walking onions - Can the Man - 24-05-2020
I’ve never heard of walking onions, have they an official name ?,
RE: Walking onions - JJB - 24-05-2020
What bit do you eat?