I've seen other videos about Egyptian walking onions , but , your visualisation of the actual plant is the best video by far !!!! I really "liked" your close up pictures of the whole plant !!!! Thank you very much !!!! I never knew how tasty onions are until I started eating the green onion shoots !!!! I also will appreciate recipes you may share !!!!
Thank you so much my friend! I use these in everything. I still have a few bags of sliced up walking onions in my freezer, from when I pulled 100 onions out! By far, easiest onions to grow!
Thank you….thank you ….for this very informative video ! My cousin just gave me some…but I had no idea how to maintain them and the many uses for them! Happy gardening!
My wife's grandmother gave me a start of these. She called them "Tree Onions". They come back every year, regardless of cold or heat. They successfully compete against native grasses and weeds. I'm so happy she gave me a start of them over 10 years ago.
Tree Onions! What a great name. I looked it up, Egyptian Walking Onions are also called "Tree Onions, Egyptian Tree Onions, Top Onions, Topset Onions, Winter Onions, or Perennial Onions.". So interesting! Thank you for sharing
@@GardeningintheNorth Yes, I enjoy eating them and they are an awesome addition to anybodies home. Have you tried Dietrich's Wild Broccoli Raab? Like those Tree Onions, they are a hardy perennial that competes against native grasses and weeds. Survives extreme cold and heat. I got my seed from Experimental Farm Network under the heading Naturalizers.
I need to check my seeds. That sounds very familiar to me. Last year when we bought the new property, I went on a search for perennial plants to plant at the new place and this sounds so familiar 😊
Having said that, you are the second person in the past couple of days to mention that site. So… I know what I’m doing tomorrow while I have my morning coffee 😀
I tried to subscribe , but , RUclips says I have too many subscriptions !!!! Keep making gardening videos and I'll keep watching !!!! Thank you very much !!!!
Hi! 66 y/o in the Finger Lakes area of NY. Been growing these for about 12 years. I plant the smaller bubles in Nov. and Dec. and harvest spring onions in April - First fresh veggies from the garden every year. I remember my grandfather growing these in the 60's, he always had a glass of water with spring onions in the fridge to munch on. Nice healthy snack on a hot summer day. Thank you for the great video!
Hi Ken! That’s awesome! I love hearing that people know about these amazing perennial plants. I look forward to them every season. Super high producers that continue to grow all season. I gave away and planted so many of these last year that I almost couldn’t keep up! I will definitely be making pickled onions with them this year. Yum! Happy Gardening my friend 😊
I somehow have these in my western NY garden and have no idea what to do with them… now I’m delighted to have them! (They just appeared idk where they came from!)
Thank you for this video. My mom has this exact onion in a flower bed and had no clue what type it was. They’re making those bulbs. Now I know how to get a new onion bed going.
Egyptian Walking Onions have also been called "Tree Onions, Egyptian Tree Onions, Top Onions, Topset Onions, Winter Onions, or Perennial Onions.". Thank you for sharing
Excellent video. I got them many years ago from an old rural farmer, I mostly boil them these days but they are an amazing edition to the garden. I thank you for the video because it saves me a ton of time trying to describe all the attributes of this wonderful plant. Thank you.
Well presented video I really enjoyed it and took away a lot from it thank you. Hope u have a happy day gday from Australia. Ps can’t wait to start planting
Thank you! Here in Canada we are buying more seeds,,, (even if they aren’t needed) 🤣 and planning what to plant under our grow lights in the new year. I too can’t wait to start planting! It’s such a great thing to look forward to. Happy Gardening my friend 😊
Arrived here following looking at an IG lady`s scallions that appear similar to my Welsh onions. Then you popped up with walking onions of the Egyptian kind. I wish some could walk themselves over the sea to Blighty :) Nice plants in your fine garden!
Thank you! I did some digging and I found that your welsh onion are similar to my Egyptian walking onions with the exception of size and the fact that Egyptian Walking Onions will fall over and root more onions. Happy Gardening 😊
I ❤LOVE ❤ these onions!!! I’m trying to grow more and more each year! I do enjoy eating the big bulbs. And eventually realized that they also eventually multiply at the base. Live your vid! And your excitement! Can’t say enough good things about them.
Mine arrived a week ago from ETSY. I'm a beginner gardener, so I'm hoping I'll have some success with these 6 walking onions. They came with the stalk, bulb and roots and I have all 6 of them in a pot. I have them in the shade right now, but I think I should move them to my porch for a little more sun.
@@DandLwelcomehome yes. They are tough little buggers. Don’t be afraid to plant them in the ground. What growing zone are you? I’m zone 6 (northeast Ohio) with some cold winters. They do great. The ones I’ll plants this week will come up and look real happy and then the greens disappear with the freezing winter. In the Spring these are my first harvest. I started out with a little handful of bulbuls ( the tiny top sets) and I let those grow till the following year when they made top sets. I divided and planted those top sets and left the mother onions in the ground. At some point, each mother became a cluster of 3 to 5 onions down at the base. That Fall, I divided the mother clusters and increased the main bed of onions. After that, I started planting the top sets for green onions. They are hot-ish, but have a great flavor. This year, I started using a few of the bigger bulbs. They never get big like a cooking onion, but they are so tasty and I prefer them. Enjoy your onions!! You’ll have them forever if you keep dividing and planting.
@@carolschedler3832 I'm in Southern California zone 10a. I can't wait to taste and cook with my onions. Everybody highly recommends having them, I guess for good reason. Once they take, I'll probably have the courage to buy some more and plant them on the ground. But I have a lot of critters (Raccoons, skunks, possums, small rats, squirrels and the ones that go underground can't remember the name). So much to do, but I'm excited for the adventure and the good eats...yum, yum:)
Thank you!! I pulled close to a 100 of these out of the ground and sliced up all the actual onion bulbs and froze them. Replanted with the little onions for next year. 😊. I seriously do nothing with these and they always continue to grow!
@@DandLwelcomehome I have all of those pests except the rat. We also have wild turkey and deer. No animal has bothered these onions except where random digging uprooted them. Yes! I can see why you feel vulnerable with just six! They are very strong plants. If you find that there was some digging, just pop the onion back in the ground and it will likely do fine. My only casualties came from mulching too deeply one winter and killed most of the mother onions, but the numbers are back up now. I can’t wait to have an unending supply!
Do not pull the "mother bulb". Replant the bulbils that will grow at the top. Once established, these things are nearly unkillable. They will come back year after year through floods, droughts native grasses and weeds. The bulbils make good, big green onions. If one takes the bulbils and let grow on cardboard(anything but the ground) and they will grow to a fairly good size to use whole in soups and the like. The stalks are edible for a certain time, afterwards go tough. My wife's grandmother gave me a start over 10 years ago(she called them "Tree Onions") and they just keep reproducing with little input from me.
I just saw them in an online shop, went to your video and might order them. I can grow anything but have no luck with onions. And these ones look wicked!!!
We bought a house a year ago and I've been working in the garden space here. Last summer the area was totally neglected as we were moving but a couple of onions volunteered so I left them thinking I could harvest seed from them. I just realized yesterday that what I thought were flowers were actually clumps of little bulbs. An Internet search showed me that I had a treasure. Thanks for your video! The only question I have is, "How deep should you plant the little bulbs?" We're in zone 5
That is AWESOME!!! I usually plant 3/4 to an inch, but have planted deeper as well as just covering them and all have grown. I’m so happy for your treasure 😊
@@GardeningintheNorth Thank you! My husband thinks I'm a little daft but I was really tickled to find these right here in my garden. Three sisters and my son all want starts. Looks like we'll be propagating a lot of onions!
I propagated over 100 last year! As long as the onions are standing tall you can leave the little onion bulbs to grow more onion bulbs which will give you more onions to share 😊
Im the happiest guy on earth!!! i got my bulbs today!!! I tried to get some last year but it was all sold out, i got lucky this year! BTW, if the freezer is full, you can always dice the mini oignons and dry them... Great for soups, sauces you can also hydrate them back and use them in burgers like Mc-Donalds ou White Castle ... You can also shop the greens dry them and grind it into a powder. Thanks, it was a fun video to watch! :)
I LOVE YOUR EXCITEMENT!! Your ideas are bang on. I was using it in soups and drying it. This year I plan on pickling the little onions, so yummy! Mine have already started to grow. Some are almost a foot tall!! 😊
You are not the first to mention that “winter onions” is another name for these onions! 30+ years! You must have so many. I actually pulled a lot of mine this year for the actual onion bulb and replanted with the little bulbils. I sliced and froze over 10 pounds!
Yes I have several areas with them, I plant the bulbs are big enough and have table onions in the fall and again in spring. Thanks for the information!
The tremendous wealth of knowledge you have in gardening is amazing. A great source of info to everyone thanks for the time. Ok now i love how you say the word OUT. So next video when you say out it should hit you and smile about it. lol
Not a huge onion guy but I do enjoy adding alittle to dishes... love no hassle perennials... so iv been looking for these forever. I kept missing the harvest seasons but I just obtained 25 bulbs of the red variety and 1 live plant of the white variety. Just planted 5 bulbs around a dead tree stump. Gonna be a cool next couple of years (aside from the SHTF that's currently dumping on us)
So easy. They kinda look after themselves and you just have to pick them. So many uses for this plant. Saves you time planting. Love these onions. Always a pleasure Sherry. Great video
Great work! I’m in my second year of establishing a patch of walking onions and I’m so excited for this life changing plant, just started cooking with it over the last few days. I’m surprised you’ve never seen yours flower, as mine certainly do.
Thank you!! Awesome!! Just made soup with mine. Added in potatoes and garlic and made a version of leek soup, yum!! I have always pulled the mini onions off and have pickled, eaten or replanted! 😊
@@GardeningintheNorth ya I certainly couldn’t see the point of trying to grow them from seed, but I wonder how much hybridization has been done with this plant. As I understand it, it’s an outcrossing of welsh onions originally
@@expatatat Mine has never produced seed. It produces little bulbs at the top of the stalk. Maybe you do not have these onions, which my wife's grandmother called "Tree Onions". I received a start of mine over 10 years ago and this spring, they are back to producing.
@@gregzeigler3850 no mine are for sure topsetting onions, with the clusters of bulbs and all. I’m not sure what gets them to produce their nondescript flowers, which are east to miss amongst the bulbils, but there’s no such things as an angiosperm that doesn’t flower and produce seeds.
@@expatatat Interesting. Mine has never flowered. It has produced many small bulbs, some of which put out small green stalks before hitting the ground and replanting. These smaller bulbs can be replanted elsewhere, left alone to replant itself or eaten. Generally, I replant mine in the late summer, early fall for green onions next spring or summer(bigger than any you'll be able to buy in the store). In any rate, it is an awesome plant, withstanding the cold Ohio winters and droughts do not hamper it. They won't store for the winter, though, except in the ground outside.
I was asking around for these the other day. Didn't realise you could use as a spring onion. In your next vid, you could maybe talk about the plant that is over your shoulder. Looks an interesting plant.
Do not pull the "mother bulb". Replant the bulbils that will grow at the top. These become your spring onions(what we call "green onions" around here). Once established, these things are nearly unkillable. They will come back year after year through floods, droughts, native grasses and weeds. The bulbils make good, big green onions. If one takes the bulbils and let grow on cardboard(anything but the ground) and they will grow to a fairly good size to use whole in soups and the like. The stalks are edible for a certain time, afterwards go tough. My wife's grandmother gave me a start over 10 years ago(she called them "Tree Onions") and they just keep reproducing with little input from me.
We’ve grown these and another walking onion since maybe 1950’s. We love them and they are so cool but I was under the weather for awhile and they begin to take over. Took awhile to get them under control.
They are similar in size, but pearl onions re sweeter. BUT, if you have Egyptian Walking Onions, then you have free onions and that always tastes better 😁
Such a great video. So thorough. I have been wanting to get these for a long time and everywhere was sold out. Apparently, Etsy is great for finding stuff like this and I got my order today. Excited to get these planted right away. We are going to transplant these into our food forest.
Thank you ❤️ I’m so glad you found some, they will be a great addition to your food forest. I planted roughly a 100 more last summer and gave away just as many, because I didn’t want the bulbs to go to waste! Happy Gardening
lol i got mines today! i tried to get some last year, but like you said, it's all sold out! and Etsy shipping fees to Canada are 160$ in one shop, while others charges were 258$ !!! Do they send the bulbs in a private shopper with a limousine waiting waiting on them at the airport? Finally i got mines from a local grower at the price of 10 bulbs for 5$. I got 30 hoping to multiply them so i can give away to family and friends so they can do so and so on... I dicovered these oignons last year and i felt sad not knowing about them before. I consider these oignons as a must have in every garden. EDIT: i read the video description after i finished typing this message and it said: a must have for every garden!!! WOW!!! it's a sign!!! OMG OMG OMG im excited! lol wish me good luck! ;p
@@moonscoop123 it sounds like you got a great deal on the price! So far, mine are growing well in the containers and I hope to plant them out in the next couple of days in the food forest. I hope they grow well for you.
@@holisticheritagehomestead Good to know! thanks, so far everyone i spoke with, told me the same thing, they grow well and easy to manage. You got yours like 2 weeks ago and ready to be moved out of containers?! ... nice! Enjoy your experience :)
@@moonscoop123 I am EXCITED for you!! There are so many ways to use this onion and now that you have them, you can grow more and share with friends and family! Happy Gardening 😊
Hi Sherri! Hooray for this!!! I have a few walking onions but I mostly just used the greens in early spring. As I watch this video, I am scoping out a spot to grow a good amount of these. I really want to pickle them. I like to make them into veggie broth as well when the stalks get hard. Thanks a million. 💚
You did an excellent job!! Just getting ready to take some to my son's in Ohio and wow, now I don't have to explain...further education for me, too, as I was never totally clear on the process!! This vid is already sent to them. Thank you!! Will sub and check out your other offerings 👍 Maggie in WV
I am near San Francisco. I have them from somebody but I cannot recall who! I guess yours get more water because mine are much smaller. Great information! Thank you 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I have heard that you can harvest the bulb, and replant the tip with the roots and it will re grow. I have never tried this myself (it's my first year growing them), however i do it with spring onions all the time and it works s treat got those 👍👍
YES! I pulled out roughly 100 of them last summer to slice and freeze and replanted the little bulbs in the same place. I ended up with over 10 pounds of sliced onions in my freezer!
LOL 😁❤️ Yes Sherri! So sorry, I was thinking the OP, Georgie, had minimal onions. And if she’s going to cut the tip and replant it, she may as well leave the tip in the ground. I finally had enough last year to pull a couple dozen and use the whole onion. I started out about 5 years ago with a handful of bulbils and shared them. After a couple years I had a nice patch and then lost them when we wintered them with too deep of mulch. I got them going again because my brother had a good patch going (from the little bit I had shared with him). So my remaining onions are in a perennial patch and a daily-use patch. Wow are we enjoying these as spring onions! And I’m still cutting at the base so they’ll reproduce. Every year, I think “next year, I’ll have a large enough patch”. I’m so glad the deer don’t bother them, because I’m able to have some outside of the precious fenced area.
Good morning Carol, my apologies my friend, the way comments come up for me on my cell don’t show that folks are replying to a previous comment or making a new comment. Your advice for that situation is spot on! Thank you for taking the time to comment. Your onion story about sharing onions with your brother is awesome. I love that you shared with him and then needed him to share with you. Happy gardening 🙂
Great video! I lucked out by buying a couple two years ago. The lucky part was I had no idea about their marvellous life cycle. You're the first I've come across to give a clear and straight forward explanation. Now I know the strange bulbs they're now producing can be planted straight the ground... and eat them too! LoL! I left them in the ground last fall as they never got big enough to eat. I also wanted at least one to flower so I could collect seed. So in early July I clipped off the young 'flower' of one of the two, hoping that bulb would grow larger for eating and I could collect seed off the other. The clipped one didn't get very big, but was delicious fresh and cooked... and loved that the bulbs were like a multiplier, a good pickling onion that grows in bunches. For the last month I've been very puzzled by the bulbs growing in place of a flower on the unclipped one. Now I know! And it's name makes so much sense... thanks a bunch (of delicious Egyptian Walking Onions)!!
THANK YOU! I love hearing that other people are growing these onions! These seriously, hands down are the best thing I ever added to my garden. In the spring, I use them as chives and add them to everything, soups, wraps, baked potatoes. As the stalk grows stronger to hold the mini onions, I wait patiently…. 🤣 this year I pickled them!!!! You absolutely need to watch that video. We have been adding them to our salads, 😋 last week I noticed that I still had a ton of the mini onions…. I think I have close to 200 plants and each one can produce 5-10 mini onions, soooo I pulled roughly 100 of them completely out and then replanted them for next year. I removed the stalks and roots and sliced them up with my food processor and was able to freeze 11 pounds of diced onions!!! I’m rethinking ho many storing onions I plant now. Happy Gardening my friend 😊
If you cut the greens to eat, while they are growing, as you can do with chives, would this completely prevent it from growing the baby bulbs on top? Or is there an actual stem, that look different from the greens, that grow the baby bulbs, that I must avoid cutting?
Hello! When I take cuttings of the greens, I only take a few from each plant. I never take them all. If you grow a good patch of them, you will never need to take the all. 🙂
My friends and I in Bulgaria have a question - we all enjoy the walking onions but this year our plants have gone to seed - instead of producing little bulbs at the top, we have regular allium flowers and seeds forming. Any thoughts?
Hello! Have all of the plants gone to seed or just some? If you have some of the tiny onions, then you can pull the ones that have flowered to use the bulb and throw a small onion in the hole. I usually pull the onions every 2 years to use the bulbs (I slice them and freeze them in small bags). But I always replant them.
I'm also in the North, and wondering how to save the little 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 (like an old onion). Will they still grow?
Hello, sorry for not responding! Unfortunately you may not have much luck with them. However, if don’t plant them you definitely won’t, so plant them anyway and cover your bases by get a few more healthy ones when you can. Happy Gardening
Should be called Everlasting onion. I’ve just learned about these and have been into gardening/allotments for years. I’ll be the first on my allotment with them. Malabar spinach is another cool plant.. any other suggestions of perennials vegetables ? Please
I completely agree with you. This is most likely my favourite plant I grow! I have grown Malabar spinach before. In some zones, it is also a perennial. Here where I live, it can get pretty cold and isn’t considered a perennial, however, one year I had a bit come back, but the following year, nothing ☹️. Others that I love are Asparagus, Rhubarb and Mint. Have you tried growing mushrooms, sorel and perennial kale?
Hello! In the spring, I will send you some for free, if you pay for the postage. Send me an email or fb message with your address and I will make sure we connect. ♥️
They were gifted to me and I have been growing and planting more each year. Are you in Canada? If so, I could send you some in the spring if you don’t mind paying postage.
Wow! That was really interesting. I'll have to try and find a U.S. seller. We are in St. Lawrence County NY and I know that there is no one locally. Thanks for sharing your knowledge about this type of onion. Take care!
As someone commented below you do indeed get flowers on the bulbet stalks if you leave them on the main stalk and let them grow and mature. SO: original bulb>main stalk>bulbet>bulbet stalk>bulbet flowers>seeds.... I think I got some seeds from them this fall but haven't planted them yet to see if they sprout. I have a question, if you leave the original bulb in place will it regrow the next year in the same spot? Thanks
Yes, it will grow in the exact spot every year. Mine only produced a couple flowers this year, on the 3rd year onions, the rest were the mini onions. 😊 🧅
Yes. And if you leave it in place it will also multiply at the root, giving you three or more onions in that same spot, just like where Sherri pulled three at the same time.
I just harvested about 20lbs of the stalks. ( replanted the bulbetts) I am dehydrating the stalks to use in making soup stocks and will make a green onion powder.
Ha! I ordered some bulbils, planted them. Got nothing. The next year, I ordered bulbils again, as soon as I got them I threw them into the ground and nothing grew. ~sigh~ Easy to grow? LOL Finally last Summer, third attempt (groan) I got a few live plants. I planted them and was super surprised to see less than a month later, I had like 8 new little chutes coming out of the ground around each one I'd planted. they just..... made new plants from under the ground!? Cool. I got to taste the tender greens and they are delicious. I didn't touch too many of them and look SO fwd to seeing what comes up this Spring/Summer/Fall!!!!! Also, hi!!!! from a fellow Northerner!
That’s awesome news! I’m surprised they did grow for you on the 1st two attempts. I wonder if they were dry. Once they dry out, they are no good. I replanted 100 of them last summer!! Happy Gardening my friend
@@GardeningintheNorth Oh I forgot to mention, I had watched a video from a guy, something like "Egyptian Walking Onions are overrated" and I almost didn't bother trying again to get them growing. But then I clicked away from his video and onto yours and was like "YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! I need them!" LOL TY for your enthusiasm.
I haven’t met anyone who didn’t love these onions. They grow before your regular onions, how could you not love the idea of a hands off onion that is a heavy producer! 😁. Thank you!
I have a question on using the green tops. I believe someone on another channel said you can harvest the outside greens, being careful not to disturb the main shoot which gets the bulblets. Is this true in your opinion? I don't want to harm my first year plants.
I’m not sure I have heard this before, but it makes sense. I have always taken the stalks / greens on the outside mainly because they are newer and more tender. As the plant matures they tend to get hard and tough. Take all the mini bulbs and plant them this year. You will have so many, it won’t matter which stalks you take. I hope this helps. 😊
Great video and details about the walking onion! I’m lucky because someone gave me one at a plant swap. I found this video to find out more about them. Thanks!
Our tops remained through to the spring but were partially decomposed and mushy. I think I will try cutting back in the fall to try to encourage new fresh growth only in the spring. @@GardeningintheNorth
That’s interesting. Mine have always turned brown and “straw” like. Similar to the hosts plants. Are yours in full sun? Mine were and maybe that’s why mine never went mushy. It will be interesting to see what happens here at our new house.
Hi, I'm a new subie, I also live in the North, actually I'm in NW Mountains of Me, was curious as to where abouts north you are? I haven't found many gardeners in my area, so I just am curious, for growing purposes, I noticed you have so many different varieties of vegetables.
Hello! I try to push the limits on everything! If something doesn't grow, no problem, I try something else, lol. I'm roughly 1.5 north east of Toronto, Ontario Canada. Growing zone 5b. Happy Gardening 🙂
I just got mine from ETSY. 6 in total, with the stalk, bulb and roots on them. I've planted them in a pot. How much sun should they get? (I'm a beginner and learning along the way. Thank you on your explanation on these wonderful onions)
Awesome! My experience has been that each Egyptian Walking onion will produce roughly 5-10 bulbils, so if you only get 5, you will have 30 new plants from your original 6, at a minimum! 😊
I'd never heard of walking onions until last year so I had no idea what to expect until I found your video. Earlier this year I started a bed of walking onions. When the bulbets appeared MOH cut them off to replant (only they didn't grow, but that's another story). The original onions were left in place. Apart from greenery they have done nothing. Will they eventually produce more baby onions or do I dig them up and start again? Thanks for any advice
Dry bulbils are not usually viable. You have 2 options, plant and see what happens, they may grow, or return them. Are you located in Canada? I can look at my plants and see if there are any bulbils I could send you if you don’t mind paying the postage.
@@GardeningintheNorth I planted them and am going to see if they come up. If I didn’t live in the states, I’d take you up on the offer, but thank you nonetheless. I have visited Canada several times and enjoyed myself very much. You have a great country. Thank you for the reply and have a great day!
I’m not sure what the weather is like in Georgia. Here in Ontario Canada, we can’t plant any onions until mid April / end of April. We still have snow here 😬. I love that you planted these, you will not regret them 😊
Hi there hope you are having a good season so far. We have started a permaculture market garden here in Calabogie, Ont. and I am wondering if you have a source for a supplier for these walking onions? I am having a hard time trying to find them. Thanks
I'm in Durham Region Ontario and just started with these. If you were closer you could have some of my little bulbs! I just planted an onion from my CSA farm share last year and it came up this year. Had no idea why it looked so weird, so had to look it up. It's making lots of bulbs this year 😊
@@anne-mariemulders6596 I go by Dunrobin lots. I could pick some up if you are willing to part with them. I could trade you something for them also if you like.
@@GardeningintheNorth I would love to try some of these. I can trade something for them or buy them from you if you would like. I have lots of garlic i could send you some seed in return when it is ready.
Thanks for the info. I can’t wait to try these. I used Garlic bulbils in my omelette last year & loved them. I think I’d like these bulbils too. Ps. Please get your moles checked out on the underside of your arm. I had a similar one that turned out to be a melanoma. Surgically removed & all good now.
Thank you for your thoughtful and kind words. I am sorry to hear that you ended up with melanoma, but glad you are good now. I have 2 family members who have had melanoma. I’m currently using a cream on a few spots on my face that they call pre cancer. Gone untreated they could become cancer. I haven’t had the spots on my arm checked in a while, thank you for the reminder 😊
Great video :), thank you. The stalks after the baby onion comes is kinda tough, even after putting in soup, or saute them......, Can i make an onion powder with that, or is it still too fiberous? Our do I just need to harvest earlier?
Thank you!! Agreed, they can get tough. I try to harvest before they get tough for cooking. I made onion powder last year, but again it was before they got too tough. 🙂
When are the bulbils ready to pick and plant? Will early, very small ones grow if you plant them? And do they have to be planted immediately, or will they grow if they are separated from the plant for a few weeks?
Hello, mine usually start to produce the bulbils at the end of June or early July. Yes, they will grow even from a small one, however if they are picked and not planted and they dry out, they are no longer good to plant. 🙂
Hi Joanne! I’m not actually sure, but I would happily send you some if you don’t mind paying the postage? It obviously wouldn’t be until some time in May, but you would still be able to plant them and get something this year. Send me your address either by email on my about page, or a message on face book messenger.
I was originally given some from my brother in law. Since then I have been increasing mine and sharing when I can. My dad might still have a few I can get for you. Let me know and I will check with him. I could mail them to you and you could etransfer me the cost of the postage. You can send me a private message with your address. My email is in the about section of RUclips or you can send me a message on Facebook.
@@GardeningintheNorth Thats so sweet of you! I literally just messaged someone on a Facebook group to go get some. That’s so nice of you to offer, I love your videos and much appreciate the Canadian representation! :)
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I've seen other videos about Egyptian walking onions , but , your visualisation of the actual plant is the best video by far !!!! I really "liked" your close up pictures of the whole plant !!!! Thank you very much !!!! I never knew how tasty onions are until I started eating the green onion shoots !!!! I also will appreciate recipes you may share !!!!
Thank you so much my friend! I use these in everything. I still have a few bags of sliced up walking onions in my freezer, from when I pulled 100 onions out! By far, easiest onions to grow!
Thank you….thank you ….for this very informative video ! My cousin just gave me some…but I had no idea how to maintain them and the many uses for them! Happy gardening!
It’s the plant to the left that got me lol
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My wife's grandmother gave me a start of these. She called them "Tree Onions". They come back every year, regardless of cold or heat. They successfully compete against native grasses and weeds. I'm so happy she gave me a start of them over 10 years ago.
Tree Onions! What a great name. I looked it up, Egyptian Walking Onions are also called "Tree Onions, Egyptian Tree Onions, Top Onions, Topset Onions, Winter Onions, or Perennial Onions.". So interesting! Thank you for sharing
@@GardeningintheNorth Yes, I enjoy eating them and they are an awesome addition to anybodies home. Have you tried Dietrich's Wild Broccoli Raab? Like those Tree Onions, they are a hardy perennial that competes against native grasses and weeds. Survives extreme cold and heat. I got my seed from Experimental Farm Network under the heading Naturalizers.
I need to check my seeds. That sounds very familiar to me. Last year when we bought the new property, I went on a search for perennial plants to plant at the new place and this sounds so familiar 😊
Having said that, you are the second person in the past couple of days to mention that site. So… I know what I’m doing tomorrow while I have my morning coffee 😀
I tried to subscribe , but , RUclips says I have too many subscriptions !!!! Keep making gardening videos and I'll keep watching !!!! Thank you very much !!!!
Thank you 😊
Nice plant behind your shoulder! I have walking onions whose lineage goes back to my Grandma, I'm 68.
That's amazing. I hope my future family will enjoy the effort I'm putting into my garden too🙂❤️
Hi! 66 y/o in the Finger Lakes area of NY. Been growing these for about 12 years. I plant the smaller bubles in Nov. and Dec. and harvest spring onions in April - First fresh veggies from the garden every year. I remember my grandfather growing these in the 60's, he always had a glass of water with spring onions in the fridge to munch on. Nice healthy snack on a hot summer day. Thank you for the great video!
Hi Ken! That’s awesome! I love hearing that people know about these amazing perennial plants. I look forward to them every season. Super high producers that continue to grow all season. I gave away and planted so many of these last year that I almost couldn’t keep up! I will definitely be making pickled onions with them this year. Yum! Happy Gardening my friend 😊
I somehow have these in my western NY garden and have no idea what to do with them… now I’m delighted to have them! (They just appeared idk where they came from!)
Harvesting my endless onions for the first time! Thanks for the tips!!!
You are so welcome! Enjoy them 🙂
I watched several videos on walking onions and yours had the most useful info. Good job.
Thank you so much!
I agree
Thank you for this video. My mom has this exact onion in a flower bed and had no clue what type it was. They’re making those bulbs. Now I know how to get a new onion bed going.
Oh that’s awesome news!! I’m so happy for you and your mom 😊❤️
Great video. 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it
The last part was very important!
I have heaps of these. My very favourite plant in the food garden. Liked yer healthy looking medicine plant too ;)
Greetings from Leamington, ON. I'm adding some bulbs someone mailed to me this year and keeping my fingers crossed!
Woohoo! Welcome my friend 🙂 I'm excited for you, I hope they grow as well!
Thank you, this was an excellent video answering all of my questions!
I'm so glad 😊 thank you and Happy Gardening
This video is so cool, in so many ways!
Thank you 😁
I would love to have that onion then, me and my husband loves onions.
Thank you for all this wonderful info on Egyptian Walking Onions...love it
You are most welcome!
Thanks for this definitive video for growing and uses of this onion. I will look for sources to buy these incredible veggies!
You are welcome!
Nice tomato plant in the background 😜😜😜😜
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My mom n grandma called these winter onions. Now that makes sense since they always came back the next year. 🤗🇨🇦
Egyptian Walking Onions have also been called "Tree Onions, Egyptian Tree Onions, Top Onions, Topset Onions, Winter Onions, or Perennial Onions.". Thank you for sharing
@@GardeningintheNorth I should of gotten them years ago. Thankfully a friend has a few that I can have. I’ll be getting them tomorrow
Thank you. I will be ordering some because I don't see these where i am. I love love green onions & all onions✔️👍🤗
That's GREAT news! You will love them!
Excellent video. I got them many years ago from an old rural farmer, I mostly boil them these days but they are an amazing edition to the garden. I thank you for the video because it saves me a ton of time trying to describe all the attributes of this wonderful plant. Thank you.
Thank you 🙂 I've never boiled them before. What do you do after you boil them?
Well presented video I really enjoyed it and took away a lot from it thank you. Hope u have a happy day gday from Australia. Ps can’t wait to start planting
Thank you! Here in Canada we are buying more seeds,,, (even if they aren’t needed) 🤣 and planning what to plant under our grow lights in the new year. I too can’t wait to start planting! It’s such a great thing to look forward to. Happy Gardening my friend 😊
So helpful! Thank you for your video! Super informative!
Thank you so much ❤️
Thank you for this informative video! These onions have been a faithful crop year after year in my sun-baked garden!
Thank you for your support!! ❤️😊
Arrived here following looking at an IG lady`s scallions that appear similar to my Welsh onions. Then you popped up with walking onions of the Egyptian kind. I wish some could walk themselves over the sea to Blighty :) Nice plants in your fine garden!
Thank you! I did some digging and I found that your welsh onion are similar to my Egyptian walking onions with the exception of size and the fact that Egyptian Walking Onions will fall over and root more onions. Happy Gardening 😊
I ❤LOVE ❤ these onions!!! I’m trying to grow more and more each year! I do enjoy eating the big bulbs. And eventually realized that they also eventually multiply at the base. Live your vid! And your excitement! Can’t say enough good things about them.
Mine arrived a week ago from ETSY. I'm a beginner gardener, so I'm hoping I'll have some success with these 6 walking onions. They came with the stalk, bulb and roots and I have all 6 of them in a pot. I have them in the shade right now, but I think I should move them to my porch for a little more sun.
@@DandLwelcomehome yes. They are tough little buggers. Don’t be afraid to plant them in the ground. What growing zone are you? I’m zone 6 (northeast Ohio) with some cold winters. They do great. The ones I’ll plants this week will come up and look real happy and then the greens disappear with the freezing winter. In the Spring these are my first harvest. I started out with a little handful of bulbuls ( the tiny top sets) and I let those grow till the following year when they made top sets. I divided and planted those top sets and left the mother onions in the ground. At some point, each mother became a cluster of 3 to 5 onions down at the base. That Fall, I divided the mother clusters and increased the main bed of onions. After that, I started planting the top sets for green onions. They are hot-ish, but have a great flavor. This year, I started using a few of the bigger bulbs. They never get big like a cooking onion, but they are so tasty and I prefer them. Enjoy your onions!! You’ll have them forever if you keep dividing and planting.
@@carolschedler3832 I'm in Southern California zone 10a. I can't wait to taste and cook with my onions. Everybody highly recommends having them, I guess for good reason. Once they take, I'll probably have the courage to buy some more and plant them on the ground. But I have a lot of critters (Raccoons, skunks, possums, small rats, squirrels and the ones that go underground can't remember the name). So much to do, but I'm excited for the adventure and the good eats...yum, yum:)
Thank you!! I pulled close to a 100 of these out of the ground and sliced up all the actual onion bulbs and froze them. Replanted with the little onions for next year. 😊. I seriously do nothing with these and they always continue to grow!
@@DandLwelcomehome I have all of those pests except the rat. We also have wild turkey and deer. No animal has bothered these onions except where random digging uprooted them. Yes! I can see why you feel vulnerable with just six! They are very strong plants. If you find that there was some digging, just pop the onion back in the ground and it will likely do fine. My only casualties came from mulching too deeply one winter and killed most of the mother onions, but the numbers are back up now. I can’t wait to have an unending supply!
Excellent tutorial. I am waiting on my first crop, so excited by this plant. Now, I really understand how versatile it it. Thanks!
Thank you 😊
Do not pull the "mother bulb". Replant the bulbils that will grow at the top. Once established, these things are nearly unkillable. They will come back year after year through floods, droughts native grasses and weeds. The bulbils make good, big green onions. If one takes the bulbils and let grow on cardboard(anything but the ground) and they will grow to a fairly good size to use whole in soups and the like. The stalks are edible for a certain time, afterwards go tough. My wife's grandmother gave me a start over 10 years ago(she called them "Tree Onions") and they just keep reproducing with little input from me.
Thank you. I need to order some of these
Thank you so much! I have a bumper crop of these, and now I know how to use them!
Awesome!! 😊❤️
I just saw them in an online shop, went to your video and might order them.
I can grow anything but have no luck with onions. And these ones look wicked!!!
BUY THEM! You won’t regret these. Super low maintenance!
Planting a few today. My first ones. Wish me luck.
Good luck!
Thanks for sharing 💚
You are so welcome
Great job!
This was a really compelling video. Thanks for showing the plant at the various stages. You've definitely convinced me to go plant some!
That’s awesome news!
These are good for crop rotation! Wouldn't keep them in the same spot though, although possible.
We bought a house a year ago and I've been working in the garden space here. Last summer the area was totally neglected as we were moving but a couple of onions volunteered so I left them thinking I could harvest seed from them. I just realized yesterday that what I thought were flowers were actually clumps of little bulbs. An Internet search showed me that I had a treasure. Thanks for your video! The only question I have is, "How deep should you plant the little bulbs?" We're in zone 5
That is AWESOME!!! I usually plant 3/4 to an inch, but have planted deeper as well as just covering them and all have grown. I’m so happy for your treasure 😊
@@GardeningintheNorth Thank you! My husband thinks I'm a little daft but I was really tickled to find these right here in my garden. Three sisters and my son all want starts. Looks like we'll be propagating a lot of onions!
I propagated over 100 last year! As long as the onions are standing tall you can leave the little onion bulbs to grow more onion bulbs which will give you more onions to share 😊
I love your video walking onions. Please tell me how to storage them to eat them later on winter .
Thank you my friend 😊 I have sliced, bagged and froze them. I have dried them and kept in the fridge for every day use, I’ve pickled them, endless!!
@@GardeningintheNorth thank you very much. I plant them everywhere i can 😊
Im the happiest guy on earth!!! i got my bulbs today!!! I tried to get some last year but it was all sold out, i got lucky this year!
BTW, if the freezer is full, you can always dice the mini oignons and dry them... Great for soups, sauces you can also hydrate them back and use them in burgers like Mc-Donalds ou White Castle ... You can also shop the greens dry them and grind it into a powder.
Thanks, it was a fun video to watch! :)
I LOVE YOUR EXCITEMENT!! Your ideas are bang on. I was using it in soups and drying it. This year I plan on pickling the little onions, so yummy! Mine have already started to grow. Some are almost a foot tall!! 😊
Been growing and harvesting these for 30+ years in Wisconsin, only knew them as winter onions . Usually have fresh onions for Easter.
You are not the first to mention that “winter onions” is another name for these onions! 30+ years! You must have so many. I actually pulled a lot of mine this year for the actual onion bulb and replanted with the little bulbils. I sliced and froze over 10 pounds!
Yes I have several areas with them, I plant the bulbs are big enough and have table onions in the fall and again in spring. Thanks for the information!
Nice plant in the back of the beginning, 🌴
❤I❤ excellent ❤❤
Was given a handful of these plants several months ago, its always great to hear others thoughts!
That’s awesome! I try to share as many as I can. Happy Gardening 😊
My first year growing them, did not understand how they worked. But, now I do. Thank You 🎉
So glad you are growing these! You will love them
The tremendous wealth of knowledge you have in gardening is amazing. A great source of info to everyone thanks for the time. Ok now i love how you say the word OUT. So next video when you say out it should hit you and smile about it. lol
🤣🤣🤣 I’ve been saying it all morning and can’t hear anything different 🤣 I hope you are resting and feeling better ❤️
@@GardeningintheNorth lol it is your northern accent. Yes i am feeling better just very tender. Getting in a lot of YTube time.
Not a huge onion guy but I do enjoy adding alittle to dishes... love no hassle perennials... so iv been looking for these forever. I kept missing the harvest seasons but I just obtained 25 bulbs of the red variety and 1 live plant of the white variety. Just planted 5 bulbs around a dead tree stump.
Gonna be a cool next couple of years (aside from the SHTF that's currently dumping on us)
That’s awesome news! I love these onions. Great harvest with absolutely no work 😊
Where did you order them from please. Thanks
So easy. They kinda look after themselves and you just have to pick them. So many uses for this plant. Saves you time planting. Love these onions.
Always a pleasure Sherry. Great video
I ❤ onions
Great work! I’m in my second year of establishing a patch of walking onions and I’m so excited for this life changing plant, just started cooking with it over the last few days. I’m surprised you’ve never seen yours flower, as mine certainly do.
Thank you!! Awesome!! Just made soup with mine. Added in potatoes and garlic and made a version of leek soup, yum!! I have always pulled the mini onions off and have pickled, eaten or replanted! 😊
@@GardeningintheNorth ya I certainly couldn’t see the point of trying to grow them from seed, but I wonder how much hybridization has been done with this plant. As I understand it, it’s an outcrossing of welsh onions originally
@@expatatat Mine has never produced seed. It produces little bulbs at the top of the stalk. Maybe you do not have these onions, which my wife's grandmother called "Tree Onions". I received a start of mine over 10 years ago and this spring, they are back to producing.
@@gregzeigler3850 no mine are for sure topsetting onions, with the clusters of bulbs and all. I’m not sure what gets them to produce their nondescript flowers, which are east to miss amongst the bulbils, but there’s no such things as an angiosperm that doesn’t flower and produce seeds.
@@expatatat Interesting. Mine has never flowered. It has produced many small bulbs, some of which put out small green stalks before hitting the ground and replanting. These smaller bulbs can be replanted elsewhere, left alone to replant itself or eaten. Generally, I replant mine in the late summer, early fall for green onions next spring or summer(bigger than any you'll be able to buy in the store). In any rate, it is an awesome plant, withstanding the cold Ohio winters and droughts do not hamper it. They won't store for the winter, though, except in the ground outside.
I was asking around for these the other day. Didn't realise you could use as a spring onion. In your next vid, you could maybe talk about the plant that is over your shoulder. Looks an interesting plant.
🤣🤣 this is my first year with that plant! I’m learning as I go. If you have any advice, please let me know! 😊
Do not pull the "mother bulb". Replant the bulbils that will grow at the top. These become your spring onions(what we call "green onions" around here). Once established, these things are nearly unkillable. They will come back year after year through floods, droughts, native grasses and weeds. The bulbils make good, big green onions. If one takes the bulbils and let grow on cardboard(anything but the ground) and they will grow to a fairly good size to use whole in soups and the like. The stalks are edible for a certain time, afterwards go tough. My wife's grandmother gave me a start over 10 years ago(she called them "Tree Onions") and they just keep reproducing with little input from me.
Just got them this year and yes there awsome thumbs up 🍁☝️🌟🤘🙏👍👌❤
Well done Sherri! The word you were looking for in place of sets on top is bulbils.
We’ve grown these and another walking onion since maybe 1950’s. We love them and they are so cool but I was under the weather for awhile and they begin to take over. Took awhile to get them under control.
Yes, they will walk away with your gardening space!🤣🤣
New sub. Loved the video. Hopefully I can find a source to start these.
Thank you 🙂 are you located in Canada?
@@GardeningintheNorth south of you, central Pennsylvania.
I wonder if these are comparable to pearl onions. I'm gonna have to look this up. Nice content. Ty
They are similar in size, but pearl onions re sweeter. BUT, if you have Egyptian Walking Onions, then you have free onions and that always tastes better 😁
@@GardeningintheNorth agreed plus wh a lil honey.. 😁
Such a great video. So thorough. I have been wanting to get these for a long time and everywhere was sold out. Apparently, Etsy is great for finding stuff like this and I got my order today. Excited to get these planted right away. We are going to transplant these into our food forest.
Thank you ❤️ I’m so glad you found some, they will be a great addition to your food forest. I planted roughly a 100 more last summer and gave away just as many, because I didn’t want the bulbs to go to waste! Happy Gardening
lol i got mines today! i tried to get some last year, but like you said, it's all sold out! and Etsy shipping fees to Canada are 160$ in one shop, while others charges were 258$ !!! Do they send the bulbs in a private shopper with a limousine waiting waiting on them at the airport? Finally i got mines from a local grower at the price of 10 bulbs for 5$. I got 30 hoping to multiply them so i can give away to family and friends so they can do so and so on...
I dicovered these oignons last year and i felt sad not knowing about them before. I consider these oignons as a must have in every garden.
EDIT: i read the video description after i finished typing this message and it said: a must have for every garden!!! WOW!!! it's a sign!!! OMG OMG OMG im excited! lol
wish me good luck! ;p
@@moonscoop123 it sounds like you got a great deal on the price! So far, mine are growing well in the containers and I hope to plant them out in the next couple of days in the food forest. I hope they grow well for you.
@@holisticheritagehomestead Good to know! thanks, so far everyone i spoke with, told me the same thing, they grow well and easy to manage. You got yours like 2 weeks ago and ready to be moved out of containers?! ... nice!
Enjoy your experience :)
@@moonscoop123 I am EXCITED for you!! There are so many ways to use this onion and now that you have them, you can grow more and share with friends and family! Happy Gardening 😊
Hi Sherri! Hooray for this!!! I have a few walking onions but I mostly just used the greens in early spring. As I watch this video, I am scoping out a spot to grow a good amount of these. I really want to pickle them. I like to make them into veggie broth as well when the stalks get hard. Thanks a million. 💚
Awesome Mary!! I just planted roughly 80 bulbils for next year’s harvest!! Thank you ❤️
@@GardeningintheNorth way to go!
I have had these for a couple years - a gift from a friend. I wanted info on propagating the bulb sets, thanks for answering all my questions.
Your welcome!
Hey just saw thin os homesteaders youtube fb page. Just got one of these to add to my other perennial onions
That’s awesome! You will love them! I currently have upwards of 50 growing and just planted roughly 70 bulbils on the weekend! Thanks for watching 😊
You did an excellent job!! Just getting ready to take some to my son's in Ohio and wow, now I don't have to explain...further education for me, too, as I was never totally clear on the process!! This vid is already sent to them. Thank you!! Will sub and check out your other offerings 👍 Maggie in WV
THANK YOU so much for your kind words! Happy Gardening!
I am near San Francisco. I have them from somebody but I cannot recall who! I guess yours get more water because mine are much smaller. Great information! Thank you 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
To be honest, I do not make an effort to water them. My annual gardens get 95% of my attention. My Egyptian Walking Onions do not need much care. 😊
Thank you so much this is such a useful video about walking onions. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
We have All details in one video
Thank you 😊
I have heard that you can harvest the bulb, and replant the tip with the roots and it will re grow. I have never tried this myself (it's my first year growing them), however i do it with spring onions all the time and it works s treat got those 👍👍
YES! I pulled out roughly 100 of them last summer to slice and freeze and replanted the little bulbs in the same place. I ended up with over 10 pounds of sliced onions in my freezer!
Don’t pull it out! Just cut at the soil line and then your done and it will grow more greens AND bt will likely multiply.
I pulled them out to preserve them. If I didn’t have the replacement bulbs, I wouldn’t have. 😊
LOL 😁❤️ Yes Sherri! So sorry, I was thinking the OP, Georgie, had minimal onions. And if she’s going to cut the tip and replant it, she may as well leave the tip in the ground. I finally had enough last year to pull a couple dozen and use the whole onion. I started out about 5 years ago with a handful of bulbils and shared them. After a couple years I had a nice patch and then lost them when we wintered them with too deep of mulch. I got them going again because my brother had a good patch going (from the little bit I had shared with him). So my remaining onions are in a perennial patch and a daily-use patch. Wow are we enjoying these as spring onions! And I’m still cutting at the base so they’ll reproduce. Every year, I think “next year, I’ll have a large enough patch”. I’m so glad the deer don’t bother them, because I’m able to have some outside of the precious fenced area.
Good morning Carol, my apologies my friend, the way comments come up for me on my cell don’t show that folks are replying to a previous comment or making a new comment. Your advice for that situation is spot on! Thank you for taking the time to comment. Your onion story about sharing onions with your brother is awesome. I love that you shared with him and then needed him to share with you. Happy gardening 🙂
Love this video and your energy! Great tips - I’ll have so many more next year. Thank you!
Thank you Abbie! I just pulled out and replanted roughly 100 of these onions last night. I’m going to chop the bulbs up and freeze them. 😊
Great video! I lucked out by buying a couple two years ago. The lucky part was I had no idea about their marvellous life cycle. You're the first I've come across to give a clear and straight forward explanation. Now I know the strange bulbs they're now producing can be planted straight the ground... and eat them too! LoL! I left them in the ground last fall as they never got big enough to eat. I also wanted at least one to flower so I could collect seed. So in early July I clipped off the young 'flower' of one of the two, hoping that bulb would grow larger for eating and I could collect seed off the other. The clipped one didn't get very big, but was delicious fresh and cooked... and loved that the bulbs were like a multiplier, a good pickling onion that grows in bunches. For the last month I've been very puzzled by the bulbs growing in place of a flower on the unclipped one. Now I know! And it's name makes so much sense... thanks a bunch (of delicious Egyptian Walking Onions)!!
THANK YOU! I love hearing that other people are growing these onions! These seriously, hands down are the best thing I ever added to my garden. In the spring, I use them as chives and add them to everything, soups, wraps, baked potatoes. As the stalk grows stronger to hold the mini onions, I wait patiently…. 🤣 this year I pickled them!!!! You absolutely need to watch that video. We have been adding them to our salads, 😋 last week I noticed that I still had a ton of the mini onions…. I think I have close to 200 plants and each one can produce 5-10 mini onions, soooo I pulled roughly 100 of them completely out and then replanted them for next year. I removed the stalks and roots and sliced them up with my food processor and was able to freeze 11 pounds of diced onions!!! I’m rethinking ho many storing onions I plant now. Happy Gardening my friend 😊
These have been on my list to grow for a while. Gott add them to the garden plans soon 😃
If you cut the greens to eat, while they are growing, as you can do with chives, would this completely prevent it from growing the baby bulbs on top? Or is there an actual stem, that look different from the greens, that grow the baby bulbs, that I must avoid cutting?
Hello! When I take cuttings of the greens, I only take a few from each plant. I never take them all. If you grow a good patch of them, you will never need to take the all. 🙂
My friends and I in Bulgaria have a question - we all enjoy the walking onions but this year our plants have gone to seed - instead of producing little bulbs at the top, we have regular allium flowers and seeds forming. Any thoughts?
Hello! Have all of the plants gone to seed or just some? If you have some of the tiny onions, then you can pull the ones that have flowered to use the bulb and throw a small onion in the hole. I usually pull the onions every 2 years to use the bulbs (I slice them and freeze them in small bags). But I always replant them.
I'm also in the North, and wondering how to save the little 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 (like an old onion). Will they still grow?
Hello, sorry for not responding! Unfortunately you may not have much luck with them. However, if don’t plant them you definitely won’t, so plant them anyway and cover your bases by get a few more healthy ones when you can. Happy Gardening
Should be called Everlasting onion. I’ve just learned about these and have been into gardening/allotments for years. I’ll be the first on my allotment with them. Malabar spinach is another cool plant.. any other suggestions of perennials vegetables ? Please
I completely agree with you. This is most likely my favourite plant I grow! I have grown Malabar spinach before. In some zones, it is also a perennial. Here where I live, it can get pretty cold and isn’t considered a perennial, however, one year I had a bit come back, but the following year, nothing ☹️. Others that I love are Asparagus, Rhubarb and Mint. Have you tried growing mushrooms, sorel and perennial kale?
Hi Sherri do you sell your bulbs? I’m willing to buy some. Can’t find any to purchase. I’m in GA. Thanks
Hello! In the spring, I will send you some for free, if you pay for the postage. Send me an email or fb message with your address and I will make sure we connect. ♥️
Great video!!! Easy to understand. Thank you!
Thank you ❤️😊
Where did you get the seeds for this I have been unable to find them
They were gifted to me and I have been growing and planting more each year. Are you in Canada? If so, I could send you some in the spring if you don’t mind paying postage.
Great video👍
Thank you ❤️
Wow! That was really interesting. I'll have to try and find a U.S. seller. We are in St. Lawrence County NY and I know that there is no one locally. Thanks for sharing your knowledge about this type of onion. Take care!
Rare seeds sells them they are out atm but I love those guys!
Great information,so those particular onions don't get any bigger???
Thabk you! Not really, but you can use the whole thing in some way. 🙂
@@GardeningintheNorth Much appreciated 🙏🏾
As someone commented below you do indeed get flowers on the bulbet stalks if you leave them on the main stalk and let them grow and mature. SO: original bulb>main stalk>bulbet>bulbet stalk>bulbet flowers>seeds.... I think I got some seeds from them this fall but haven't planted them yet to see if they sprout. I have a question, if you leave the original bulb in place will it regrow the next year in the same spot? Thanks
Yes, it will grow in the exact spot every year. Mine only produced a couple flowers this year, on the 3rd year onions, the rest were the mini onions. 😊 🧅
Yes. And if you leave it in place it will also multiply at the root, giving you three or more onions in that same spot, just like where Sherri pulled three at the same time.
I just harvested about 20lbs of the stalks. ( replanted the bulbetts) I am dehydrating the stalks to use in making soup stocks and will make a green onion powder.
I absolutely love hearing about someone using this perennial onion. It is a hidden gem! 20 lbs WOW
Ha! I ordered some bulbils, planted them. Got nothing. The next year, I ordered bulbils again, as soon as I got them I threw them into the ground and nothing grew. ~sigh~ Easy to grow? LOL
Finally last Summer, third attempt (groan) I got a few live plants. I planted them and was super surprised to see less than a month later, I had like 8 new little chutes coming out of the ground around each one I'd planted. they just..... made new plants from under the ground!? Cool. I got to taste the tender greens and they are delicious. I didn't touch too many of them and look SO fwd to seeing what comes up this Spring/Summer/Fall!!!!! Also, hi!!!! from a fellow Northerner!
That’s awesome news! I’m surprised they did grow for you on the 1st two attempts. I wonder if they were dry. Once they dry out, they are no good. I replanted 100 of them last summer!! Happy Gardening my friend
@@GardeningintheNorth Oh I forgot to mention, I had watched a video from a guy, something like "Egyptian Walking Onions are overrated" and I almost didn't bother trying again to get them growing. But then I clicked away from his video and onto yours and was like "YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! I need them!" LOL TY for your enthusiasm.
I haven’t met anyone who didn’t love these onions. They grow before your regular onions, how could you not love the idea of a hands off onion that is a heavy producer! 😁. Thank you!
I just got mine from Etsy. I hope mine grow, maybe you over watered them, I hear you're not supposed to water them too much.
I have a question on using the green tops. I believe someone on another channel said you can harvest the outside greens, being careful not to disturb the main shoot which gets the bulblets. Is this true in your opinion? I don't want to harm my first year plants.
I’m not sure I have heard this before, but it makes sense. I have always taken the stalks / greens on the outside mainly because they are newer and more tender. As the plant matures they tend to get hard and tough. Take all the mini bulbs and plant them this year. You will have so many, it won’t matter which stalks you take. I hope this helps. 😊
Can we plant them in pots? If yes, what size?
Yes, I had a bunch left over after planting my bed, so I stuck them in a faux half barrel. About 12" tall, 18" wide
Great video and details about the walking onion! I’m lucky because someone gave me one at a plant swap. I found this video to find out more about them. Thanks!
Thank you! I’m so glad you found some!
In the fall, do you cut back the tops of the mature EWO that remain in your garden ?
Hello! I never cut them back. I let the greens die back naturally. No work!
Our tops remained through to the spring but were partially decomposed and mushy. I think I will try cutting back in the fall to try to encourage new fresh growth only in the spring. @@GardeningintheNorth
That’s interesting. Mine have always turned brown and “straw” like. Similar to the hosts plants. Are yours in full sun? Mine were and maybe that’s why mine never went mushy. It will be interesting to see what happens here at our new house.
Full sun. Always a mystery in horticulture.🤔😀@@GardeningintheNorth
Do you sell the bulbs?
I'm hoping to! I planted roughly 100 new ones last year.
Thank you for info!!
Thank you ❤️
Hi, I'm a new subie, I also live in the North, actually I'm in NW Mountains of Me, was curious as to where abouts north you are? I haven't found many gardeners in my area, so I just am curious, for growing purposes, I noticed you have so many different varieties of vegetables.
Hello! I try to push the limits on everything! If something doesn't grow, no problem, I try something else, lol. I'm roughly 1.5 north east of Toronto, Ontario Canada. Growing zone 5b. Happy Gardening 🙂
I just got mine from ETSY. 6 in total, with the stalk, bulb and roots on them. I've planted them in a pot. How much sun should they get? (I'm a beginner and learning along the way. Thank you on your explanation on these wonderful onions)
Awesome! My experience has been that each Egyptian Walking onion will produce roughly 5-10 bulbils, so if you only get 5, you will have 30 new plants from your original 6, at a minimum! 😊
@@GardeningintheNorth Wow...that's Awesome! Thanks!
I'd never heard of walking onions until last year so I had no idea what to expect until I found your video.
Earlier this year I started a bed of walking onions. When the bulbets appeared MOH cut them off to replant (only they didn't grow, but that's another story). The original onions were left in place. Apart from greenery they have done nothing. Will they eventually produce more baby onions or do I dig them up and start again?
Thanks for any advice
Hello!! Yes, leave them and in the next season they will reproduce more of the mini onions!
@@GardeningintheNorth Thank you
I bought some Egyptian Walking Onion bulbils that arrived rather dry. Will they still grow? Cheers!
Dry bulbils are not usually viable. You have 2 options, plant and see what happens, they may grow, or return them. Are you located in Canada? I can look at my plants and see if there are any bulbils I could send you if you don’t mind paying the postage.
@@GardeningintheNorth I planted them and am going to see if they come up. If I didn’t live in the states, I’d take you up on the offer, but thank you nonetheless. I have visited Canada several times and enjoyed myself very much. You have a great country. Thank you for the reply and have a great day!
When is twhe best time to plant them. I am in Georgia amd i just planted them yesterday for the first time. I just put the. In big pots right now.
I’m not sure what the weather is like in Georgia. Here in Ontario Canada, we can’t plant any onions until mid April / end of April. We still have snow here 😬. I love that you planted these, you will not regret them 😊
@@GardeningintheNorth we rarely get snow in Georgia. This march its hot already in the afternoon then it gets a little chilly at night
@@GardeningintheNorth in the winter mom n dad had us throw the sauna wood ashes on the onion patches.
Is that a marijuana plant to ur right out left? Nice 👌
Yes it is 😊. A very healthy plant, lol
Hi there hope you are having a good season so far. We have started a permaculture market garden here in Calabogie, Ont. and I am wondering if you have a source for a supplier for these walking onions? I am having a hard time trying to find them.
Thanks
Hello! I was originally gifted some from a family member. I'm sorry, I don't have a source for them. Good Luck!
I'm in Durham Region Ontario and just started with these. If you were closer you could have some of my little bulbs!
I just planted an onion from my CSA farm share last year and it came up this year. Had no idea why it looked so weird, so had to look it up. It's making lots of bulbs this year 😊
@@anne-mariemulders6596 I go by Dunrobin lots. I could pick some up if you are willing to part with them. I could trade you something for them also if you like.
@calabogierusticfarmmarket387 my onions are producing a crazy amount of the little onions and I too can share them.
@@GardeningintheNorth I would love to try some of these. I can trade something for them or buy them from you if you would like. I have lots of garlic i could send you some seed in return when it is ready.
Thanks for the info. I can’t wait to try these. I used Garlic bulbils in my omelette last year & loved them. I think I’d like these bulbils too.
Ps. Please get your moles checked out on the underside of your arm. I had a similar one that turned out to be a melanoma. Surgically removed & all good now.
Thank you for your thoughtful and kind words. I am sorry to hear that you ended up with melanoma, but glad you are good now. I have 2 family members who have had melanoma. I’m currently using a cream on a few spots on my face that they call pre cancer. Gone untreated they could become cancer. I haven’t had the spots on my arm checked in a while, thank you for the reminder 😊
Great video :), thank you. The stalks after the baby onion comes is kinda tough, even after putting in soup, or saute them......, Can i make an onion powder with that, or is it still too fiberous? Our do I just need to harvest earlier?
Thank you!! Agreed, they can get tough. I try to harvest before they get tough for cooking. I made onion powder last year, but again it was before they got too tough. 🙂
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Hello my friend, welcome 🙂
When are the bulbils ready to pick and plant? Will early, very small ones grow if you plant them? And do they have to be planted immediately, or will they grow if they are separated from the plant for a few weeks?
Hello, mine usually start to produce the bulbils at the end of June or early July. Yes, they will grow even from a small one, however if they are picked and not planted and they dry out, they are no longer good to plant. 🙂
Hi I live in Canada zone 5b as well. Where can I find these seeds or sets? I would love to get some.
Hi Joanne! I’m not actually sure, but I would happily send you some if you don’t mind paying the postage? It obviously wouldn’t be until some time in May, but you would still be able to plant them and get something this year. Send me your address either by email on my about page, or a message on face book messenger.
@@GardeningintheNorth hello dear
I need someone how to get this?
I will pay for that you send
I miss my walking Onions. They did not survive the winter.
Oh no!
Interesting, how far north or south are you?
Can you just eat them like a green onion 🤔
Yes! You can use them like a green onion until they mature. After that, they are too hard and woody
@@GardeningintheNorth thanks for the reply 🙂
Do you have a source in Ontario for them?
I was originally given some from my brother in law. Since then I have been increasing mine and sharing when I can. My dad might still have a few I can get for you. Let me know and I will check with him. I could mail them to you and you could etransfer me the cost of the postage. You can send me a private message with your address. My email is in the about section of RUclips or you can send me a message on Facebook.
@@GardeningintheNorth Thats so sweet of you! I literally just messaged someone on a Facebook group to go get some. That’s so nice of you to offer, I love your videos and much appreciate the Canadian representation! :)
Thank you! Let me know if you can’t get any!