If you like onion, the Walking Onion is a fun one to grow. Completely edible from the bulbs to the greens to the little bublets that grow on it's tips, this mild tasting onion is a great conversation starter as well. It starts out growing like green bunching onion, but then these little bublet clusters form at the tips.
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Where can I buy walking onions sets to plant this fall? I would prefer to buy from a local farmer.
Hardiness Zone: 6b
By Pete from MD
Mmmmm, what are walking onions? That is a new term to me!
Sometimes called Egyption multipliers. Planted in the fall they produce early in the spring and are delicious. Allow some of the plants to mature and they will produe bulbs at the end of the stalk. The bulbs will fall over when mature.
I call them ornamental onions. Have them in the flower beds, looks beautiful for background and helps keeps pests/bugs away. I got starters from my neighbor. I pop the tops off and toss into areas on my yard that could use a filler, and they come.
I would like to start growing some walking onions. I live in the upper part of South Carolina, can anyone help me get started? Thanks!
By Lonnie A.
