Name: Sally central Maryland slef employed writier
I've tried sets and not had good luck. Now I know I should NOT plant them deep.
My neighbor the confessed nongardener, came by with some awesome onions and really showed me up LOL. She used Miracle Gro and watered well too.
I think that I shall never see...A poem lovely as a tree ( Kilmer) Whatever the weather, you can bring your own sunshine (DD) I'm not REAL smart but I think I'm pretty good average (my dad)
I have two types planted this year white (planted from sets ) and bunching onions (these grow like a Garlic bulb but have sets like small pearl onions (very good) both are doing very well .. watering and adding MG to them they have really took off growing well.
Garlic went in two days ago and i have new lil shoots already .
They are actually called Multiplier / Potato Onions they are a very Old Heirloom type of Onion . here is 3 sites for those that wish to learn more bout them and or grow them ... Caution you will fall in love with them
Mine came from an Elder man here locally that actually got them from my grandfather when i was yet a small child and they had been grown for many years in this area since they have been in our family for many generations and I was most blessed to get some back ..in full circle so to speak .
Misti, I've done green onions from the store. They don't multiply, but they will keep growing new greens whenever you cut them back.
When you buy them, make sure they have some roots (tiny ones are OK, just not completely chopped off). Then cut off the bottom 1" or so of the white part, stick it in soil, and cook/eat the rest. So easy!
If you pile dirt around them, they'll get white further up. Then you can pull them, use all but the bottom inch (you may be able to get away with less, but an inch is what I used) and repeat the process.
Name: Cheryl Eastern Ky Truth should be everpresent.
I did not know that about planting them deep. Very interesting. I am growing some bunching onions from seed. I also have some yellow onions in containers and I have more bulbs to plant but do not have a place for them as of yet.
Name: Audrey---Doe 41--- Warren South East Missouri I'm a Charlie's girl, too!
Are these "Pregnant ONions" the same ones that put out a 7 to 9 ft shoot that has blooms and baby onions on them? If they are, I always heard they were poison. I had a huge bucket of them, but let them freeze. I was afraid to eat them. These come from somewhere overseas, Egypt, Austrailia,? I'd love to have a multiplying onion that I could eat!
Name: Cheryl Eastern Ky Truth should be everpresent.
There is an onion that people eat here called a walking onion. It makes multiple bulbs under the ground that can be seperated. I think it may even put off some runners but I am not sure about that. Everybody eats them. I do not know if they send up scapes and make seeds heads.
I will not be happy with peeling them. I just love those Italian Cippolini onions., but hate peeling them.
