Beginner Gardening: onions and garlic going to seed, 1 by w_r_ranch

w_r_ranch wrote:
Hi Linda. I 'kind of' do both, LOL!!! I grow 2 types of onions in our garden... 'White Granex' (our main onion) are purchased locally as sets & 'Egyptian Walking Onions' which utilize the previous years "bulbils", which are really 'top-sets' instead of 'seeds'.

The 'White Granex' are fully mature when the tops of the plants start to turn from green to yellow and the foliage flops over to the ground. In central Texas, this generally occurs around Memorial Day. Once harvested, we cure the entire plant by allowing them to dry in an airy, dry place for about a week. Then clip the roots/tops & started processing them for freezing (sweet onions, such as Granex, are not long-keeping storage onions).

The 'Egyptian Walking Onions' are great harvested young as green onions or left to mature into a shallot-like bulb. They are excellent in omelets,soups & salads!!! To learn about this amazing plant:

http://www.egyptianwalkingonion.com/

If anyone wants to try them in their garden, I should have plenty of 'seeds' this summer...


This message was edited Apr 19, 2013 3:47 PM