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Re: Egyptian onions

bettye spatafora wrote:
> 

> 
> ...Also, these Egyptian onions. They have the little bulblet-y things at the top
> now...what do I do? What part do I harvest, and when?...
> 
The Eqyptian onions I'm familair with are perennial top onions that grow
small bulblets instead of seeds on the top.  You collect the bulblets
when they're filled out then plant them the same as onion bulbs, use
them as minature onions,  or let them fall to the ground and reseed. 
The roots are the eaten as mild green onions or you can also plant the
bulbs  (roots).  If you leave some in the ground or let the bulblets
fall off and self-seed, they will be next year's earliest green onions. 
There is also a similar Catawissa Walking onion that grows new shoots on
the tops in addition to the bulblets, grows a new top, another new shoot
from the new top, etc.  Both are interesting to grow and are prolific
green onion producers.

Can't help much with potatoes.  They get scabby in our alkaline soil and
we seldom grow them.  

Olin Miller <millero@worldnet.att.net>
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