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. They start to send out crazy looking "arms" and then get heavy and cause the stalk to tip over. When the bublets touch the ground, they root and start a new bunch, which is why the onion seems like it is "walking". Great in stirfry, or raw in salads and sandwiches, and fun to look at in your garden!
They are mild tasting - not hot. I use the green stalks like chives or green onion - I just mince them up and either throw them in salads raw, or cook them in soups, omelets, or with chicken.
The bulbs I use like shallots. I peel them (I find a garlic peeler helps because they are small) and mince them up. Again, it is a mild flavor and works great in soups, casseroles, anything you would put onion in.
If you want to keep them from taking over - the key is to EAT them - by cutting off the top bublets they cannot "walk over" and make a new plant. You can also dig up the whole plant and dry the bulbs for use eating in the wintertime.
oh my goodness I have a backyard lined with these- I knew they were onions but not the exact type how do I use these in recipes? If anyone knows of a way to mail them from my home in MI to you I will gladly share. They get up to knee high and grow like weeds, I am certain they will grow anywhere. They die down each winter and come up looking like chives but then they blossom out and get bigger!
(Don't know if I'm duplicating this feedback because the "page expired" before I sent it! So, I'm sending it again.) Do the parent plants die back each year? Are the mature plants prolific? Are they invasive? Is the taste sweet or hot? How tall do they get? Are they evergreen? Can they be planted in a pot since we don't eat too many of them? : )
Hi Regina, Yes, I too am also interested in the walking onion and like Reina, I also have a pregnant onion and would love a walking onion plant. Please tell me where to get it! love and hugs Marcia
I have a Pregnant Onion plant - but haven't heard of a Walking Onion Please tell us where to get some. I like having unusual things. And we eat a lot of onions.
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