Topic: Egyptian Onions

[mikey]

Hi and good morning all,

I have had a couple of Emails regarding what I do with my Egyptian Onions over Winter, thought it might be of interest to a wider audience

Egyptian Onions: (Tree Onions, Walking Onions)

I leave the 'Mummy' Onions in the ground, they withstand the Frost, when we lived in Scotland this was often minus 4 or 5 C.

The 'Babies' I leave on the the plant until 'Mummy' stems are dry with no sign of green. I then pot the 'Babies' into 3 inch pots and put in cold Greenhouse or Cold Frame for the Winter.
They are usually in little clumps of from 3 to 6 Bulbils which I leave as they are and split them in Spring when they are growing away.

Hardly any water needed, just enough to stop the compost turning to dust.

In March/April pot up to 5 inch pots or plant direct into the ground any time when the ground is not frozen.

They are remarkably hardy

Cheers
Mikey

[Robert_Brenchley]

I'm just going to be planting mine, both full size and baby.

[petengade]

I have thirty in a seed tray about six inches high now, bought on flea bay, do I plant them in a row now, if so how far apart please?, I have never grown them before, any advice welcome.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Last year I had a bunch of the babies; I planted them in a row 9 inches apart and they did fine. The babies could possibly go a bit closer, I'm not sure about the big ones.