Walking/Tree/Egyptian Onions

[detailista]

I'd been dreaming of growing walking onions for two years now.   I've dropped hints for birthdays and christmases with no success.  It seems there's only a couple of places selling them and they're out of stock at the moment. I'll be so sad if I have to wait another year :'(

Would anyone be able to send me a little bulb or two?  Any variety?  I can happily send SAE/reimburse/paypal/send stamps to cover postage etc with a donation to A4A also.

They're going for 15 little bulbs for £20 on ebay :o

I assume now is the right sort of time to plant them?

If successful I'll happily share bulbs with A4A in future of course! 

many thanks

Bronwen

[detailista]

[woodypecks]

I bought a very small pot of them last summer ....they had about six small baby onions on the top of them...they are supposed to flop over and plant themselves ( hence the name " walking onions "  .  ANYWAY !     Someone came along and  picked them  .     :'(     Will  they produce another lot of babies  or is that it for me now ?       
  Someone must have some to spare for you Bronwen .  If mine produces some more, you can certainly have some .

[1066]

I've grown from some from seed (a swap on here), I'm waiting for them to start doing something interesting!! I'll try and save some seed this year (crossed fingers and all that) for sharing
Hope you manage to find some

[chriscross1966]

I've got three different varieties and tons of spares Bronwen, PM me an address and I'll send you some Catawissa's (cos I've got lots and they're the rarest/biggest/maddest) .... They're perennial and hardy as you like, you can try and use the basal bulbs as a sort of shallot but the crop is really the biggest of the aerial ones, they make superb pickles cos they're hard as bullets....

Catawissa tree Onions will make 4-5 foot tall plants with up to 4 decks of aerial bulbs, they're the only tree onions that regularly and reliably multi-deck, they need staking if they're not to become an invasive weed..... plant near the front of the plot cos folks will want to stop and look at them, have a chat etc..... I find them almost as good an icebreaker as growing Kelsae's......

chrisc

[detailista]

Thanks Woodypecks, that's really kind. I hope you have some luck with yours.
If yours come back and they're a differnent variety perhaps we can do swaps early next year?

1066 - thanks, good luck with your seed, I'd be keen to hear how they do!

chriscross1966- I think you are my gardening hero  ;D  It was reading your descriptions of PFA potatoes that led me to try them and I've got a feeling I read a post about the onions by you too at some point!    I'd be delighted to take you up on your offer, I'll send you a private mail to arrange.  Hope some good gardening karma comes your way too.  I can't thank you enough, I'm grinning from ear to ear.

x bronwen

[detailista]

I've Sent you a PM Chrisc, please  let me know if you don't get it.


I can't see the sent message in my outbox - does that mean it hasn't sent and is lost or is that just an A4A thing? 

[chriscross1966]

It's arrived.... hopefully get some garden time tonight and find you some.... they're sprouting up in odd places ATM

[Vinlander]

I've Sent you a PM Chrisc, please  let me know if you don't get it.


I can't see the sent message in my outbox - does that mean it hasn't sent and is lost or is that just an A4A thing? 

There is a very small tickbox below and to the left of the big composition box - that lets you keep a copy of outgoing messages but it (strangely) defaults off.

If you never tick it there will never be anything in your outbox.

Just weird coding!

Cheers.

[lottie lou]

If anyone would like a few of mine PM me (not catawissa).

[admjh1]

 ;DLottie lou thank you ever so much they arrived today. Tried to PM you but your inbox is full. Is there anything I could send you in return for them? I presume I just plant them like my normal onion sets?

[RW]

I had these many years ago but would love to grow them again.

[detailista]

Hi lottie lou

your inbox is still full  :)

Do you have any more spare? Chris is kindly posting me some  but I'd love a different variety if you would feel willing to post me some?

Happy to send SAE/Stamps to cover postage/something by way of swap - am going to write up a list of seeds etc available tomorrow morning to post on the forum.

x bronwen

[lottie lou]

Sent two lots of walking onions out - one set has arrive at destinate did the other ones arrive okay.