CATAWISSA Organic Perennial Egyptian Walking Onions -freshly harvested bulblets

Description: Allium cepa var. proliferum These came to me from a friend who brought them to Colorado originally from Monticello, homestead of former US President Thomas Jefferson. I have no way to test whether they are direct descendants of onions grown during Jefferson's time, but I like to think so! Given how hardy and truly perennial they are, it seems to me they sure could persist for several hundred years. These are Catawissa strain, which grow tall - sometimes three "generations" of stalk, bulblet, stalk, and bulblet by the end of the season. They are sometimes called "Tree Onions." The stems can grow fat enough to cut up and stuff with something delicious like herbs & cheese. Grows well all through North America (zones 3-9). The onion to plant if you always want onions. GREAT for permaculture fans or anyone interested in super cool looking plants that are also edible (and quite tasty!) They prefer full sun and don't mind dry conditions. They will not do well in damp shade. You plant Egyptian Walking Onions just like regular onion sets, but consider putting them somewhere you intend to have onions for quite a while. You can plant them anytime, they grow basically year round here in Northern Colorado. They slow down in our serious winters but then start growing like crazy as soon as spring starts. The hardy bulbs set bulblets on the top of their stalks. Then those bulblets also produce their own little stalks and -- in the right conditions -- another layer of bulblets, sometimes as many as three stories tall. If left to their own, those top heavy stalks covered in bulblets will fall over and replant themselves, hence the name Walking. Bulbs can be harvested in mid-summer and fall. You can also eat some of the non-stalk forming onion "leaves" as spring onions. These have a powerful, pure oniony taste. Once well established, you should be able to harvest the leaves freely when they are tender and delicious especially in early to mid spring. That said, all parts of the onion are edible. When you have enough, you can also harvest the underground bulb and use it as a cooking onion. They do not store in a cupboard as well as supermarket onions, BUT they store just fine if you leave them in the ground until you need them :) They tend not to yield too much the first year, but after that they will keep you supplied with onions. Bulblets range in size from tiny to the size of a cherry. The three ounce option will be between 20 and 30 depending on the size of the bulblets. For orders of 10 or 20, the sizes will be a range. These are grown organically, with no synthetic pesticides or fertilizers (they don't need any!) But I am a hobbyist and not big enough to qualify for USDA certification. Shipping InformationI pack plants and bulbs with care and ship within an hour or so of packing them. (Note that I often print the mailing labels a day or two ahead of actually shipping orders. That helps me queue them up and lets you know your order is in progress. eBay will tell you it's shipped, but that really means that your label is printed.) I proudly use recycled shipping materials whenever possible! I take them directly to my climate-controlled post-office (no waiting in a mailbox!) I highly recommend that you subscribe to updates on your package through the USPS (https://tools.usps.com) so that you can pick it up right away when it's delivered. If something terrible happens to your plant in transit, please be in touch and send a photo within 24 hours of receiving your package. I can't guarantee they will thrive with you if the conditions are not right, but I can guarantee that I ship happy, healthy plants and bulbs. If you have any questions or concerns about these plants, please reach out and I'll help you. Thanks for considering!

Price: 10.95 USD

Location: Longmont, Colorado

End Time: 2024-09-17T04:33:24.000Z

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