On 2020-08-02 21:30, songbird wrote:
T wrote:
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I cut off the seed balls from my green onions (scallions)
as a Songbird directed me. That left two foot long
open at the top 1/2" tubes. The plants just stayed
that way for two weeks. Then a couple of thunderstorms
filled the tubes with water and nasty looking
things took up residence in the tubes. So I cut the
tubes off down by the base where they were solid.

Then something wonderful happened. This week I go out
and the plants had all sprung up two foot leaves.
A lot of them. And the winds had blown a few over.
Since they were not doing the plant any good that
way, I harvested them. Had some for breakfast.

This is marvelous. I thought the plant would just
slowly die, having flowered. And being that
I have trouble getting regular onions to bulb (too
short a growing season) and these things grow all
winter long, they may be the perfect substitute
for regular onions until I get regular onions
figured out.

Life is good. Thriving, not just surviving.



knocking the stalks over after cutting the flower
heads off will prevent that.

when the onions stalks start falling over on their
own that is usually a sign that bulbing onions are
mostly ready. it is happening here now and the onions
aren't all that big compared to other years but i'll
just tell Mom to use those first as they happen.

we eat a lot of onions.

i'm learning too as we go along.


songbird


On my yellow onions, I have been pulling out the runs
and using them like green onions. It is occurring to
me if I can't get the overwinter bulb onions right,
I might as well just grown green onions!

I saute my onions in butter, then serve them with
some kind of meat or in a salad. I also sprinkle
them over chicken when I am cooking chicken.
They are too string to server raw. The give
you an ice cream headache, without the ice cream!

Looked up walking onions after you mentioned them.
The bulbs are above ground? That I have to see!!!
Which ones are you growing?