@steveb4 … I have a couple nice patches of Chinese Chives, garlic chives, and I have been spreading their seeds around this fall… hope to see some of those up in the spring.
All of those make a nice dense planting… no room for weeds.
TNHunter
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i have the garlic chives, regular chives, nodding onion started from seed that are just now starting to spread around my other trees. i started them by sprinkling on the bare soil in spring then lightly covering them with some potting mix. many of them grew. i plan to dig some and spread them around my plantings as deterrents to the bad bugs.
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Anyone have a few different varieties of Walking Onions like the one above.
Seems like everyone has the same Egyptian/Catawissa one so thought I’d ask if anything different exists for sale like the Fleeners/Fleemers one (i didnt see any other than Egyptian on etsy).
I wanted to plant some soon before winter sets in if anyone can send any over.
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Here is what Kelly Winterton is offering at present:
"ORDERING POTATO ONIONS FALL 2025
BULBS
GARNET MOUNTAIN POTATO ONION
$1 per bulb
CORAL MOUNTAIN POTATO ONION
$1 per bulb
GREEN MOUNTAIN (improved strain)
$1 per bulb
GREEN MOUNTAIN (original strain)
$1 per bulb
DAKOTA POTATO ONION
$1 per bulb
TRUE SEEDS
(About 40 seeds per packet)
GREEN MOUNTAIN LANDRACE $2 per packet
(Please see my explanation for “landrace” here.)
DAKOTA LANDRACE $2 per packet
SCOTTISH SYBOE TRUE SEEDS $2 per packet
OTHER SEEDS, $2 each per packet
Cantaloupe GOLDEN QUEEN
LIVING STARTS (can only be dug and shipped spring, summer, fall)
SCOTTISH SYBOE multiplying green onions $5 (have shown some signs of Pink Root)"
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i guess Potato onions maybe keep better than Walking onions, based on quick thing i read?
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While I’ve read up on these types of onions countless times over the years I just cannot keep straight the subtle differences between potato, walking, Egyptian and another one I’m forgetting. I do seem to recall that it is suggested that these are best kept in the ground until they are ready to be used, similar to Jerusalem artichokes.
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yes. you can harvest and store potato onions in the fall and replant 1 bulb to grow for next year. e.w.o dont store as well so best harvested as needed. i grow both.
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i do not know the differences any more, but I’ve been given several different kinds and purchased another one or two and they all have established themselves somewhat randomly throughout the garden and under various of my trees. i pick a few to use now and then, either the top sets or occasionally a bulb from underneath, or green leaves. this time of year i just look around for tops that have “walked” and spread them around more.
the potato onions look a little fatter than the “Egyptian” walking onion. they all taste about the same to me.
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the tastes are about the same to me also.
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