Egyptian Walking Onions are very unusual, heirloom onions. They are top-setters, which means that they produce onion seeds from the flowering green tops of the onion. They are called walking onions because the top-setters fall over and re-root themselves; literally "walking".
These onions are great harvested young as green onions, or left to mature into a shallot-like bulb. Be sure to leave some in the ground to produce the top-setters for next years crop. If left in the ground, the bulbs will also multiply underground. These should be dug up and divided every few years. They can be planted in the fall or in the spring.
Egyptian Walking Onions also make a nice addition to a perennial flower garden!
We sell the top-sets by the ounce, as sizes vary. There are usually 12-25 sets per ounce, depending on their size.
The bulblets should produce flowering tops in their first year if planted in the fall, but we cannot guarantee this as soil conditions vary from our garden to yours.
We will happily replace any onions that do not send up a green onion, but cannot replace those that come up but do not produce a flower. They will produce a flowering top the following year if left in the ground.
We will ship all orders out on Mondays. This cuts down on the amount of trips that we have to make to the post office. So, if you place your order by Sunday morning, your products will be shipped out the next day. If your order is placed later in the week, it will be shipped out the following Monday!
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