Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[uriel@nasalam.org]

I was given some "walking onions" this year. I had some when I lived  
back in Washington state some years ago but didn't move them.  The  
ones I was given also produced some top sets out of the top sets so  
perhaps they are related to the ones described here.  I planted some  
of the top sets and now have a couple dozen new plants growing.  I am  
hoping that a bed of these along with multiplier onions will supply  
all my onion needs in time.
Uriel / SW Missouri

TradingPostPaul wrote:
> Curious who has these "walking onions". We're transplanting now, may sell
> plants by spring.
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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> http://www.gardenonions.com/
>  Catawissa Onion Our most popular Egyptian type onion.
> Catawissa Strain (1885) This strain of onion is the tallest of the Egyptian
> onions we grow. believed to have originated near Catawissa, PA and is only
> a slight modification of the Egyptian tree onion. The "Vegetable Garden" by
> Vilmorin-Andrieux first published in English in 1885 describes this
> American strain of onion. This variety can grow to over two and a half feet
> in height. Because of the large diameter of the hollow green portion of the
> plant, it is excellent for stuffing with cream cheese or other spreads.
> It's sets are reddish-brown and it has a unique habit of producing top-sets
> out of the top-sets that develop on the plant, which in part accounts for
> the plants unusual height. It is extremely winter hardy and has been grown
> as far north as Alaska.