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'Egyptian Walking' Onions
 
Sub-Category: Specialty
 
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Description: Plants produce distinctive red topsets.
Days To Maturity: 250
Seed Sources:
 
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Overall: (3.9 Stars)Overall
Taste: (3.0 Stars)Taste
Yield: (4.3 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 09/05/2021 by Creed - An experienced gardener

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Pierce, Washington, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

I grew these from starts I was given. They are an easy grower and vigorous. They look interesting with the little bulbets that form on top of them but....they were super strong in taste and hot besides. I don\'t do hot. These onions don\'t grow in my garden any more, nor will they ever again due to their intense taste and heat. If someone likes that kind of taste, these are the way to go. Plant once and they\'ll grow forever with very little care.
 

Reviewed on 03/18/2012 by jumpinjo - An experienced gardener

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Marshall, Iowa, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

I have grown these in the same raised bed for 20 some years. I have only added compost once, last year. I do leave the leaves that settle in the bed in fall and the onion litter to self-compost. I have fresh green onions ready to pick from March through November. I throw the topsets back into the bed when they are dry. Plant a few every week and you\'ll always have new ones. Or let them fall over, no hurry they\'ll wait all year to reach ground and still grow. Sometimes they\'ll even grow before they get there. The kids love the green tops and help themselves. Excellent as is or in salads, soups or stirfry. No weeds or even grass once established but watch for tree seedlings.
 

Reviewed on 02/25/2010 by htg97 - An experienced gardener

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Ontario, Canada
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

Greens are tender in spring and fall. During summer, the stems become pithy to support topsets. The bulblets are usually pearl onion sized but I've had one last year as big as baseball. Will tolerate extremely poor soil and becomes prolific as the soil improves. The greens are strong, can make my eyes water which usually doesn't happen to me for scallions.
 
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Reviewed on 11/13/2006 by scyther - An experienced gardener

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Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

This is a wonder plant; a critical member of the starvation-hedge club. Amazingly widely-adapted (I've grown it in central florida, though not for a full reproductive cycle); tremendously tolerant of ph; can freeze and thaw many times without damage; competes vigorously with weeds quite unlike common onions.
 

Reviewed on 09/21/2006 by zoebisch01 - An intermediate gardener

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Centre, Pennsylvania, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

I concur with the other reviewer in that they are virtually indestructable. The greens get huge and have a good (although somewhat more pungent than regular green onions) flavor. These are a good all purpose green onion to keep around. I enjoy them most cooked. In the world of the Alliums, these could probably be classified as the "workhorses".
 
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Reviewed on 06/04/2006 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener

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Richmond, Georgia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

A perennnial onion, which forms tiny marble sized bulbs in the seedhead. It does not form bulbs in the ground. It is usable as a green onion, but is very strong flavored. The seed bulbs are also strong flavored but are good in soups. While yield are not very high per plant, the plant itself is virtually indestuctable. Left to its own devices, the seed head bulbs fall to the ground and start new plants, hence the term "walking onion"
 

Reviewed on 03/17/2006 by NWL - An experienced gardener

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Oxford, Maine, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Perennial, multiplying onion. No insect nor disease problems. Plants produce topsets which can be planted to produce more plants or eaten in the same manner as garlic; makes excellent "garlic" butter. The onions have a nice strong flavor. The greens are available all year long, except in the heat of August when the plants go into dormancy for a couple of weeks, which is when the onions should be harvested.
 
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