spring onion

many years ago i had a type of spring onion
that grew a bunch on the top then bent over
to set them self
would like to find some

 

Hi Malc is this it?

Alium cepa Proliferum group "Tree onion"
Try http://www.cooltemperate.co.uk/ (in Notts)
or http://www.historicalplants.co.uk/section1.html
for mail order seeds at �£1.50.
Hope this helps

 

Thanks for the link Bayleaf, thats worth knowing..they are just around the corner

Steve

 

I used to grow them aswell. We used to call them Egyptian tree onions. Dont know what Egypt has got to do with it though.
I also grew an onion which formed large clumps, which you could dig up pull some of the bulbs off and replant a couple of bulbs. They were good as a substitute for spring onions.
Thought they were Welsh onions but bought some a couple of years ago and found they wasn't quite the same. Any ideas.

 

Yep, welsh bunching onions is correct..I think they also come in red as well now...they don't quiet get the bulbous bottom to the stem but after peeling the outer leaf off are a good substitute for spring onions

 

Mustapha Leek?

 

Yeah, but these welsh onions I bought grew a lot bigger, could there be different strains?

 

Its very likely there are different strains

 

Hi, Welsh onion = Allium fistulosum, Tree onion = Allium cepa var. proliferum. Check out the RHS trial for cultivars of Welsh onion, & Japanese bunching onion (which was developed from the welsh) http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/documents/Onion_salad2004.pdf
excuse my Carry on up the Khyber moment!

:rolleyes:

 

Thanks Bayleaf that does shed some light.

 

ohhhh Nathan .... no use at all lol can you do better then this lol ??????

 

thanks, for the advice on Onions, I could do with a clump of those.

 

OOOH Nathan, only just spotted this picture.
Youv'e found me out...... No it aint me but I wound n't mind some of that "Wicked Ale" it looks good.
Given up on the avitars, couldn't get it to work. At the moment all my pictures seem to have disappeared hope its nothing to do with me.