[slow_worm]

Does anyone have any of these 'walking' onions?  Can't seem to find any!

[WG.]

Egyptian Walking Onions ... found some on Google images 'cos I'd never heard of them.    :idea: Maybe you can just wait until one walks past & entice it into your allotment ...

[richyrich7]

Have you tried chiltern seeds ? or maybe a specialist permaculture grower.

[ruffmesiter_69]

thats a bit umm strange

[GrannieAnnie]

Are they like the Japanese perennial onions?  Looks good, at least they  won't need washing the mud off!!!!!

[sausage]

I've found some available for import from america:

http://tinyurl.com/2ev45k

not sure if this is any good though.

[Growbag]

They are also known as tree onions.  They form bulblets at the top of the stem instead of flowers.  The bulblets sprout their own stem while still on the stalk and produce another set of bulbs on top of that.  Eventually the whole thing topples over and the top bulbils take root where they fall (hence the walking bit).  Apparently they are available at realseeds.co.uk. They are supposed to be quite easy to maintain.  You can harvest a few bulbs from a stalk and leave the rest to grow.   Or you can eat the leaves.  They are also quite hardy.

[WG.]

Are they the same as Welsh Tree Onions then?

[slow_worm]

I don't wish to import them if someone has them here in UK and can spare a few?

realseeds is out until the autumn on these.

can anyone assist with an actual plant or two?

[Heather_S]

I got one from a herbarium in Cornwall last year. If I could remember their name I'd tell you  :?
It's funny, I was just rereading about them. They're starting to bolt so i should have some bulblets sometime soon so if I can't find the herbarium's name, I might be able to offer some. They grew easily enough in pots (I don't let them at the allotment, I heard slugs love'em and will kill them easily) just tucked in a few bulbs that came from the original plant into the potting compost and let them go. They don't need much soil depth either.

editing to add, I didn't think you could grow them from seed as such as they're genetically a hybrid between normal onions and Welsh Onions.

[Heather_S]

ahha found the place. It's not listed in their plants but they probably do have them. Call them up and ask. I believe the label said Tree Onion so that's probably what they know them as.
http://www.stkittsherbery.co.uk

[Axe Victim]

Does anyone have any of these 'walking' onions?  Can't seem to find any!

A group of them walked past my plot last week, with a bunch of jogging parsnips and crawling carrots. :roll:

They look like an interesting crop to try, but....they bolt easily!

[WG.]

....they bolt easily!

Groan

[richyrich7]

Does anyone have any of these 'walking' onions?  Can't seem to find any!

A group of them walked past my plot last week, with a bunch of jogging parsnips and crawling carrots. :roll:

They look like an interesting crop to try, but....they bolt easily!

Yer forgot the runner beans !  

[WG.]

Yer forgot the runner beans !  

Double groan