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| under developed walla-walla onions |
Our walla-walla onions were planted directly in the soil from seeds this year and never developed bulbs. Not wanting to just waste the large green onions that grew, I sliced and diced the tops and dried them in my dehydrator (oven). They came out crispy, bright green, and have the characteristic sweetness familiar to their famed name-sake bulb onions. This treat will make a good topper on baked potatoes this winter; I'm thankful the frost didn't take them :)
3 comments:
I have never direct-seeded onions before. Yours look fantastic.
We have a couple dozen onions growing now -- I thought I pulled them all but missed those that died back from the drought. lol
My husband is a commercial onion seed grower and it can take longer than a year to get a nice bulb onion from seed...it's a process...from seed to a skinny spring onion, bulbette to a nice big onion then back to seed! AND the darn things are long and short day sensitive...he's always shocked when mine do well!
Hi Lynda ... Last year I planted Spanish onions from seeds (in our short growing season) and got some medium sized bulbs. Usually, I plant from seed sets and skinny spring onions. You just never know what the weather will produce.
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