Bunching Onions in Oklahoma

8 years ago

I am looking for info on bunching onions, maybe known by perennial, Asian, multiplying, or walking onions. I don’t mean spring salad onions. I’m looking for someone in northeast Oklahoma or western Arkansas who can give me variety names and cultural requirements. I am looking for the kind of onion that will survive Tulsa climate year round, year after year. I’m mainly looking for zone 6b hardiness with most of the rainfall in the spring and the fall On a sandy soil.

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OldDutch (Zone 4 MN)
8 years ago
Try oriental seed suppliers such as: https://www.kitazawaseed.com/seeds_japanese_bunching_onion.html There are also others. Or google for seed for Allium fistulosum. There are lots of kinds.

Walking onions are something else again; they are also known as tree onions or Egyptian onions or topset onions depending on where you are and which of them you happen to run across.

Both types should be quite hardy and probably work just fine for you provided your part of OK is not actual or near desert.
arator thanked OldDutch (Zone 4 MN)
ootockalockatuvic_z7
8 years ago
I agree with OldDutch, multiplier or egyptian onions are your best bet. Very hardy, they multiply really well, so don't be afraid to start with just a few. My favorite has been these.

Heritage Sweet White

http://www.egyptianonions.com/Pages/catalog.html
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zeedman Zone 5 Wisconsin
8 years ago
Arator, I posted a response in the thread you posted in the Vegetable Forum. I have seed for a very hardy, fast-multiplying bunching onion; send me a PM from my Member Page if interested. I also have bulbils for several varieties of walking onions.
arator thanked zeedman Zone 5 Wisconsin