From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 12/2/25 10:28 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:   
   > On Mon, 3 Nov 2025 18:37:44 -0800, T    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> Best grown from sets or seeds?   
   >   
   > Since they don't bloom, there are no seeds.  You can plant   
   > bulbils or divide existing clumps.   
   >   
   > They called them "winter onions" when I was growing up,   
   > because you get scallions as soon as you can dig them up.  I   
   > ate some on New Year's Day last year.  Then no more until   
   > the last day of February.   
   >   
   > Everybody had a neglected patch when I was growing up, but I   
   > couldn't get them to thrive without planting them in a row   
   > and weeding them. Since I didn't have time to harvest and   
   > eat all the bulbils this year, I have scallions all over the   
   > garden.  I hate to just plow them under with the cultivator.   
   > The large-enough-to-mess-with onions in the row are still   
   > producing, but I have to pull a lot of weeds to dig one up,   
   > and I'm still short on time.  (I should be in bed instead of   
   > typing this.)   
   >   
   > You get scallions until they start making bulbils.  The   
   > bulbils can be cooked without peeling for a while; when   
   >   
   > Thursday, November six 2025 -- going to bed.   
   > Saturday, November eight 2025 -- got a quarter hour to play   
   > before bedtime.   
   >   
   > When the bulbils get tough, you can cut each one in half and   
   > pop it out of its shell -- helps if you don't quite cut   
   > through the shell, so each half can be used as a handle for   
   > the other -- that's rather tedious if you want more than a   
   > garnish, but along about then they start making bulbs at the   
   > base.  You have to throw away an entire plant to get a bulb,   
   > and it's sometimes very small, but it's not tedious to clean   
   > enough to make a mess of stew.   
   >   
   > The bulbs sprout as soon as they are fully formed, but   
   > remain good and crisp for weeks after they sprout.  When   
   > they do spoil, you've got scallions again.   
   >   
   > 3 November 2025   
   >   
   > Looks as though this was finished when my fifteen minutes   
   > were up.   
   >   
      
   Thank you!   
      
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