“What do you end up with when you plant green onions? Large onions?”
Nah! The bulbs will get a little bigger. But the hollow leaves grow quickly, so I always just trim some off, and use them to garnish soups, salads, sauces, fish,,,,, whatever! Just pick out bunches at the store that have some roots. Poke a hole in the dirt, and stuff ‘em in. Squeeze the soil around it, water ‘em, and you’re good to go! Learned the “trick” from a Chinese ladyfriend!
Thank you! I like having fresh onion greens ... got some that are freeze-dried, but nothing is as good as fresh.
I’ve got a large bed (2-20’ X 1’ wide, raised rows) of perpetual onions. They never bulb; never flower, but just keep dividing into larger & larger clumps. VERY hardy; they have withstood -30F winter temps without any mulching.
We started the bed less than 10 years ago, when I moved a large tub full of thinnings from a couple of 18” X 18” beds in the back lawn of the house in town that we sold when we moved to the ranch full time. They were there when we bought that house; and still there when we sold it 10 years later.
The “bulbs” get to about thumb tip size, max. Genuine onion flavor/smell, rather than scallion-like; typical crackly onion skins, rather than the thin scallion skins.
We have both yellow & red varieties, but they are mixed in the beds. We use them both fresh & dried, as they do dehydrate well. They work in any situation calling for onions that their size allows for, as well as working for a lot of scallion uses, though they do have the stronger flavor.
As the clumps get larger, we lift them, and divide them into a few to replant; the rest get cleaned for the kitchen.
Keep them watered, and give them a bit of fertilizer when lifting/replanting, and they are happy.
These are the “Amish Friendship Bread” of onions!
If anyone wants to try them....