okay... green onions are immature onions that one buys at the store and we can eat the green part in say salads.... SO, can a person eat the green parts of larger mature onions that are growing in a garden?
Also, does anyone know of an onion, that when mature, the full grown bulb stays small, which would be suitable for container growing?
2007-01-15 14:11:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
sure, you can eat the greens of a larger, more mature onion, it'll just be stronger and tougher. there are several varieties of onion suitable for greens that you can grow in a pot, from chives and scallions to japanese and other bunching onions. welsh and egyptian walking onions are unique with small bulbs, and bulbils on top.(sometimes called topset onions) good luck!
2007-01-15 14:27:03 · answer #1 · answered by geezer 51 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Usually the greens of a mature onion are too woody to eat. Especially if they get a seed pod on top, then you know they are not edible. You could try planting onion seed for containers. Or maybe chives make excellent container plants.
2007-01-15 16:30:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll go along with Ellen. If you can get some garlic chives you can grow them indoors and outdoors and make some great herb vinegar.
2007-01-15 15:32:36 · answer #3 · answered by lyyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did not mean to give the person before me a thumbs down rating he is right on the money.
2007-01-15 15:13:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋