Growing Chinese Vegetables in Your Own Backyard by Geri Harrington

Author:Geri Harrington
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2009-03-12T04:00:00+00:00

Bunching Onion

CONG, CHIN CHOONG

Allium fistulosum

(color photo, page xv)

Bunching onions are known by many names. You may find them in seed catalogs as Japanese leek, nebuka, scallion, spring onion, multiplier onion, green onion, and Welsh onion. Bunching onions are native to Siberia and have no botanical connection with Wales, though they do look a little like leeks and are a common crop in Welsh gardens.

They’re more economical than immature onions, since they increase in number throughout a long season, while an onion produces a single immature scallion at the expense of a mature bulb. So, grow your regular onions to maturity and plant these true scallions for your green onions.

Bunching onions are an excellent vegetable: easy, prolific, mild or pungent depending on the season, and well worth the small space they take in the garden. They are unusually hardy and can sometimes be harvested when it means brushing aside the snow to get at them. I never have enough scallions, so these are a joy. I don’t have to choose between my onion crop and early scal-lions, or feel guilty at the thought that I’m sacrificing a large onion.

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