can I eat the green leaves of a mature onion?
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?
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4 comments a “can I eat the green leaves of a mature onion?”
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!
I did not mean to give the person before me a thumbs down rating he is right on the money.
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.
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.
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