I had clumps of onions pop up last fall and well there they are again. I am not 100% on if they are wild or not. I am thinking they are not. They are in rows and in the same place I planted onions last year. I just can't remember if they went to seed or not. But I have several clumps of 8+ stalks at each spot. The thing that gets me is if the onions went to seed wouldn't they be scattered and not in neat little clumps in a neat little row?
Here is a pic
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I also have some volunteer Cilantro and it looks like some of the lettuce That I had going when it first froze and just left might be setting new leaves. It's gonna be crazy for volunteers this year.
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They don't look like wild onions to me. Maybe you missed a few when you harvested because their tops had fallen off, and they survived the winter to start growing again. Like Eric said, they could be sending up multiple shoots.
You could just cut the greens to eat and just let some of them grow out and see what happens. Maybe they'll flower and you could get seeds for next year.
I thought you did plant some Egyptian onions too, though the ones I got from Ozark Lady had dark frosty green leaves.
You could just cut the greens to eat and just let some of them grow out and see what happens. Maybe they'll flower and you could get seeds for next year.
I thought you did plant some Egyptian onions too, though the ones I got from Ozark Lady had dark frosty green leaves.
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Wild onions have a very skinny top and leaves, in my experience. Although I don't think I've ever left them to get bigger than an inch bulb. But even the biggest I've seen had very skinny, dark leaves less than 1/4" across and quite firm compared to regular onion tops, less hollow space in the middle.