Egyptian Onion, Purple and Elephant Garlic - 3 Crazy Vegetable Garden Vegetables

Introduction

Elephant garlic (or giant garlic ), purple garlic and Egyptian or perennial onion or also called tree onion are two unusual types of seed potatoes , discover them in this article.

Egyptian onion, tree onion or perennial onion the onions grow on top of the plant

When I described them as crazy I was not exaggerating. You plant these onions in the fall. The foliage comes and overwinters, the plant increases in volume next year and you think that the onions will shoot through to a flower. Nothing could be further from the truth. Instead of a flower, a cluster of onions forms that you can harvest. You can also let them hang until a flower appears on the onions, which is also edible. edible. The onions that grow on top of the plant can be harvested, dried and planted out again in September October. The good news is that the plant comes back every year, it is a perennial plant. Sprinkle some compost around the plant, a handful of organic fertilizer granules and a handful of Vinassekali and your plant is off again for another year. So you can easily propagate the plant. Imagine, your own patch of perennial onion that you have propagated yourself. Onion for life! You can find the Egyptian onion here .

The elephant garlic or giant garlic Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum

Garlic is actually descended from the leek, you can actually see that a bit. And between leek and the evolution of garlic there are still quite a few intermediate varieties such as the ancient leek or perennial leek. But also the elephant garlic or giant garlic. The taste is also somewhere between leek and garlic. You get a spectacular plant that they harvest in China for its foliage and if you have some patience and wait until the foliage dies, then you get a bulb of garlic that is twice as big as a regular bulb of garlic, you can also store the cloves dry and plant them out in September/October. The thick bulb contains 5 to 7 cloves. I would like to see the look on everyone's face who ever harvested one for the first time. In our webshop you can find elephant garlic or giant garlic here. Please note, this vegetable is sold per clove and not per bulb. You can plant the cloves now until the end of October.

Purple winter garlic Violet Germidour

The eye also wants something, this Garlic variety is very beautiful. The outside is purple, the cloves are just white. This variety is slightly cheaper than the Messidrome and more intense in taste and at least as productive. Definitely recommended in the vegetable garden and very decorative in the place where you hang your harvested bulbs to dry from July. Imagine your own purple garlic braid next year. I will also give you the link to the purple garlic .

The recipe for good results with seed potatoes of these vegetables

If you have a garden fork , loosen your bed well. Apply a 5 to 10 cm layer of compost on the turned soil and also add per meter a handful of universal organic fertilizer granules (for a light dose of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium), a handful of Vinassekali (for extra potassium, onions and garlic love it) and a handful of lava flour (full of minerals). Repeat the Vinassekali and lava flour in May. You will be amazed by the results. Good luck. So, hopefully you will consider growing these vegetables. You will certainly get a lot of pleasure and flavor from them. Do you find Moestuinweetjes a valuable source of information and do you want to support the work? Then consider buying your vegetable garden supplies in our webshop . Part of the proceeds will be invested in making your vegetable garden life and that of many others easier. Your support is very much appreciated. Enjoy the late summer and early autumn and see you again, Tom