I'm looking for potato onions/multiplier onions, preferably a large amount. Have plenty of Egyptian walking onions to trade. I don't have any bulbils left, but will trade parent plants. Now is still a great time to plant for me. Hopefully can trade before very cold weather arrives in your part of the country so I can ship safely. The ground doesn't freeze here, so I can still plant later in the fall/winter if I have to. Looking to trade bulb for bulb, any amount.

A large basal bulb of walking onion (allium cepa proliferum) planted in fall around here will develop two or three strong shoots by spring. Left undivided, these will get to medium size, make a lot of topset bulbils and make medium size basal bulbs again by the next fall. A better way to manage them is to thin the shoots down to one by using them for green onions in the spring. Then you'll get a bigger main shoot, bigger topsets and a bigger basal bulb which can be used like a shallot in late summer and can be stored for a few months. Large topsets can be planted out in late summer to make small scallions by late fall or early spring. Small topsets in mid-summer can be pickled or used for cooking. I don't much experience with shallots, maybe someone else here is expert. As far as leeks, did you mean that you set out seedlings? I have never heard of 'sets' for leeks.

Is there anything else you would want for trades? I would love to have some of these multipliers! I have lots of Malabar Spinach, vining edible all year long, very pretty plant. Will have tons of seeds shortly that WILL grow next year. Or, I can still send plants this year, but it's so hot here, I would rather send seeds. Let me know, you can email me, I'd love to talk! Kathy

Have some nice organic seeds I'd be happy to trade, including the very odd Tromboncino.