ralleia wrote: Do you mean one ounce? Or do you really mean 1/10 of an ounce? Can you snap a picture of them? Are they plump? Do they show signs of being alive? I really do mean 1/10 of an ounce--I weighed them several times on a digital scale. :) I can't snap a picture because I planted them tonight. Are they plump? Somewhat, for as tiny as they are. Most of them do have some tiny green tips, which seems to indicate they're alive. planatus wrote; You were probably sent some little topsets, but as long as they are not dead you are in the money. Glad to hear. bi11me wrote: They sound very small to me. I've been growing these for over 15 years, and when I propagate, or give some away, I use top-sets that are the size of cocktail or pearl onions. Most of them were smaller than a dime. OK, I'll try to remember to use the largest top-set from each one later--thanks. Steve wrote: The people on these forums are incredibly generous, and I bet if you had asked here, or on the Allium Forum, someone would have been happy to send you some for nothing more than postage. I know I would have!! Next time you are looking for something, ask! Never even thought of that. :) OK, thanks, Steve. Thanks, everyone, for all the helpful replies.

Nope, the heat didn't get to them. They've stayed green and growing even through extended temps of 100 degrees or more. In fact, I planted the little topset bulbs during those temps. They've had very little supplemental water. Here, that means next to none, as it does not rain much here and we've had a bad drought for a few years. I'll take a pic this evening and see if I can post it later. They are definitely bigger than they were last year. The actual green part of them is very large in circumference - a quarter or so. Not 3 feet tall, though. At what point do they produce the large bulbs for you, pnbrown? After the topsets have done their thing? And, our temps here the last month have been: Daytime: Between 60 and 85 Nightime: Between 40 and 60 roughly

I have one row of Egyptian onions in my garden. The row has been there for 5 years. I don't want them walking, so I take all the bulb-lets off in the fall and store them in my basement. Two week ago I potted the clusters up into 5 inch pots, covering with 2 inches of pro-mix. The bulb-lets had already started to sprout about 1/2 inch. They are outside now in zone 5. They will be about 6 inches tall when I take them to the Farmer's Market May 1st. Many of them have 6-8 bulb on each. I don't separate them. Wish I knew how to post a picture. Please don't try to explain how, I'll never get it.

Top setting (Allium cepa (proliferum group)) and multiplier/ potato onions are unique (Allium cepa Aggregatum group). The other category is somewhat ambiguous, sometimes called bunching onions, shallops, salad onions etc. They may be Allium cepa( the common onion), Allium fistulosum, Allium cepa Aggregatum group. Their common trait is that thier use is as small non bulbing green onions. The topsetting/Walkin/Tree/Egyptian onion is a perennial onion whose main characteristic is that it sets little onion bulb where the seedhead would form on the other types. Allium cepa Aggregatum group do seed but are noted for dividing into multiple small bulbs, which are then replanted in the subsequent year. The larger bulbing types are commonly called potato onions altho the term shallot is often applied to the whole group.. Allium fistulosum often known as Welse onions also divide into clusters of little bulbs. Some of them are also perennial. Used as bunching onions Topsetting onions are extremely pungent, the others will compete with a common storage onion. Sweetest would be the shallot. But a cured potato onion is pretty pungent. If you really want sweet onions, stick to the sweet varieties of the common onion. Candy, Granex types, Bermudas etc. Here is a link that might be useful: Egyptian Onion