Walking onions...

[BarryG]

A friend is going to get me some walking onion bulbs and I was wondering if anyone here had any experience with them. Do they need to be pulled and brought inside in the winter or are they ok to be left in the ground? How large do they get? Are they mild or hot? My mother-in-law has grown potato onions but has no experience with this other multiplier onion.




Thanks,
Barry

 

[Norm]

The official website of the Egyptian Walking Onion.

Google walking onion bulbs. allium proliferum.

Hardiness:
USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F)
USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F)
USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F)
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)

Read more: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/31430/#ixzz2Zj6Fga3r

 

[BarryG]

Thanks Norm, I've got some reading to do!



Barry

 

[GunnarGG]

A friend is going to get me some walking onion bulbs...

LOL !
I first thought it was some kind of light bulb with a funny name. :crackup: