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Old 24-06-2019, 01:50 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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T wrote:
On 6/23/19 9:52 AM, songbird wrote:
for hot dry climates. from da wiki...

"a prolific multiplier onion cultivated in the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness, Arizona area. This small-bulb type has a shallot-like flavour and is easy to grow and ideal for hot, dry climates. Bulbs are separated, and planted in the fall 1 in below the surface and 12 in apart. Bulbs will multiply into clumps and can be harvested throughout the cooler months. Tops die back in the heat of summer and may return with heavy rains; bulbs can remain in the ground or be harvested and stored in a cool dry place for planting in the fall. The plants rarely flower; propagation is by division."

quoted from:

_Allium crop science_ : recent advances, edited by H.D. Rabinowitch and L. Currah


songbird


Cluster onions!

I was too cold for potato onions.

Can they take a cold zone 6c over winter?


are you near Baboquivari Peak Wilderness in AZ?

they can survive that.

the multiplier onions i have growing now didn't
have any problems with our severe winter here last
year so i would guess it will survive about anything.

just make sure they are not planted in a poorly
drained area so they're not sitting in a puddle all
winter.


Any nutrition data? Considered a yellow, white, red,
or sweet onion?


it is a multiplier onion, so like a shallot or potato onion.
of the variety Aggregatum group. so if you can look up the
nutrition of the shallots or potato onions this one should
be close to those.


songbird