Egyptian Walking Onion
Allium × proliferum
Sets its bulbils at the top of the stalk, which bends over and roots them — hence the walking.
Spacing & sowing
- Plant spacing
- 11.8 in
- In-row spacing
- 11.8 in
- Between rows
- 17.7 in
- Square-foot density
- 1 per square
Growing
- Type
- Vegetable · Perennial
- Botanical family
- Allium (onion family)
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Feeding
- Bulbs & roots
- Frost tolerant
- Yes
- Flowering
- June
Through the year
- Mar–Mar Emergence
- Mar–Apr Active Growth
- Apr–Jun Harvest
- Jun–Nov Flowering
- Nov–Dec Dormancy
- Jan–Mar Dormancy
Companions
Carrots, Strawberries, Chamomile, Beets
Pests & problems
Garden allies
Beneficial predators that hunt this plant's pests — grow their favourite flowers nearby to recruit them. companion plant
- Beneficial nematodes Steinernema & Heterorhabditis spp.Hunts Onion fly & leek moth
Microscopic worms watered onto damp soil that hunt down soil-dwelling grubs and release a bacterium that kills them within days. Timing is the whole thing: warm, damp soil and a small target grub, which means late summer for most of what they are used against.
- Rove beetle StaphylinidaeHunts Onion fly & leek moth
Slim, quick beetles with short wing cases that hunt in soil and litter, taking root-fly eggs and larvae, fungus-gnat larvae, and mites. Mulch and undisturbed ground keep them resident year-round.
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