I didn't start out to grow allium gigantieum, but that's what I got with grocery store green onions. The plants were 2-3 feet tall and I had either lavendar or white blooms. There were two kinds of onions growing together,so I have no idea what was what. How diverse we Zone 9 folks are, Iris-Gal. My Sunset Zone 18 only differs from yours by a few degrees and alliums seem to thrive here. j.

Hi, Patty, Thank you for the information and the UCR link. Actually, your too many Meyer post made my hands itch or mouth watering for something tasting. I am a big fan of kumquats. love the balanced sweet/tart flavor. The fruit can be tossed into mouth like cherry tomatoes right off the tree. you mentioned calamondine here. I have see it was called Phillipine lime. Does fully ripe calamondine taste like kumquats? I have never had calamodine fruits. I am just curious. Can calamodine fruits be eaten like kumquats? I have a kumquat that was called Phillippine kumquat by the person who gave it to me, but I have never heard any kumquat is called Phillpine kumquat anywhere. I suspect it might be the phillipean lime, which is the calamodine.

I placed my order over at Dixondale, and found this comment which really piqued my interest posted by a guy named "Mike": I've been growing these for about 15 yrs. I used to start my own by seed on my south facing porch ,but with Maine's erratic weather it was hit or miss in the spring for sunshine. Since using these I have impressed myself and passers by when I clean my poor clay soil off the softball sized onions before storage and drying in front of my neighborhood house in the late days of fall. When they ask how I grow them I'm vague, but I always tell them where i bought the plants. Ok, so does anyone know what might be "Mike's" secret? Do any of you use a special kind of fertilizer for onions? I regularly top my garden off with compost in the fall and this year I'll use a compost tea to supplement...hoping for notable results.

with that name.. one might expect that they might be approxly the size of ping pongs balls.. eh ... lol ... this bee thinks so ... ken https://www.americanmeadows.com/flower-bulbs/allium-flower-bulbs/ping-pong-allium-bulbs https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffcm&q=Ping+Pong+white+allium&iax=images&ia=images