Allium, Potato Onion, Multiplier Onion, Hill Onion, Mother Onion, Pregnant Onion 'Yellow Potato'

My great aunt Emma grew these in her yard, 55 years ago. Mine are from a seed / plant exchange. I've been growing them for about 10 yea...Read Morers. I love the flavor - much more complex than most onions, raw or cooked. They are mild, not hot. I like them better than shallots. Planted in the fall, small ones grow into one or two large onions. Large is a relative term - they are about the size of an apricot or plum. Large ones split and become a half dozen or more small ones, the size of pearl onions. Thus, plant small ones to get big ones, and plant big ones to obtain small ones to plant for next year. It doesn't work out exact, so if starting entirely with small or entirely with large, they still become a mix of sizes. I almost decimated my crop when I could not get to them to weed, and the weeds smothered them out, and a well meaning person pulled out most of the rest for scallions. I was able to scrounge a half dozen to start over. Figuring, one big one gives 6 small next year, gives 6 big the following year, gives 36 small the year after, etc. So it takes time to get enough to eat lots, unless you start with lots. I have grown then in containers and in the ground, and both methods work well. They are worth it. I like them a lot.

There are joesonions on ebay has them and 2 types of walking onions also
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My grandparents always had these onions but I've been unable to acquire any so far, but I do have Egyptian walking onions to trade.