All About Potato Onions #1, Intro to and varieties of (Perennial Multiplier Onions)
Part of a planned series. Introduction to potato onions and briefly discussing different varieties.
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Potato onions are perennial multiplier onions. You plant one onion bulb and it divides into a cluster of new bulbs, which are harvested, some being saved aside to replant. They used to be more common in home gardens and were produced commercially for early onions. now they are rare and not grown commercially at all. Being uncommon, they can be hard to find and if you are going to buy them from any source, do it early in the season as most sources seem to sell out quickly. I have been growing potato onions for well over 10 years .
There are two Heirloom varieties as far as I know, the yellow and white. They are very different and seem to have very little in common besides growing clusters of bulbs. The white potato onion does not keep that well and tends to go to flower a lot. The Yellow potato onion keeps very well once cured and in most areas and seasons, flowering is uncommon. The yellow potato onion is more similar to a shallot than the white potato onion is to either. Shallots also keep well, and there may be little practical difference. I would say the yellow potato onion is probably sweeter and milder than the average shallot, but honestly I'm not a good judge.
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