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Potato onion source?

Amy Hagstrom

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Location: Western Washington/Cascade foothills

posted 4 years ago

Does anyone know of a good potato onion source? I found a supplier on ebay, but am curious where others have gotten theirs. Thanks!

Ilex Gardener

Posts: 13

posted 4 years ago

Also looking. I could only find two companies selling online, both are out of stock.

I did find some excellent catawissa (top sets w/ top sets) walking onions though

Also looking for a good turban garlic if anyone has any suggestions.

Judith Browning

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Location: Arkansas Ozarks zone 7 alluvial,black,deep loam/clay with few rocks, wonderful creek bottom!

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posted 4 years ago

I'm wondering what a potato onion is? Does it have another name? and is the walking onion you describe the same as Egyptian onions? Thanks.

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Josef Theisen

Posts: 236

Location: SE Wisconsin, USA zone 5b

posted 4 years ago

I got mine from Southern exposure last year.

http://www.southernexposure.com/

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Ilex Gardener

Posts: 13

posted 4 years ago

Judith Browning wrote:I'm wondering what a potato onion is? Does it have another name? and is the walking onion you describe the same as Egyptian onions? Thanks.

Potato onions are perennial multiplying onions.

The Catawissa onion is a type of Egyptian that produces so many top-sets, that even its top-sets have top-sets.

It also has large hollow leaves that you can stuff.

Alison Thomas

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Posts: 933

Location: France

posted 4 years ago

Having done a google search for images of a potato onion (I hadn't heard of them either), they look rather like what we call shallots. Would that be the case?

Ilex Gardener

Posts: 13

posted 4 years ago

Very similar; in fact, both potato onions and shallots have the Latin name Allium cepa var. aggregatum.

The only difference being that the former can swell to a diameter between 7.5-10 cm

Kay Bee

Posts: 471

Location: Jackson County, OR (Zone 7)

posted 4 years ago

Kelly Winterton in UT is doing some potato onion breeding work. He may still have bulbs and seed for sale:
https://sites.google.com/site/kellysgarden/potato-onions

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Location: Southwestern Oregon (Jackson County), Zone 7

J W Richardson

Posts: 76

Location: Council, ID

posted 4 years ago

Fedco has them - http://www.fedcoseeds.com/forms/mt35_cat.pdf, http://www.fedcoseeds.com/moose.htm

Karl Trepka

Posts: 77

posted 9 months ago

Hi

diggers seeds in Australia sells the bulbs but you can get the true seed from usefulseeds in bendigo they are online

good luck

Ken W Wilson

Posts: 414

Location: Nevada, Mo 64772

posted 9 months ago

Karl, mine have never made seed in 8-10 years. Could be a different variety of potato onion? Has anyone else had seeds form? My bulbs were from Southern Exposure but they seem to be getting bigger. I had some up to three inches.

Karl Trepka

Posts: 77

posted 9 months ago

Hi
yes potato onions don't flower very often they need specific environmental triggers.......Kelly Winterton pretty much covers everything known in his blog look him up

Joy Oasis

Posts: 227

posted 9 months ago

So potato onions are not the same as walking (Egyptian) onions?

Karl Trepka

Posts: 77

posted 9 months ago

Hi

i think potato onions are Allium Cepa and the walking onions are Allium proliferum.........i'm not sure if they will hybridize.

keep in mind plants in the same species can changed dramatically when domesticated......silver beet, beetroot and sugar beet are all the same species.

Joy Oasis

Posts: 227

posted 9 months ago

Karl Trepka wrote:Hi

i think potato onions are Allium Cepa and the walking onions are Allium proliferum.........i'm not sure if they will hybridize.

keep in mind plants in the same species can changed dramatically when domesticated......silver beet, beetroot and sugar beet are all the same species.

Then I better stick with my walking onions -I am growing them first time this year. So far I just ate their greens, which are very good, even if they are larger than most.

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