My Egyptian onions never grew large. I used the top bulbs eat or to replant and I used the leaves for green onions. The bottom bulbs I was always told were exceptionally strong tasting and hot, so I never tried those. They don't take up any more space than regular onions, maybe that is because I used them a lot though. I moved and lost them all, but I never really got attached to them, because the bulbs are small and hard to chop. I always thought about giving potato onions a try. I plant my onions from seed and I've always had a few bolt. I have saved seed from them and just add them into the mix for next year. I always plant around 6 pks of different bought varieties and I add a 1/4 cup of whatever I saved from the year before in. So, I've been mixing them and not isolating them and they all taste just fine to me. Unless you are really into saving without cross pollination, I would go for it.
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