Giant onions 2016

I am quitting this contest. I will still keep growing mine but it would be insanity to compete with beauties like yours!

Good job [/QUOTE]
Ditto! I thought my "big" onions weren't too scabby (about the size of small Spring Onions atm, amazing how wrong you can be) Flaming Nora @ash25 are you going for a world record? Your cossetted babies are about the size mine MIGHT get to if I'm lucky by August! Well done and hope nothing befalls them. @Zigs, was there a tiny bit of wishful thinking in your post?

 

Sorry guys I didn't wanna ruin anyones motivation. I didn't realise this was a competition thread I only posted my progress so if anyone wanted any tips or my methods I could share.

And your right @Zigs , anything can happen, Botrytis, mites, pink root. You never know.

This attached pic is of my onions at this time last year. They measured 4" on 10/5/15 and they ended up weighing about 3 and a half pound I think. Just done a quick measure on this years and all 4 measuring between 7 and 8".

Will be pleased with a 7+ pounder but really hoping for as close to 10lb as I can get.

 

Like I said, it's not over till the fat lady has a tiny wafer thin mint

Broke me foot a few years back by picking up a girt onion in a slimey clay pot and it slipping out of me hands

Folk on GC have been very supportive with analgesic gels and walking sticks

@Webmaster even took a video of me hobbling around after the onion damage

I still walk with a limp, but its good to know that folk are growing great big bulbous things Reminds me of my youth

 

How about a "winner" for each country okay, that was just me being cheeky....

 

@JWK is that bottle empty......

Your onions lok lovely. Now I can see how they are getting roundish at the dirtline. Is that what I should be hoping for?

 

@Richard360
Hi Rich, was this your great granddad pal , I don't see you ,messing with these guys n girls



They do know their onions

 

Mine arent doing too badly, have weathered them so they're ready for planting out. It rained last night so theyre now sitting in a tray of water

Is it better to plant them out wet or dry? May seem like a silly question but from losing my last batch, I know how tempremental they can be!

 

I've always puddled mine in Canny, don't let them dry out in the beds or they might bolt.

Bit worried about some of mine, showing a red tinge



Kelsaes aren't red

 

Mine so far

 

Here my best one at side of a Bedford champ sown at the same time

 

Here's my biggest at the moment, taken an hour ago...measured 10.5 inch circumference a few days ago.

 

I planted my Kelsae out yesterday - they're a bit worse for wear, I think due to them being moved from pillar to post If they survive & grow at all - I'll be happy.

Small bottle of Baileys for size comparison. I have built a shelter for them too as our site is very open & extremely windy.
All I can do now is wait...


My radars on the other hand...they're loving life
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