Giant onions 2016

I grew one that size a couple of years ago it weighed just over 2Kg. I hope yours do carry on growing ash.

 

Lori, I got mine from ebay, this is a UK seller maybe you can find a Canadian supplier on your local ebay or Amazon, search for "PLANT SUPPORT SPLIT CANE CLIPS"

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PK-50-PLANT...R-ORCHID-FLOWER-STICKS-11CM-NEW-/252010550265

I am not sure they will do International shipping and I reckon it will be expensive!

 

Mine are 13" circumference today, they have put on 3" in 9 days.

 

Shame about your Radar @Cannyfullpots they were looking good a few days back.

 

Mine are 15" today, putting on approx 2" a week.

I estimate the weight of mine to be roughly:
3rd July 233g
12th July 517g
19th July 796g

 

Get the volume from your circumference here (very approx as it's for a sphere): http://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/geometry-solids/sphere.php

Then multiply your volume (in cubic inches) by 13.97 (from my measured harvest in 2013).
Will give you an approx weight in grammes.

Sorry for the mixed units

 

Might pick one of mine soon as we are running out of them from last year (stored in freezer) - will pick a smaller one so it will be a good check on my weight estimator.

Late August. Leaving it till mid September I've found doesn't give enough time to get them thoroughly dried/ripened for storage over winter.

They will stop sending up new leaves, then the neck will feel soft, followed by the tops yellowing and dying down. If you obsessively measure them each week like I do then they are ready when they stop swelling.

For maximum weight they need to be pulled immediately and then prepared (cleaned & roots & top cut off) and weighed. I'd do this just for the best one or two.

For maximum storage they need a dose of potash around about now, then once the leaves are yellowing I pull them up and leave them on the soil to dry out the roots. Some folk bend over the tops. After a couple of weeks I put mine in a blow away greenhouse to keep off the rain and get maximum sun. Don't remove the leaves as you can use them to hang up in a dry cool garage/shed. Even then these large Kelsae don't store too well, eat them first or as we do chop them up and open freeze dry them, bagged they store for months.