2013 Onion Growing Challenge

Oh, btw, is that the one that we suspected had 'Bull Neck'?

 

Aah, the "using a small child to make the onion look bigger trick."

Good thinking

 

Hiya John. I assume that all the ones on the right are all from sets? They look a decent size from what I can tell. I always used to do a mix of sets and seed grown, but last years sets were pathetic, some of them being no bigger than golf balls. I will only grow from seed from now on, including lots of Long Red Florence. I will probably grow more Kelsae, but only a few, and I won't be going to all the trouble of trying to grow whoppers, at least, not in the way we have done this year. Anyway John, well done

 

Joking aside, fantastic result John

 

Hiya John.
On the face of it, I can recommend LRF. As I haven't grown them before, I don't know how well they will store, but I get the impression that they should store well, given that they are so solid. I'll put up a pic of one cut open, so you can judge for yourself.

 

WOW - check your scales - DO NOT eat that onion! It sounds like a new World Record - take it to Malvern Autumn Show next weekend!

@JWK There's 2 parts to this competition, seed sown and set planted, so what's the weight of your heaviest onion from sets?

 

Don't do that John.....Blimey .....i nearly passed out then

 

I am not in the onion growing competition, but I have a question:
in the competition rules I see nothing about the twin onion situation like the one I've got here.
My onions were grown from seeds so at first I thought they might be from 2 seeds, even though I was sure each seedling was transplanted singly, still I checked this pair and they are definitely connected at the lower region. So should a connected pair be counted as a single onion for purpose of the competition?