2013 Onion Growing Challenge

Cor blimey, I dunno My gut reaction is that they count as two. I have had one or two split/divide towards the end of growth, but nothing like that. Maybe someone else could cast more light on it....

 

I wonder if you slide a piece of cotton between them whether or not like JWK says they are connected at the roots....what 'breed' are they HsuH?....

Would just like to add...my Mammoths although not 'mammoth' do have a lovely sweet flavour and are tastey either raw or fried...

 

Agreed

 

Right, here's the promised pics of Long Red Florence...





Very tasty too

 

Looks delicious Freddy - is it a shallot?

 

Hiya Jenny.

I bit larger than a shallot

 

Hiya Jenny.

It might be the perspective, take a look at post #1059 for a better view of the size.

 

Tried @Loli 's cotton thread method without success then proceeded as @JWK suggested, now the operation on my Siamese twin onion has completed. They were definitely joined at the base not just roots intertwined.


They are Ailsa Craig. I only started to grow onions last year when they did fine till August when they got downy mildew. However, we still managed to harvest a reasonable crop. This year I grew just over 40 plants, no disease on them, but size varies hugely, 1/2 dozen of them were quite small at about 4 oz or so, a quarter of them were normal half pounder size, and the rest were around 1lb to 1.5lb. I've no idea why they were not uniform in size? Also during the long dry periods we didn't water them, not sure whether the lack of water had any effect on them

The trouble we find with onions weighing more than 1/2 lb or so is the difficulty in using them up in one dinner. There's a limit to the amount of onion 2 people can eat

 

Just imagine a 4lb Onion Bhaji

 

I'm sure it's worse when keeping hens and getting egg sandwiches to eat at your desk every day.

 

Together with garlic sausage sandwiches no doubt