Onion Growing 2023

Because knowing my luck they won't store very well so want to freeze some

 

Well, personally I would still hold off, they are probably still bulbing up now, you can freeze them in september.

 

If the weather is not good at harvest time I dry mine in pond baskets in the greenhouse.

 

All my onions have shrivelled up, I think it was the hot dry weather that's affected them

 

Thank you, i'll be doing some and some

 

Just waiting for all my tops to go over and things to dry off, before hanging in the shed, should last until May if I get good sized bulbs. Need a couple of dry days and then the shallots and garlic can be lifted, dried off in shed then transferred to garage, they keep better in there than the standard onions do, cooler and more humid than the shed. Garlic generally ends up being frozen in late winter as it sprouts.

 

Take three strands of baler twine,about 1metre. Knot together, to create 3 tails. Plait together with, a dozen or so, onions once dried, trim onion tails to about 125mm. Finally tie together the remaining string tails. Hang in free space. Cut onions off to use, leaving tails within the rope.

 

All my garlic got harvested a while ago. I didn't grow any later maturing types it seems. Some shallots have been lifted, a couple of red onions are falling over but I reckon they'll need a few more weeks for most of them. Then I can put some autumn salads in their place I think. I am away on holiday in August so may have to lift them a little early.

 

My onions were looking ok until the last week or so, lots have gone over now and giving them a slight tug I've found some with hardly any root left, so I'm pulling mine up as they die down and putting in the greenhouse to dry off.

 

I think mine are going over early because they are dry, the rain we have been getting just dampens the surface, I dug down a few inches yesterday and it's only the top inch that is damp.