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TheScullster writes
Hi all

When should onions be lifted for storage, or should I have done this
already?
Most of the tops have died back to half-green or totally straw coloured.
Do I just string them together and hang them in the garage, or is there more
to it?

TIA

Phil


Hi Phil,

I would lift them pronto if I were you otherwise they may start to get
affected by frost/bad weather and start rotting. The way I store them is
to the clean off the very loose outside skins, cut off the roots and
remove the tops leaving about a couple of inches. Make sure they are
dried off. Then take some strong string and tie it into a circle the
diameter or length being dependent upon the number of onions you have
for storage. I find it best to put the string loop/circle on a hook
letting it hang so you have the two parallel string sides. Take an onion
and fix it to the bottom of the loop by weaving the couple of inches of
old top in a figure of 8 and press it down tight. Then do the same with
the next onion above and gradually work your way up the string until you
feel it's "full". Then hang the completed string of bulbs wherever you
feel is most convenient for access and use. Keep in a dry, frost free
place and they should keep for many months.

Any very large, exhibition type onions I store in a net bag also hanging
it the garage - as I do with shallots and garlic.

Undoubtedly you will get other storage tips in response to your question
as there are other ways of managing the storage but I find the above
works well. HTH
--
Gopher .... I know my place!