"Ophelia" wrote...

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
"Ophelia" wrote
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
"TheScullster" wrote
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?

We have had ours in storage for a couple of months already, how come
yours aren't dried out completely? If you don't store them asap they
will either rot or start to grow again.
Depends how dry the stalks are as to which way we store them, this year
as it was so dry the tops were completely dry and I just cut them off
(like the ones for sale) and stored in crates. Some years when there is
still sap in the stalk we tie together and hand in the shed to dry
completely.

You put yours up at the 'begining' of August?
Yep, they were completely dry by then.

Thanks, Bob My 'gardening' file grows apace)
I might add it's been a very dry summer here although the onions grew well
they did die off early and also dried well once lifted out of the ground and
left there in the sun.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London