We here at home have been thinking(dangerous) since Gardeners World, about
the economics regarding growing them.
The difference in taste say, between a shop bought new potato and a home
grown is enormous as is a tomato or broad beans or most vegetables we grow.

We wonder can anyone truly say that a home grown onion which has been
stored tastes any different from a shop bought?

We are talking pennies to buy a 5kg sack, versus the time, room and effort
it takes us to get the same.

Just wondering because the garden here is quite small and we feel the room
we have could have been managed better than we have done.

Part_No

On 05/09/2010 13:29, Part_No wrote:
We here at home have been thinking(dangerous) since Gardeners World, about
the economics regarding growing them.
The difference in taste say, between a shop bought new potato and a home
grown is enormous as is a tomato or broad beans or most vegetables we grow.

We wonder can anyone truly say that a home grown onion which has been
stored tastes any different from a shop bought?

We are talking pennies to buy a 5kg sack, versus the time, room and effort
it takes us to get the same.

Just wondering because the garden here is quite small and we feel the room
we have could have been managed better than we have done.

Part_No
I guess it depends on the variety grown and those you buy. I grow
sturgeon and find them much hotter than shop bought ones, sadly we
always run out before the next seasons are ready!

--
Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire

"Part_No" wrote ...
We here at home have been thinking(dangerous) since Gardeners World, about
the economics regarding growing them.
The difference in taste say, between a shop bought new potato and a home
grown is enormous as is a tomato or broad beans or most vegetables we
grow.

We wonder can anyone truly say that a home grown onion which has been
stored tastes any different from a shop bought?

We are talking pennies to buy a 5kg sack, versus the time, room and effort
it takes us to get the same.

Just wondering because the garden here is quite small and we feel the room
we have could have been managed better than we have done.

Ours are always a lot stronger and make one cry more than a shop bought one.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

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"Part_No" wrote ...
We here at home have been thinking(dangerous) since Gardeners World,
about
the economics regarding growing them.
The difference in taste say, between a shop bought new potato and a home
grown is enormous as is a tomato or broad beans or most vegetables we
grow.

We wonder can anyone truly say that a home grown onion which has been
stored tastes any different from a shop bought?

We are talking pennies to buy a 5kg sack, versus the time, room and
effort
it takes us to get the same.

Just wondering because the garden here is quite small and we feel the
room
we have could have been managed better than we have done.

Ours are always a lot stronger and make one cry more than a shop bought
one.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

Much better than shop ones we think.
I grow stuttgarter, a friend grows sturon, a few years ago I gave some to a
friend who said later that she hadnt cried properly when cuttng up an onion
for years. She thought it was just her own metabolism changing, but now
considers that shop onions, and farming in general (or most of it) has
changed over the last half century to produce bland food for the masses.

We will continue to grow our own!

John
at the very top end of Wirral.

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We here at home have been thinking(dangerous) since Gardeners World, about
the economics regarding growing them.
The difference in taste say, between a shop bought new potato and a home
grown is enormous as is a tomato or broad beans or most vegetables we grow.

We wonder can anyone truly say that a home grown onion which has been
stored tastes any different from a shop bought?

We are talking pennies to buy a 5kg sack, versus the time, room and effort
it takes us to get the same.

Just wondering because the garden here is quite small and we feel the room
we have could have been managed better than we have done.

Part_No

I only grew onions once, decided that the amount of work/care involved
wasn't worth it when I can buy them as and when I need them.
The ones I grew may have been slightly stronger tasting, but not
significantly so.
--
Gordon H
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Ours are always a lot stronger and make one cry more than a shop bought one.




I'm sure if the EU found out about that, they would think of some
regulation to stop it! Not to mention dear old Health & Safetey!

Roger T

"Gordon H" wrote
Part_No writes
We here at home have been thinking(dangerous) since Gardeners World, about
the economics regarding growing them.
The difference in taste say, between a shop bought new potato and a home
grown is enormous as is a tomato or broad beans or most vegetables we
grow.

We wonder can anyone truly say that a home grown onion which has been
stored tastes any different from a shop bought?

We are talking pennies to buy a 5kg sack, versus the time, room and effort
it takes us to get the same.

Just wondering because the garden here is quite small and we feel the room
we have could have been managed better than we have done.


I only grew onions once, decided that the amount of work/care involved
wasn't worth it when I can buy them as and when I need them.
The ones I grew may have been slightly stronger tasting, but not
significantly so.

I never consider onions a difficult crop to grow or look after, they take no
more care than any other veg in fact not as much as some, leeks for example.
Basically you plant them and forget them except if it's very dry like this
year, they do not like weeds but you would weed anyway no matter what the
crop.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

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"Gordon H" wrote

I only grew onions once, decided that the amount of work/care
involved wasn't worth it when I can buy them as and when I need them.
The ones I grew may have been slightly stronger tasting, but not
significantly so.

I never consider onions a difficult crop to grow or look after, they
take no more care than any other veg in fact not as much as some, leeks
for example. Basically you plant them and forget them except if it's
very dry like this year, they do not like weeds but you would weed
anyway no matter what the crop.

I think it was the uncertainty of when to lift them, and how long to
leave them in a Manchester climate which put me off, and the fact that
some appeared to be going soft before we used them all.
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Gordon H
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"Gordon H" wrote

I only grew onions once, decided that the amount of work/care involved
wasn't worth it when I can buy them as and when I need them.
The ones I grew may have been slightly stronger tasting, but not
significantly so.

I never consider onions a difficult crop to grow or look after, they take
no more care than any other veg in fact not as much as some, leeks for
example. Basically you plant them and forget them except if it's very dry
like this year, they do not like weeds but you would weed anyway no matter
what the crop.

I think it was the uncertainty of when to lift them, and how long to leave
them in a Manchester climate which put me off, and the fact that some
appeared to be going soft before we used them all.

Personally once the tops have fallen over and then started to go brown and
dry I lift them, trim the roots, take off any damaged loose skins, string
them up and hang them in the garage/shed. This year I left them out on the
ground to dry, and then it rained, and rained..... won't do that again!

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

John T wrote:
John
at the very top end of Wirral.

Sorry, going off topic, but - which bit do you count as the top end? My
parents live about as far north on the Wirral as you can get before falling
into the estuary ...

Gordon H wrote:
I only grew onions once, decided that the amount of work/care involved
wasn't worth it when I can buy them as and when I need them.
The ones I grew may have been slightly stronger tasting, but not
significantly so.

We planted a huge amoiunt of onions this year as we lost a lot last year to
white rot. We got a good crop, and they took relatively little care -
didn't need to water them, took one basic digging over and weeding before
planting, and 2 lots of emergency weeding during the growing season (when we
suddenly realised we could no longer see the onions!). Pretty easy crop
imho.

Bob Hobden wrote:
I never consider onions a difficult crop to grow or look after, they take no
more care than any other veg in fact not as much as some, leeks for example.

I've never found leeks particularly troublesome, either. I guess there's an
extra stage due to growing them to a certain size before planting out, where
onions (from sets) just go straight out ...

Apparently next year we're going to have another go at growing from seed.
Now /that/ is a bit less reliable.