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I've just cleared a few onions this morning - some from sets last autumn and some from seed last autumn.

I have strung them and hung them outside the back door and the window cleaner was waxing lyrical to his assistant about how they have them like this in France.

Needles to say I'm feeling quite proud of these beauties.

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Very nice.

They look great, what variety and have you any instructions on how to plait them like that as its something I have always wanted to do and lastly were they part of your moon trials.

Blimey! Already?

Looks very impressive!

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Got the technique from the stringing onion linkie from SBP here:

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...lic_20600.html

They were put in the ground on a moon day yes, but not part of the moon trial - this year's trial ends tomorrow [YAY], so results to follow.

Variety = these were a mix; the sets were senshu but the seeds were red holland bloodred, and bedfordshire champion.

I strung some garlics last week, also went out on a moon day last September. They are in the greenhouse.

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Nice

OH has just lifted our autumn planted ones to finish drying out. There's some whoppers!
I usually plait mine like garlics rather than string them.

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I couldn't be ar$ed to wait for them to dry out to plait....if truth be told. Wanted them up and out of the way.

Next lot will be plaited.

Makes it all worthwhile when you see them all strung up.

Got quite a few with a little rot damage, so going to look into cooking them all in olive oil and freezing, for quick meal starters. Once I get moving again, I'm all out of energy today.

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Cheers for that

Very impressive Andrea. I must try to get some onions and garlic planted in autumn this year (if we haven't moved) to see if I get better results.

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I think Shirl, I will sow one bag of Senshu [sets] and just use autumn sown [seeds] onions for the rest - and keep them in the greenhouse for the winter. It's all about knowing how many you need isn't it and I have definitely got too many of the sets that are now going over now that the sown from seed ones are coming good.

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So when did you sow the seeds? I thought they were to be sown at crimbo time - mind you the ones that I did never got planted out

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I sowed them last autumn, sept and oct if I remember rightly. They were put into a raised bed full of sand by the module load for the winter and just grew really slowly. Then transplanted out in their final positions in the spring.

The december down ones are the net but one batch

I'm ever so addicted to growing onions. Can you tell?

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I was starting to get that impression

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You and me both Andrea, the thing about onions is that they are so watchable, gawd I don't really know how to describe it. I love onions....

Mine are almost ready to plait, I'll be plaiting the red ones too, though can you tell me when you plait do you fold over the rest of the stems or plait them in wholly????

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Look fab! Well done there!

I was hoping they would dry out enough to plait them whole. I was using the string method of plaiting string in with them, so if they get wayward I'd chop it off and hopefully the onion would still stay put.

Might try it with the remaining garlics this weekend; I'll report back.

ETA: Thanks Lemon.

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Are you gonna start an overwintering onions trial zazen? I too love onions & garlic, but have never overwintered either. When and how autumn onions from seed? When the moon is in the 7th house?

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Happy to do an overwinter onion trial...I'll have a think about suitable numbers etc and get back to you!

Looking forward to finishing the Garlic one tomorrow......first cloves went in in Sept so it's a long term project.

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