Storing Onions

[Bigmallly]

Penellype - your onion stringing sounds a bit complex, think I'd need to see you actually doing it to understand !!! Bet it's simple really, just me being a bit dim ...

This is how I string mine, which I think is how Pene does hers':

[veggiechicken]

This is how I store my onions - in the house.
The shallots in the foreground are last years and I've just finished using last year's onions. Very few of them went soft.



The onions in the background are this year's crop.
When I'm bored with stringing them, I'm going to use Storage nets from the Swedish shop and hang them in the garage.

[SusieG]

This is how I store my onions - in the house.
The shallots in the foreground are last years and I've just finished using last year's onions. Very few of them went soft.

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The onions in the background are this year's crop.
When I'm bored with stringing them, I'm going to use Storage nets from the Swedish shop and hang them in the garage.

Got to get me one of those storage nets!!!! (Firstly-need to grow some onions!!!!!)

[Penellype]

This is how I string mine, which I think is how Pene does hers':

Yes, that is how I do mine.

There is a video showing how to plait onions (not the way I do it but interesting) here: How to plait Onions, Shallots or Garlic | LEARN HOW TO GARDEN

[marchogaeth]

Great explanations. I grew all red onions this year after two years of disaster. They are really big but did start dying back about three weeks ago so I lifted them. I do dry in the tunnel but I usually have both sets of end doors open - however, maybe I need to think about moving them or using a stable. If I bought one of those nets to fill you could guarantee I'd only get three onions that year!

[Alison]

I lift mine when they show signs of dying back not when they have died off. As mentioned mine go straight from ground to garage, If anything can sprout in my garage it is close to a miracle. It has 2 temperatures, cold and not so cold

No sign of dying back yet on mine, weeded them all yesterday and suspect they'll be a couple of weeks yet so about the same time as most years

[Jay-ell]

Took up some today which have been dying back an they're drying in the greenhouse. Still have a bed of onions to pull up but they went in a little later and have just started to show signs of being done. Hopefully they'll be done in a couple of weeks - any earlier and I don't have anywhere to dry them as the garage is full of shallots.

[muddled]

My shallots (from seed) are nowhere near ready yet!
Still fresh and green and standing to attention....I'm planning to lift them in September!

[sparrow100]

I'm a first time onion grower - my onions from seed are just starting to bend. V handy info, thanks all - particularly Greenleaves for asking!

[veggiechicken]

Re the Swedish shop storage nets. I've just tried a couple of 3 tier ones but they don't like the weight of a lot of onions and sag in the middle. I'm just going to use them for the stemless little ones.

It wasn't a very good idea ........As you were

[Snadger]

This is how I store my onions - in the house.
The shallots in the foreground are last years and I've just finished using last year's onions. Very few of them went soft.

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The onions in the background are this year's crop.
When I'm bored with stringing them, I'm going to use Storage nets from the Swedish shop and hang them in the garage.

Your stored onions/shallots are pretty impressive veggie! I've taught you well!

[Mark489]

Drying out onions

Contrary to what's been said already, and I do respect those with a lot more experience, this is my first year growing onions, and I did hang them in the greenhouse, I checked them every other day, and they dried out just fine, they are now in a dark sack hanging in a foolish room by the kitchen and the wife has started using them. Oh did I mention I grew them in a bag not in the ground, very easy and they taste great.