[pushrod]

Last year there were a few threads on big onions - just wondering what success people had. I am sure vegmandan will have some of the biggest but what about the people who were just growing them outside. I had reasonable success but unfortunately was away on holiday for 3 weeks july/august and wasn't there to protect them from caterpillars that ravaged the leaves 


When people give the weight are they talking dried off, or with leaves still attached?


edit : grown from kelsae seeds bought at wilko, sown start of january and planted out about march/april.

[lmillar11]

Nice onions pushrod, thers no way im going to talk about mine, lets just say I did not have an onion year!

 

[mumofstig]

Mmmm, nice onions...............fried?

[vegmandan]

Wahey !!! 
Got to 7lb 9oz so far and this was the last of the mouldy ones. :roll:

Got 3 more still growing which are bigger and bug free.

So maybe I might just manage a ten pounder !! 

[pushrod]

Mmmm, nice onions...............fried?

TBH i usually find big onions to be a bit mild, but good in sarnies and salads.

No one else got any biggish onions 

[pushrod]

Wow! was wondering where the big onions were ? very impressive, makes my efforts look pretty miniscule.

[Aunt Sally]

Well done Dan ! Lots of French Onion soup there 

[matron]

Wow, that is enormous. Have plenty of hankies ready when you slice it 

[matron]

Ours are still growing. They aren't as big as that. This year we have tried some from seed as well as our usual sets. Very impressed with the seed onions (Ailsa Craig).

[diggerjoe]

just amazing a real giant of an onion

[Lady Lottie]

That is amazing.  It's bigger than your head!! :blink:

[sando8901]

Nice one 

How do they taste?

[crowndale]

mine are just the right size for me so perfect!  but am not into growing giant veg really though am impressed by the efforts of others!

[Sadgit]

Holy cow.. that is a big 'un. Are they very mild when they get to that size?

[Sue33]

crikey, never seen one that big before