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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: RookieJim on June 23, 2013, 12:21

Title: Winter Onions - are these ready to pull?
Post by: RookieJim on June 23, 2013, 12:21

My neighbour is harvesting his onions here at the plot as we speak.

Mine have started to flop over like the pic - are they ready for harvest yet or am jumping the gun?

(http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag9/Theboldjim/25C9CD2D-DB5E-451F-9178-480F93351994-19021-0000123A7B9291E6_zps7c9575f0.jpg)

Jim

Title: Re: Winter Onions - are these ready to pull?
Post by: fatcat1955 on June 23, 2013, 12:48

No, they are just top heavy. Wait till the foliage goes a straw colour and then lift them gently with a fork and leave on the surface to dry. If it is wet put them somewhere light and dry and try to get a lot of fresh air movement around them.

Title: Re: Winter Onions - are these ready to pull?
Post by: Beetroot queen on June 23, 2013, 13:13

They look good, i would wait till tops die off too.

Title: Re: Winter Onions - are these ready to pull?
Post by: Annen on June 23, 2013, 15:26

I'm using mine now as I go along, thinning the rows out and hopefully by the time I finish them all the maincrop will be ready.

Title: Re: Winter Onions - are these ready to pull?
Post by: Wiltshire Worms on June 23, 2013, 16:06

ours look like that as well, I will start using as soon as we need onions..main crop beginning to swell nicely now

Title: Re: Winter Onions - are these ready to pull?
Post by: DD. on June 23, 2013, 16:37

As others have stated, if you need them, use them. Winter onions do not store as well as spring planted ones.