[nilsatis1964]

My onion and shallotts have been brilliant and I have harvetsed them as they were lying down.  How do I now dry them for storage?

[Babstreefern]

Hang them - you basically plait them and you get your "string of onion".  I'm still eating onions from 12 months ago because of this method

[nilsatis1964]

Plat them like hair when they are still green?

[sloegin]

This months issue of kitchen garden has loads of ideas on drying onions 

[mumofstig]

I thought that you were not supposed to plait them until they are dry, or they start to go mouldy

Dry them on a piece of chicken wire, or a barbie rack, (something that will let the air get all round them) and put them somewhere out of the rain

[Salmo]

I agree. Whatever you do dry them well before plaiting them.

If they are brittle when you try to plait damp them a little. Water will quickly dry whereas sap will not.

[JayG]

Any bulbs with noticeably thicker necks than the others tend not to dry properly and therefore not keep well and are best eaten sooner rather than later.