[shaun]

just had a sort out in the shed and had to throw away about 20 onions that were rotten and mushy.they were stuttgart and red baron. also last week i threw about 10 away with the same problems  
Is anyone else having this problem or is it just poor old me ?

[John]

I think the weather hasn't helped this year - more going rotten than usual for sure here.

[shaun]

thats what i was thinking john ,i dont think that hot sun from may to july done them any good at all or was it not enough water ,or was it all that rain in august then more sun in september  :?
the same goes for all them tiny spuds that end up in the bottom of the sack because you have chosen all the big ones 1st

[Garden Gnome]

The red'uns don't store at all well, I find. Have they spread their germs to the others, perhaps?

[John]

If you get a mouldy one in a string it will spread to those by it. Red don't normally store quite as well, but I'd normally expect them to last to after Christmas at least.  It's been a grim year for onions.

[cornykev]

I had a good crop of red and yellow onions and are storing well but only about twenty left, still got plenty of shallots thou. White onions different story they all bolted and a few went rotten, although they stayed small they didn't go to waste do you think it was a bad batch, the weather or just a beginner not showing enough love towards his onions.

[John]

I reckon the weather - we went from miserable to heatwave and back. It was a rotten year for airborne fungal diseases as well,

[bayleaf]

My Sturm giants are fine but thats all I grew. I did lift them quite early (beginning of August) so maybe that helped - perhaps avoiding the wet weather by pure luck so your theory sounds right to me John

[wellingtons]

... are doing really well, but they're not red ones.  I've got them stored in large cardboard boxes ... have only really had one or two go iffy.