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Barbara Garden Sage Posts: 35,463	Onions Aug 15, 2015 17:54:06 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Barbara on Aug 15, 2015 17:54:06 GMT
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Rosefriend Admin Friendship is the Finest Rose in the Garden of Life Posts: 30,384	Onions Aug 15, 2015 17:54:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosefriend on Aug 15, 2015 17:54:05 GMT Just taken 3 pics and not cropped them at all Barbara,..
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Rosefriend Admin Friendship is the Finest Rose in the Garden of Life Posts: 30,384	Onions Aug 15, 2015 17:56:06 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosefriend on Aug 15, 2015 17:56:06 GMT Yours have far more skin as mine Barbara - they look marvellous - obviously different varieties - yes they are great... They look to be that they would store if you dry them well - if you have to take the others then I would...
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Barbara Garden Sage Posts: 35,463	Onions Aug 15, 2015 17:59:20 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Barbara on Aug 15, 2015 17:59:20 GMT With them having no tops on if it rains they will be full of water I think , I would rather give them away than let them go rotten in the shed where I store them, yours look good RF thanks for the help again.
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Onions Aug 15, 2015 18:09:22 GMT

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Aug 15, 2015 17:59:20 GMT Barbara said:

With them having no tops on if it rains they will be full of water I think

, I would rather give them away than let them go rotten in the shed where I store them, yours look good RF thanks for the help again.

Do you really need to do that Barbara - turn them upside down - that is what I did last year...how many tons have you got then?

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Barbara Garden Sage Posts: 35,463	Onions Aug 15, 2015 18:16:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Barbara on Aug 15, 2015 18:16:05 GMT I still have about 40 in the ground RF I dug up about a dozen or more. I could chopand freeze some and make some soup as well, I think I'll be busy in the kitchen next week.
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Onions Aug 15, 2015 18:21:16 GMT

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Aug 15, 2015 18:16:05 GMT Barbara said:

I still have about 40 in the ground RF I dug up about a dozen or more. I could chopand freeze some and make some soup as well, I think I'll be busy in the kitchen next week.

I have abut 50/60 in two 45litre tubs - varying sizes and I can stagger them...I hope you can use them bit by bit - it is heartbreaking to lose them..

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Onions Aug 16, 2015 6:44:11 GMT

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Barbara, those look absolutely fine, the outer skin that they have, even if it's not skin colour, will harden as they dry. I think Tig had problems with her onions one year so she might be able to advise r.e. storing. For now 'tho I'd dig them all up and get them drying.

Rosefriend, those look good, well done to both of you. lovecool

I did'nt get onions this year but hopefully I'll get some this autumn to overwinter again, they did so well last time.

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farmersboy Garden Sage Posts: 28,854	Onions Sept 23, 2016 18:20:59 GMT Tig likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by farmersboy on Sept 23, 2016 18:20:59 GMT My onions have done very well this year,never had so many big ones,these are autumn planted
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Rosefriend Admin Friendship is the Finest Rose in the Garden of Life Posts: 30,384	Onions Sept 23, 2016 18:50:56 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosefriend on Sept 23, 2016 18:50:56 GMT I always did envy your Onions farmersboy, - will they last you all winter now??
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Ladygardener Garden Sage Posts: 58,486	Onions Sept 24, 2016 11:53:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Ladygardener on Sept 24, 2016 11:53:46 GMT farmersboy, Looks like it was a very good year for you, well done. What variety are they?
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farmersboy Garden Sage Posts: 28,854	Onions Sept 25, 2016 9:10:14 GMT Ladygardener likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by farmersboy on Sept 25, 2016 9:10:14 GMT They were Troy LG,my spring planted ones were Picko Bello, not so big,but a nice onion
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maggy Head Gardener Posts: 9,552	Onions Sept 25, 2016 18:33:04 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by maggy on Sept 25, 2016 18:33:04 GMT What lovely onions farmersboy, do you string them? I was thinking they looked like Spanish onions!

farmersboy Garden Sage Posts: 28,854	Onions Sept 26, 2016 10:14:55 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by farmersboy on Sept 26, 2016 10:14:55 GMT They are only the autumn planted ones RF,ive got almost as many spring planted,and they all should last into April,we eat them six days a week. No i dont string them Maggy,
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mickthecactus Deputy Head Gardener Posts: 937	Onions Feb 8, 2020 18:17:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mickthecactus on Feb 8, 2020 18:17:26 GMT Long time since onions mentioned... I see Picko Bello above and that was what I grew last year and had an excellent crop but can't find them this year.

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Onions Feb 8, 2020 20:02:52 GMT

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Feb 8, 2020 18:17:26 GMT mickthecactus said:

Long time since onions mentioned...

I see Picko Bello above and that was what I grew last year and had an excellent crop but can't find them this year.

Here you are mickthecactus,

gardenworld.proboards.com/post/588156/thread

The threads in Vegetables and Fruit growing are for general informative purposes - the Grow threads are for yearly experience with whatever varieties one chooses to grow...

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
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mickthecactus Deputy Head Gardener Posts: 937	Onions Feb 8, 2020 21:06:20 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mickthecactus on Feb 8, 2020 21:06:20 GMT Noted and thank you.