Onions

[Headfry]

Help....might have ruined my autumn sown onions

tops had just gone over on most of them, getting ready to harvest when the weather did what it's doing now....hissing down!

Some of my onions are splitting... its the outer fleshy layers that have split!

any hope form them?

leave them, lift them, cover with cloches ??????

any ideas please kind grapes

[chuffa]

Hello Headfry, sometimes onions start splitting or doubling due to the ground being dry while the bulbs are forming. As for caring for them as long as there is no other problems with the onions, leave them till harvest time, but i don't think they will store well.

[gojiberry]

Splitting will be due to a spurt in growth, which may have been caused by numerous reasons. If the top have gone over and they are of a reasonable size I would be inclined to lift them to stop any more splitting. It is possible for slugs, pests and desease to get into the split and cause other problems.

Ian

[Bassman]

MIne have been bent over for about 6-8 weeks and are still growing fine, pulled one up yesterday to check they are ok but still cant see any issues.
Maybe just let them be and see how things go, any sign of any other damage then maybe start to lift??