soggy onions

[ailsasyl]

Help!
Have just walked up the garden to check on the onions and garlic, garlic looks like its doing well as do the red onions but my white onion, the tops have flopped over about 8 inches green growth and the tops feel very wet and squishy, its been dry here but overcast past two days and grown is wet are they okay or starting to rot? Planted end october.
Have searche but can't find an answer!

[GreenPete]

I'd leave them a bit longer to see if they recover, I presume the white onions are the hardy Japanese onions. If the bulb as well as the top growth has gone squashy then the frost must have got to them, they probably won't recover. If it was me I'd remove them and next month replant with new sets.

[mogs]

My onions and garlic went a bit like that a few weeks ago and I hand forked the bed just to let a bit of air in and loosen the soil - but did it carefully to avoid their roots! Both my garlic and onins seem to have perked up a bit and are standing a bit prouder now - here's hoping!

[Snadger]

You have to remember that the outer part of the onion set DOES rot away as the plant grows. I suspect this is what you are seeing especially if the tops are growing well?

The onion set should be above the ground and sometimes pulling back a little bit of soil so that it's just level with the basal plate can help once they are actively growing.

[ailsasyl]

Thanks guys! Feeling reassured, will leave them alone and see what happens