freezing onions

[hawthorns]

i have pulled my main crop onions and they have been drying for 4 days. trouble is they seem to be going soft and will not store can they be frozen

[binley100]

yup .........peel and chop up the decent bits , in a bag and straight in the freezer ......

[Thelma Sanders]

snap Binley! I've even chopped the thicker green tops to use (much the same as I use leek tops) for soups that will be blitzed, so you don't notice any stringy bits LOL

[Florence Fennel]

Frozen chopped onions can be a brilliant time-saver.

[Aberdeenplotter]

i have pulled my main crop onions and they have been drying for 4 days. trouble is they seem to be going soft and will not store can they be frozen

yes onions freeze wel but I'm more concerned about the state of the onions to start with. Next year (thank goodness there always is one) before lifting your onions, stick your fork into the ground beside them and just lever it back enough to break the roots. Then you can leave the onions to ripen off before lifting.

[Alison]

It's quite early to be lifting main crop onions and if they still have green bits on then they're not really ready for storing. They're absolutely fine to eat but unless they're properly dried out they will go soft etc.

[binley100]

I had to lift mine they had died down

[Anna Stox]

same here, my shakespeares flopped a couple of weeks ago, and 3/4 were no longer at all green yesterday so lifted them. Luckly my ?electrics (red onions), flopped a bit a while back (never did figure out why), then continued growing (they now have a right angle kink in the stem!).

[Lotsaveg]

Lifted all mine yesterday as they were flopping over and leaves were beginning to go yellow. Also, slugs and snails were starting to chew on the leaves!

[binley100]

mine were under fleece for most of march and april due to the allium leaf miner so I don't know if that made a difference ......

[hawthorns]

mine were attacked by leek moth again so i think this is a reason why they dont store

[Potstubsdustbins]

My Red Baron took a real battering from the early winds we had. Most now seem to have recovered but there is still some doubt as to whether we will get our usual crop.

Colin

[Dead Dogs]

SWMBO has been lifting an onion or two as and when she wants for the past month or so.

Due to the winter snow only about half the Red and 3/4 brown servived. I love onions sow planted more sets around May in the poly and greenhouse.