onions

[walkingdave]

can anyone tell what to do about my bolting onions do i pull them and what i can do with them or should i should do with them

[Potstubsdustbins]

Cut the seed pod stem off, allow the onion to grow on, harvest when of a usable size and use straight away. They will not store.

Colin

[binley100]

or......if there are too many to be used straight away, then peel , slice, bung in a bag and freeze.

[Peas'n'Kews]

Do you dry the ones that have flowered?

I am using these first, but all my onions are currently drying including the ones that had flower spikes...

[Matt94]

yes i dry all of my onions even the ones that had bolted - however they wont last as long as 'un-bolted' ones.

[binley100]

I don't dry the bolted ones .......just freeze them straight away ...

[Newton]

Where do you store them? Onions in my house seem to go soft quickly! Ive got lots at the lottie drying in the GH.

Where should they go next?

[Aberdeenplotter]

Into a dry airy frost free environment.

[Newton]

Is light an issue? And what about ideal temperature?

[Florence Fennel]

Some of mine are on trays in the stayput with the door open, others are on trays in the shed.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Is light an issue? And what about ideal temperature?

Light isn't an issue. You don't want to cook them and you don't want to freeze
them

Into a dry airy frost free environment.

[GardenFaery]

onion relish/pickle/jars... jars solve everything

[gardenpassion]

Mine don't seem to be swelling... they have lots of leaf, and I started them in the greenhouse as advised on here, which seemed to give them a fantastic start, but they just seem to be slow to swell. How much longer should I leave them before lifting to store. Do they take long to go brown? I was hoping to show some but they just dont seem big enough. poor things! Thanks x

[arpoet]

Mine are not swelling either. Like on other threds, its a bad year for lots of veg.
If only we can have week or two without a lot of rain and some brightness they should start to bulk up.
Roger

[Aberdeenplotter]

Mine don't seem to be swelling... they have lots of leaf, and I started them in the greenhouse as advised on here, which seemed to give them a fantastic start, but they just seem to be slow to swell. How much longer should I leave them before lifting to store. Do they take long to go brown? I was hoping to show some but they just dont seem big enough. poor things! Thanks x

Even folks like me who are growing onions specifically to show are struggling this year but there should be at least a months growing time yet before needing to lift onions for late August shows and even more time for later shows