onions are huge but not showing signs of bending

[chasingmytail]

Some of these are now getting rather large. The leaves on the majority are till upright. What do I do? Leaves them, bend the leaves or what?

[Bal]

I await the answer, min are the same

[Aberdeenplotter]

If you bend them, you run the risk of causing bruising which in turn encourages neck rot. If the onions are big enough for you, take a fork and go along the row levering back gently which will break the roots and encourage the onions to ripen off.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Wow , that was a thread stopper. I didn't intend for that. No-one else got a view?

[happyhumph]

Let them get huge! 1 onion to feed a family of 12

I'm not growing onions, I just want to see how big other people's get..... I have a fondness for enormous veg (except courgettes turning into marrows ))

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[Potstubsdustbins]

It seems like a good year for onions my reds are of a good size and the leaves are still standing. I have started to take the odd one at SWMBOs request the rest will stay there till the tops fall over.

[Bal]

Mine are huge this year. The tops have just started to bend over. My biggest problem is going to be where I put them to dry. I have rather a lot this year, and no space to dry them. Would a net suspended from the eaves of the potting shed work. The shed is attached to the greenhouse so has the potential to get quite warm, and as it has a window and I leave the connecting door open into the greenhouse for ventilation it's not very dark.