Stringing Onions

[Earthgirl Jen]

Today I constructed my first ever onion string


Technique copied from Cliff
Watch at 3.52 for his masterclass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3SsMGo_RsI

[veggiechicken]

Other methods are available

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...ight=stringing

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...ight=stringing

[Penellype]

That's amazingly neat and tidy, and lovely big onions too. When I string mine it rapidly goes wonky because the onions are all different sizes.

[Jay-ell]

Nice and neat Jen. Soon you'll have a bicycle, stripey jumper and beret.

[1Bee]

Every time I try, it all falls apart when I try to take one off. Then, since they're hanging overhead, it gets a bit hazardous. Husband could tell I was getting an onion by the swearing.

My Dad used to wrap his around canes.

[Earthgirl Jen]

That's amazingly neat and tidy, and lovely big onions too. When I string mine it rapidly goes wonky because the onions are all different sizes.

Thank you Penellype, I was so late planting my onion seed this year, I 'panic' bought a packet of stuttgarter sets and red karmen sets from wilko at the beginning of march and planted them straight into 10packs. They didn't even get into the ground until the 8th May and the only reason I dug them up was because 'Mr Mole' was having a fine old time tunnelling under them and the leaves had flopped over. I thank this gorgeous weather we've had, plus I did feed the bed well and watered them every 4 days, when it was really hot.

Cliff does a good tutorial in the video and I just copied him, as VC says other tutorials are available. I think I'm going to have a bumper crop of onions this year, I still have Globo, Red Baron and Bedforshire Champion still in the ground I grew from seed and I still have a bed of red karmen and stuttgarter to harvest as well, (planted in a different area) they were the littlest that I didn't want to throw away and even they are putting on weight now thanks to this nice summer. This time last year on the coast I was pulling onions up so they didn't rot in the ground as it was so wet!

[Earthgirl Jen]

Nice and neat Jen. Soon you'll have a bicycle, stripey jumper and beret.

Thanks Jay-ell I think my bike will need re-enforced handlebars, they're heavy

[Earthgirl Jen]

Every time I try, it all falls apart when I try to take one off. Then, since they're hanging overhead, it gets a bit hazardous. Husband could tell I was getting an onion by the swearing.

My Dad used to wrap his around canes.

Glad you survived to tell the tale 1Bee !
Apparently if you string them the way Cliff showed in the video, you can cut whatever onion you want from the string and they won't fall apart. I'll let you know if it works! or I will have to learn to dodge faster.. lol...

[fon]

Im terrible at doing this!

Instead I make sure they have dried out, and then drop them into a pair of old tights.

Tie a knot in between each onion and then just cut off the bottom of the tights when you want one.

Fon

[Earthgirl Jen]

Im terrible at doing this!

Instead I make sure they have dried out, and then drop them into a pair of old tights.

Tie a knot in between each onion and then just cut off the bottom of the tights when you want one.

Fon

Fon I'm just pretending to know how it's done x

[Derbydal]

Earth Jen they look good ! this year i'm slinging mine not stringing ! lost mine to onion root rot LOL.
atb Dal

[Earthgirl Jen]

Earth Jen they look good ! this year i'm slinging mine not stringing ! lost mine to onion root rot LOL.
atb Dal

Sorry Derbydal, I shouldn't have like your comment really, I'd be gutted x as I love onions, I can use 6 or 8 a week easily.

Have you sprinkled your beds with garlic powder? I did a lot of research last year when I found some of mine had root rot and this seems to help enormously. There were a lot of 'seasoned gardeners' out there that did it ever year and grew their onions in the same bed every year...

I managed to catch mine early and of the ones that showed it I gave them away to friends and family, I even chopped up a load and froze straight away, they were fine. I only grew Globo last year, as I thought I'd try and grow some onions and I wanted a mild one I could also use in salads. They are supposed to not be very good at keeping, however I ate my last one in Jan 18, 6mths after I lifted them and it was fine.

[muck lover]

Totally absolutely utterly jealous. Most of mine are only fit for the compost heap.

[Earthgirl Jen]

Totally absolutely utterly jealous. Most of mine are only fit for the compost heap.

Apologies muck lover there isn't an 'I'm sorry' button and I hit the like as thanks for replying to my thread before the brain kicks in x

[Earthgirl Jen]

Totally absolutely utterly jealous. Most of mine are only fit for the compost heap.

Muck lover if it's any consolation I looked at my Bedfordshire champions last night and the leaves didn't look right, outer leaves had died and withered over the last couple of days, so I wiggled one in the soil and sure enough 'onion rot'... So I pulled all the varieties of onions last night. This evening I sorted them all and sprinkled garlic powder on the bed that was affected (only Bedfordshire Champion) Don't know where you live but I managed nearly 300 onions of various sizes.
This evening I'm down to about 250 as I put the call out to family and friends that fresh onions were available for the taking
If you lived near you would have been included x