onions

[submariner]

Hi there all. My red and white onion leaves turned over about a week ago. How long do I leave them before lifting to dry?

[oldherbaceous]

When the top of my onions have gone over and started to yellow, i go along the row and lift the onions half out of the ground with a fork, so as not to snap the onions of there roots.
This helps them to dry quicker, and not breaking the roots off, helps them to keep better, as there is less chance of them rotting at the bottom.
Once they have nearly died off, i lift them completely and normally finish drying them off under cover, or outside if it is a year like this one.
This is just the way i like to do them.
I grow a lot of three to four pound onions and give them to the Church for the harvest festival, then they auction them off.
They always bring a smile to peoples faces, what i think, life is all about.

Kind regards Old Herbaceous.

Theres no fool like an old fool.

[submariner]

Thanks again OH. Nothing so grand as 4lb, I'm afraid.

[sprout]

They always bring a smile to peoples faces, what i think, life is all about.

Strange and wonderful OH - they do!
Thank you for this description, you obviously know your onions