Storing onions - Claire's Allotment part 119

[RoflmaoAtSheepeople]

Im from the USA thanks for the tips seems we will be needing it.Iv did asub to you thanks you have alot of great vid sits here.

[clairesallotment]

@RoflmaoAtSheepeople I'm glad you find the videos useful. Thank you.

[SiliconBong]

I like how she anthropomorphises the onions :)

[vivsgran]

Just a thought... my mum puts her onions (after they have dried a bit ) into a pair of ruined pantihose (tights?) and hangs them near her wood stove in the winter. She also uses this tip to dry any walnuts she stores. They can be removed for use by a hole in the toe and then closed with a twist tie. Always fun to repurpose.

[clairesallotment]

@vivsgran What a wonderful way to re-use old tights. I hope she washes them first. I'm sure she does.

[TheDERRYANK]

CLAIRE, TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY MY ONIONS ARE ALL TURNING BROWN THROUGH THEIR CENTERS, I PULLED THEM UP IN MID SUMMER WHEN THE TOPS STARTED TO FALL OVER THEN DRIED THEM IN THE GARAGE . I CUT THE DRY TOPS OFF AND THEY LOOKED GREAT TILL A FEW WEEKS BACK ,NOW THE WHITE FLESH IS TURNING BROWN ?

[clairesallotment]

@TheDERRYANK I've had a few this year that have done this. What it is called is "Onion Neck Rot". It attacks bulbs in storage, and is caused by the fungus entering the bulb when it's growing. You don't know the bulb has it until it starts to show much later. It tends to occur more when you've had a very wet spell of weather, which we did in July/August. Squeeze all the onions and any that feel soft either use now or if too badly rotten through away, but not on the compost heap.

[sadia102]

Thanks for the great vid Claire. You always have the good basic tips that others forget to mention. I havent tried onions yet.

[clairesallotment]

@sadia102 They really are so easy to grow. They don't need much looking after. Just water and keep weeds at bay. My sort of plant, no faffing.

[bonnie43uk]

Good tips Claire, .. Onions last for months if well stored. .. i was still eating my allotment onions on Christmas day. ( and beyond).

Q:, can we put the bad onions on the compost? .. or are we better off just throwing them away?

[clairesallotment]

@bonnie43uk I keep going into the shed to get some carrots, so hopefully I'll have them until Christmas. We do go through a lot at home. If there are any that are rotten I just put them in the compost heap.

[CearaQC]

ooh thanks for the reminder. I have a row of heirloom multiplying onions to bring in the house. :D

[clairesallotment]

@CearaQC Mine are drying nicely, but won't last much longer as we keep eating them. But that's what they're there for anyway. I don't know if they'll last til Christmas though.

[itube0033]

Thank you! very informative.

[0muffins0]

Thanks for the tips!

[clairesallotment]

@0muffins0 We're getting through my onions at quite a rate. Don't know if I'll have any left by Christmas.