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What to do with huge onions?

Cottage_Economy
Cottage_Economy Posts: 1,227 Forumite
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I overwintered some onion sets and now have enormous onions that are showing no signs of stopping growing. Some of them are the size of my palms! They have developed a brown papery skin in the last couple of weeks which is making me think they are close to be done.

I really need the bed space for other things now, so how do I go about finishing them off ready for storage?

How long will it be until I can lift them and use the ground?

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  • wallbash
    wallbash Posts: 17,775 Forumite
    Pull them now and leave lying on the ground** to dry. Should be easy this week end,well done for growing such big ones.

    ** move them to one side and use the space.
  • I_have_spoken
    I_have_spoken Posts: 5,051 Forumite
    Enter them in the nearest Harvest Festival show?
  • Cottage_Economy
    Cottage_Economy Posts: 1,227 Forumite
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    They heard me! I went out this afternoon to sort them out and the majority had begun to bend over. They were completely upright yesterday.

    So I've decided to give them a but more time to do their thing. I can wait one more week before lifting.
  • lollipopsarah
    lollipopsarah Posts: 1,333 Forumite
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    Ours are looking big too so we'll probably do the same and then hubby ties them up and hangs them under the fire escape to dry, yummy.
    xx
  • wallbash
    wallbash Posts: 17,775 Forumite
    Cottage_Economy wrote: »
    They heard me! I went out this afternoon to sort them out and the majority had begun to bend over. They were completely upright yesterday.

    So I've decided to give them a but more time to do their thing. I can wait one more week before lifting.

    But we are looking at a week of warm DRY weather, ideal for lifted onions. If next week is wet ??? lift them now.
  • Cottage_Economy
    Cottage_Economy Posts: 1,227 Forumite
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    wallbash wrote: »
    But we are looking at a week of warm DRY weather, ideal for lifted onions. If next week is wet ??? lift them now.

    Ok...will go and do battle shortly.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 12,492 Forumite
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    lift don`t pull. If the necks are thick then they are unlikely to store well and neither do onions that have had a flower stalk. I dehydrate any that I don`t want to keep or I saute in olive oil and freeze
  • trollopscarletwoman
    trollopscarletwoman Posts: 8,732 Forumite
    wallbash wrote: »
    But we are looking at a week of warm DRY weather, ideal for lifted onions. If next week is wet ??? lift them now.

    I would do what basher suggests.

    Take advantage of the weather.
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