What to do with huge onions?

Cottage_Economy

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?

wallbash

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

Enter them in the nearest Harvest Festival show?

Cottage_Economy

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

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

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

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.

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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

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.