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Storage Onion Harvest - some tops still green
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Storage Onion Harvest - some tops still green
I have some nearly softball sized red and white storage onions that don't seem to want to quit growning. They need some encouragement to quit growing so I can get them dried out for winter storage. I think I read once about knocking over (bending over) the tops to encourage them to stop growing but I'm not sure. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks Jack
jack131- Posts : 4
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Location : Upstate New York (Ithaca)
Re: Storage Onion Harvest - some tops still green
Yes, I read about knocking over the greens, too. It may have been under Onions in the ANSFG book. Check there.
Mine are still green but they don't seem to be growing anymore. Wish they were.
CC
Mine are still green but they don't seem to be growing anymore. Wish they were.
CC
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Re: Storage Onion Harvest - some tops still green
Jack, how long have they been in the ground and are they a mature size?
If they are still growing and not putting up flower stalks, you still have time to let them grow.
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If they are still growing and not putting up flower stalks, you still have time to let them grow.
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Re: Storage Onion Harvest - some tops still green
Stop watering them and they should fall over on their own as the bed dries out.jack131 wrote:I have some nearly softball sized red and white storage onions that don't seem to want to quit growning. They need some encouragement to quit growing so I can get them dried out for winter storage. I think I read once about knocking over (bending over) the tops to encourage them to stop growing but I'm not sure. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks Jack
If you break the stem by bending them over you can introduced disease that will affect the storage quality .
Mother nature withdraws the sugars and desiccates the stems naturally when the moisture levels start to drop off so there is less chance of a ruptured cell getting diseased .
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Re: Storage Onion Harvest - some tops still green
+1plantoid wrote:Stop watering them and they should fall over on their own as the bed dries out.jack131 wrote:I have some nearly softball sized red and white storage onions that don't seem to want to quit growning. They need some encouragement to quit growing so I can get them dried out for winter storage. I think I read once about knocking over (bending over) the tops to encourage them to stop growing but I'm not sure. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks Jack
If you break the stem by bending them over you can introduced disease that will affect the storage quality .
Mother nature withdraws the sugars and desiccates the stems naturally when the moisture levels start to drop off so there is less chance of a ruptured cell getting diseased .
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Storage Onion Harvest - some tops still green
Thanks - I'll check it out. JackCapeCoddess wrote:Yes, I read about knocking over the greens, too. It may have been under Onions in the ANSFG book. Check there.
Mine are still green but they don't seem to be growing anymore. Wish they were.
CC
jack131- Posts : 4
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Re: Storage Onion Harvest - some tops still green
In years past my onions tops have started to die off by now so I'm getting nervous. They are softball sized so I think their big enough. We had a real heavy rain two days ago and two of them look like they exploded open. Thanks Jackcamprn wrote:Jack, how long have they been in the ground and are they a mature size?
If they are still growing and not putting up flower stalks, you still have time to let them grow.
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jack131- Posts : 4
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Re: Storage Onion Harvest - some tops still green
I haven't watered since May. We've had a very wet summer which is really unusual for upstate New York. I'll be careful if I do try bending them. I'm also thinking that bending them over will dislodge some of the roots and help them die off. Thanks Jackplantoid wrote:Stop watering them and they should fall over on their own as the bed dries out.jack131 wrote:I have some nearly softball sized red and white storage onions that don't seem to want to quit growning. They need some encouragement to quit growing so I can get them dried out for winter storage. I think I read once about knocking over (bending over) the tops to encourage them to stop growing but I'm not sure. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks Jack
If you break the stem by bending them over you can introduced disease that will affect the storage quality .
Mother nature withdraws the sugars and desiccates the stems naturally when the moisture levels start to drop off so there is less chance of a ruptured cell getting diseased .
jack131- Posts : 4
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Re: Storage Onion Harvest - some tops still green
It sounds like you are going to have to somehow keep that rain off if they are going to fall over on their own. Small umbrellas
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