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This is a great video! Really informative! I'm growing onions that I found in my brothers old fridge 😂 supermarket bought onions that had sprouted alot! I decided to put them in the ground and they went! I think they are ready to harvest as they have bent over but I wasn't sure because there's still flowers on them. They've been like that for a few weeks now. Also It's really nice to hear a welsh accent! Shwmae from Carmarthenshire :)
I followed your method last year. I still have onions I harvested last year in Perfect, newly harvested condition. Thank you for your wonderful videos.
Those all look so healthy and beautiful! 🧅 I like the process of your drying method 👍 I didn't know that the roots help aid in the drying process too! Great Share Tony I hope you had an awesome weekend!
Hi Tony, I put in 100 Japanese onion sets last October and they look very well, hoping we get some warmer drier weather to finish them ready for lifting. I also put in another 100 white and just under 100 red sets back in the spring which should be ok. I like your method of drying with the mesh. I usually chance it and leave them on the ground for 2 days but i have been caught out. I have not seen your method of stringing yet. I usually have two 10 foot canes across the rafters in the garage. I hang each onion from this. It is hard work but it has worked and i have managed to keep onions from August right through to June, I lose the odd one. Another very watchable video.. Kes, Somerset
Although this years drought has been a challenge and many of my crops had bolted due to the extreme heat my onion crop has been the best for many years. I have about 350 onions to lift and dry - yep I love onions.
Thank you for this video, this was my first year growing onions over all mine have done well. Happy with out come. Videos like this help because I don’t ever know how to care and store them after I pick them,
Hi Colleen, Thanks for commenting, I really do appreciate it. Keep an eye out for the stringing method, but you could also plait them like garlic and I have a video on that here. ruclips.net/video/vpzzdZfvfFE/видео.html
Hi Tony, first year of growing onions, grew them from seed, Red Barron and a french variety Pale de Niort, they were a huge success especially the french one`s they are a pink/bronze colour and they are huge
Another great video again tony, don't like onions in my family but think I will give them a go next year. Can share them out between our parents. They seem very easy and rewarding crop to grow. Thanks for popping by the shop it was lovely to meet you :) x
Great video Tony! My onions have been huge this year. Autumn planted red and white onions but can’t remember the varieties. Looks like you’ve had a fab crop too.
Hi Tony, hope you can help? I lifted my japanese onions two weeks ago and they have been curing using more or less the same method you have. My problem is where to store. Usually i put them in the garage on strings hanging from the rafters. BUT it is far too warm in there even with all the windows open. I have my main crop sown in Spring almost ready so will have the same issue. Can it be too HOT for them to store? I have nowhere else under cover.
My onions don't seem to be drying well 😔 I cut the stems off and left about 8 inches. On some the green is regrowing about an inch! Did I maybe pull too early? I have them upside down on a rack indoors with a fan on them. Room is not too warm with the central air on
Hello Tony. After an extended hot, dry few weeks I lifted my onions and hung them on a drying rack just like you. After a few days we got some rain and its hardly stopped raining since, so the onions are now indoors stored in Ex Mushroom crates in my garage. I did this last year and lost no onions eating the last one 6 months after being put in store. I grew the onions from seed, the variety was Ailsa Craig. Your onions look sound, did you have many 'bolters'? and what variety are they? HGV
Hi Tony. I have never grown onions before. But this year I did grow some shallots which are doing well. But I wanted to ask you....did you find any pros or cons to growing sets over seeds? I intend to grow onions for next year. I know you are going to do a follow up to do with stringing up but wondered how long your onions store for? Thanks Jo
Hi Jo. I still have onions that can be eaten from last years harvest. Ideally, you want to protect them so you have a constant supply. TBH as long as you buy heat treated sets you get decent onions, but I always prefer seed but not opposed to sets
Hi Tony, sorry for the daft question as i have never grown onions, but how do you know if the onion is ready to be harvested? especially if you grow in containers. Barry (Wirral, ENG)
Ideally chris you want a complete skin left on the outside this will stop it rotting or the fungus getting into the onion. Id pull them off if not complete
I've noticed that nobody seems to cut the onion greens off or just shorter. Why is that? It seems that the necks would dry faster that way. Does it harm the onion?
Ron it would allow a fungal disease to enter right to the heart of the onion, this is why you leave them dry completely it seal the bulb off from the neck and because it dries fungal growth cannot enter as it cannot live in a dry area. Also use a sawsall to cut between raiator and steel flange and your done in seconds
Oh. So the onions we buy in shop net bags were dried first before the leaves were cut off then? That makes sense. I guess I just learned another step in the process that gets onions on the table. Thank-you for taking the time to answer my question. 👍
Yeah they usually dried in massive kilns or on concrete slabs when its commercial to dry them quicker, they then run through a machine that removes the tops and throws them into net bags
Certain cover crops would have a drastic effect. Some a biofumigants and others although fix nitrogen something like field bean or hairy vetch would totally outgrow the onions and prevent growth.
I live in Ontario Canada and usually put sets in in the early spring. I have some onion seeds I'd like to try but hear conflicting info on when to plant them. Some say in the fall to overwinter for a late spring harvest and some say to plant the seedlings same time as you'd plant a set in early spring. I don't want to waste my seed. We do get harsh winters.
I know what you mean,I did a car boot the other week with my friend and actually got sun stroke,was in bed all afternoon. Thats's why I mentioned the hat lol. Better to be safe than sorry mate. I might sound grumpy,but I'm not keen on this weather tbh. Anyway looking forward to the next instalment :)
Hi Tony why is it that the music in the back ground in your video is stopping me from hearing you properly ? is it my side or your side ? from one minute on all i can hear is, more music than you are Talking !!! and its really hard to hear what you are saying Tony in the Video
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UK Here We Grow yep I’ve just been down and they are really bad. The runner beans are as well although the courgettes and French beans have been great. I think it’s been one of those seasons when we need to keep alert to which we may not of been for the last few years and complacency may of sunk in well for me it has anyhow love your channel cheers 🍻
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This is a great video! Really informative! I'm growing onions that I found in my brothers old fridge 😂 supermarket bought onions that had sprouted alot! I decided to put them in the ground and they went! I think they are ready to harvest as they have bent over but I wasn't sure because there's still flowers on them. They've been like that for a few weeks now. Also It's really nice to hear a welsh accent! Shwmae from Carmarthenshire :)
I followed your method last year. I still have onions I harvested last year in Perfect, newly harvested condition.
Thank you for your wonderful videos.
I’m sure I’ve already said this but I purposely look for your videos because your voice is so calming.
Those all look so healthy and beautiful! 🧅 I like the process of your drying method 👍 I didn't know that the roots help aid in the drying process too! Great Share Tony I hope you had an awesome weekend!
Yes thanks Suzy. oh just dropped a new video I think you will like
@@simplifygardening Yey 🤩👍
yes very helpful thank you from Canada
Cheers, Tony! Your video has helped me SO much! 🙌 Many thanks! 😊
I am glad it helped Monica
after stringing all my large onions started to rot and splitting into two. Any reason for this. Also several show some purple in the skins
Do you dry them indoors or outside?
Switched from onion sets to growing from seed ( Alisa Craig ) 2 years ago . First class results and no bolting.
Great job! sed always does better
Hi Tony, I put in 100 Japanese onion sets last October and they look very well, hoping we get some warmer drier weather to finish them ready for lifting. I also put in another 100 white and just under 100 red sets back in the spring which should be ok. I like your method of drying with the mesh. I usually chance it and leave them on the ground for 2 days but i have been caught out. I have not seen your method of stringing yet. I usually have two 10 foot canes across the rafters in the garage. I hang each onion from this. It is hard work but it has worked and i have managed to keep onions from August right through to June, I lose the odd one. Another very watchable video.. Kes, Somerset
Although this years drought has been a challenge and many of my crops had bolted due to the extreme heat my onion crop has been the best for many years. I have about 350 onions to lift and dry - yep I love onions.
Yes, it been a challenge especially since personal issues have kept me from watering but thins have held on. 350 onions great crop you must love them
Hi Tony,
Great video. Thanks. How long would you expect to hang them in the rack before they're ready to store?
Great tips, my first year growing onions, not too bad an effort but yours are much bigger than mine
Hi there, this is my first year growing batches and I’m not sure how big they should be or shall I just wait until the stems droop over? ☺️
if they are still growing leave the grow
Thank you for this video, this was my first year growing onions over all mine have done well. Happy with out come. Videos like this help because I don’t ever know how to care and store them after I pick them,
Hi Colleen, Thanks for commenting, I really do appreciate it. Keep an eye out for the stringing method, but you could also plait them like garlic and I have a video on that here. ruclips.net/video/vpzzdZfvfFE/видео.html
Hi Tony, first year of growing onions, grew them from seed, Red Barron and a french variety Pale de Niort, they were a huge success especially the french one`s they are a pink/bronze colour and they are huge
Oh I have never heard of those, I think I will give them a try next year they sound great. Where did you get the seed?
Another great video again tony, don't like onions in my family but think I will give them a go next year. Can share them out between our parents. They seem very easy and rewarding crop to grow. Thanks for popping by the shop it was lovely to meet you :) x
Thanks Kath. Good luck with opening the warehouse too :)
Tony great video do you keep the onions outside to dry or can you dry them in the greenhouse?
always the best advice thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Great video Tony! My onions have been huge this year. Autumn planted red and white onions but can’t remember the varieties. Looks like you’ve had a fab crop too.
Yeah the onions have done well this year, They have really loved the heat Liz. Hows the small holding looking?
Hi Tony, hope you can help? I lifted my japanese onions two weeks ago and they have been curing using more or less the same method you have. My problem is where to store. Usually i put them in the garage on strings hanging from the rafters. BUT it is far too warm in there even with all the windows open. I have my main crop sown in Spring almost ready so will have the same issue. Can it be too HOT for them to store? I have nowhere else under cover.
Hang them up outside in a shaded area that will keep them cool enough until the garage cools
My onions don't seem to be drying well 😔 I cut the stems off and left about 8 inches. On some the green is regrowing about an inch! Did I maybe pull too early? I have them upside down on a rack indoors with a fan on them. Room is not too warm with the central air on
Where do you store them to dry Tony ? In dark cold place, or light . Thanks in advance mate
You can leave them in a dry shed or garage but light and cool is best to store them but frost free
Great Crop..... Looking forward to the plaiting video Tony..
ATB
Guru M
Already got a plaiting video I will be stringing these ones up
another cracking video well done nice onions
Cheers Steven, They are ok considering the temps and dry weather they have had to deal with
Hello Tony. After an extended hot, dry few weeks I lifted my onions and hung them on a drying rack just like you. After a few days we got some rain and its hardly stopped raining since, so the onions are now indoors stored in Ex Mushroom crates in my garage. I did this last year and lost no onions eating the last one 6 months after being put in store. I grew the onions from seed, the variety was Ailsa Craig. Your onions look sound, did you have many 'bolters'? and what variety are they? HGV
They are stugard. no onions bolted through any of the hot weather, mine are indoors too
I cut all the ends of my onions green ends will they still store
Thank you for this, i have planted about 10,000 Onions Red and 20,000 Texas Grano
Wow. somone likes onions
great work dear
2 litres per hour and run for an hour a day. check out todays video on potatoes I think you will enjoy it. ruclips.net/video/L1rf1FXtI9s/видео.html
I hope I have this many growing next year.
With your new growing space you should be able to grow loads Erica
Hi Tony. I have never grown onions before. But this year I did grow some shallots which are doing well. But I wanted to ask you....did you find any pros or cons to growing sets over seeds? I intend to grow onions for next year. I know you are going to do a follow up to do with stringing up but wondered how long your onions store for?
Thanks
Jo
Hi Jo. I still have onions that can be eaten from last years harvest. Ideally, you want to protect them so you have a constant supply. TBH as long as you buy heat treated sets you get decent onions, but I always prefer seed but not opposed to sets
Hello Sir the onions really looks good and great sizes. Awesome video. Happy gardening Sir
Hey thank you for your lovely comment, I really appreciate the time you took to leave it :)
Hi Tony. I’m a new sub. Thanks for this video, very helpful.
Hi Tony, sorry for the daft question as i have never grown onions, but how do you know if the onion is ready to be harvested? especially if you grow in containers.
Barry (Wirral, ENG)
Barry look for the necks they should flop over once bent they are ready
Does this method work for shallots?
great advice! just need some onions now lol
Get sowing in a couple of months ready for next year :)
Hi Tony, it is ok to cook with a freshly harvested onion the same day is it not? I just want to be sure before I dig. Cheers
Yes you can pull them and be cooking them within mins with no issues at all J McHugh
hi Tony we havent took outer skin off should we do it ,we lifted them last week , thanks chris
Ideally chris you want a complete skin left on the outside this will stop it rotting or the fungus getting into the onion. Id pull them off if not complete
I've noticed that nobody seems to cut the onion greens off or just shorter. Why is that? It seems that the necks would dry faster that way. Does it harm the onion?
Ron it would allow a fungal disease to enter right to the heart of the onion, this is why you leave them dry completely it seal the bulb off from the neck and because it dries fungal growth cannot enter as it cannot live in a dry area. Also use a sawsall to cut between raiator and steel flange and your done in seconds
Oh. So the onions we buy in shop net bags were dried first before the leaves were cut off then? That makes sense. I guess I just learned another step in the process that gets onions on the table. Thank-you for taking the time to answer my question. 👍
Yeah they usually dried in massive kilns or on concrete slabs when its commercial to dry them quicker, they then run through a machine that removes the tops and throws them into net bags
I grew pickling onions from seed. Could I use these as sets for next year?
Hi Adam, no they wont grow into large onions if thats what your thinking. The variety doesnt have the genetics t get any bigger than pickling onions
UK Here We Grow thank you
Those look delicious
Hey Dax. They are superb and always look forward to harvesting them
Hi Sir its me again did you eat onion fresh ....onion good for the body
Ur video such a wonderful ......
Hi Marilyn, no I dont eat them fresh I know they are very good raw but I prefer them cooked :) Sometimes will have raw in a salad or sandwich though
Hi I planted my onion with cover crop. That’s a mistake?
Certain cover crops would have a drastic effect. Some a biofumigants and others although fix nitrogen something like field bean or hairy vetch would totally outgrow the onions and prevent growth.
UK Here We Grow thank you I will take them off.
I just think they will swamp them and eventually, the onions will rot off. :)
couldn't the leave be trimmed shorter to allow them to be inserted into the drying rack more easily?
Yes thats a good point they could be trimmed shorter but ensure you leave enough after shrinkage for tieing later
I live in Ontario Canada and usually put sets in in the early spring. I have some onion seeds I'd like to try but hear conflicting info on when to plant them. Some say in the fall to overwinter for a late spring harvest and some say to plant the seedlings same time as you'd plant a set in early spring. I don't want to waste my seed. We do get harsh winters.
Those onions look really good,quite a decent size as well.You want to be careful in that sun Tony,you need a hat mate.
Cant wear a hat I get too hot and its bad enough sweating everywhere lol
I know what you mean,I did a car boot the other week with my friend and actually got sun stroke,was in bed all afternoon. Thats's why I mentioned the hat lol. Better to be safe than sorry mate. I might sound grumpy,but I'm not keen on this weather tbh. Anyway looking forward to the next instalment :)
Tracy Vernon yeah i know what you mean
Why isn't it OK to leave in the brown skins?
It is ok to leave the brown skins these will dry to get brown skins
putting in 100 sets of white candy sat.
Awesome
you let them outside for weeks to dry?? even under the rain??? what if i put in my garage?
No not during the rain. They are taken in to dry if the weather is bad. Garage will be fine
Where are you from pal
South Wales Nr Cardiff
He never said where to put them
ONIONS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO GROW AREN'T THEY?IT'S HARD TO GET A LARGE HARVEST OF ONIONS AND IT'S ALSO HARD TO GET THEM VERY LARGE!
Hi Tony why is it that the music in the back ground in your video is stopping me from hearing you properly ? is it my side or your side ? from one minute on all i can hear is, more music than you are Talking !!! and its really hard to hear what you are saying Tony in the Video
Sorry Jason, I will increase the volume of the voice in the next videos
cheers Tony my 3 Girls in north wales love your videos and planting vedg and stuff !!! Diolch yn fawr iawn!!
Croeso. Diolch am edrych a gwneud sylwadau. Gallwch hefyd glicio'r CC i weld y geiriau rwy'n siarad os na allwch glywed :)
Diolch Tony rydym ni yn caru dy fideos,a mae hyn yn helpu ni efo'r ardd a tyfu llysiau,plis gallaf ti anfon fideos oherwydd rydym ni yn eithaf newydd i garddio! :) oddi wrth eich cymar Cymraeg!!
Dim pryderon Jason. Mae dros 350 o fideos i'ch helpu i gyfuno. Ac wrth gwrs mae ein grwpiau Facebook sydd hefyd yn gyfoeth o wybodaeth. Diolch am eich cefnogaeth
Mine have been awful
Mine arnt the best this year Jacko, I think everyone is in the same boat with the cold weather late and then extremely hot and dry
UK Here We Grow yep I’ve just been down and they are really bad. The runner beans are as well although the courgettes and French beans have been great. I think it’s been one of those seasons when we need to keep alert to which we may not of been for the last few years and complacency may of sunk in well for me it has anyhow love your channel cheers 🍻
Cheers Jacko. Yes, totally agree with you here mate