Meadowlark
Well-known member
- Location
- East Texas
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
With recent heavy rains, my spring onion crop is racing to maturity. Some have already reached it, but most others are still about one week away from falling tops and maturity.
At maturity, the onions are pulled and then placed in full sun to dry. It generally takes one to two days to dry.
One day wasn't enough for these still damp onions, so I removed the tops and roots, and sunned another day.
After drying, the topless onions are then placed in their storage...in a shed on a wire platform with a fan moving air constantly across them. I have found this method to be the best for me here and it works to store onions clear through to next Christmas when we normally use them up and start using the young onions thinnings from the following year's crop. Continuous supply of delicious onions year around.
I use a FIFO system and have started filling the back corner of this rack. When finished, it will house well over 200 pounds of onions to supply us through next Christmas.
At maturity, the onions are pulled and then placed in full sun to dry. It generally takes one to two days to dry.
One day wasn't enough for these still damp onions, so I removed the tops and roots, and sunned another day.
After drying, the topless onions are then placed in their storage...in a shed on a wire platform with a fan moving air constantly across them. I have found this method to be the best for me here and it works to store onions clear through to next Christmas when we normally use them up and start using the young onions thinnings from the following year's crop. Continuous supply of delicious onions year around.
I use a FIFO system and have started filling the back corner of this rack. When finished, it will house well over 200 pounds of onions to supply us through next Christmas.
