bsewnsew Enlightened One

 Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 2769 PlantStew: 2 |
| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:38 pm Post subject: Picking Onions........ |
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Is any one familiar with when to dig your onion bulbs out of the the garden......
I alwsys dug mine when the tops turned brown.. However this year we did it in the fall, and the onion is a much sweeter taste????????????
How do you folks do it ?
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petunia Highly Skillful

 Joined: 13 May 2006 Location: northern michigan Posts: 2319 PlantStew: 311 |
| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:54 am Post subject: |
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Here in Michigan we're into our cold fall, so I already dug up our onions along with everything else in my garden.
_________________ Petunia
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blackrose Showing Great Promise

Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 261
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:27 am Post subject: |
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If your plants have toppled on their own, the end is near. May be another 10 days or so when the tops begin to die. What will happen is that the neck of the bulb will seal off. At that point, the tops may still be green but no longer receiving any water from the root system. Then they are ready to harvest.
_________________ Just Kearneys
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