View the Onion page

19 May 25 Jan (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Last year I planted brown onions. As they grew their stems became thick and most were as large as a softball or bigger. I kept them growing, waiting for the leaves to die back but they never did and some went to seed. I eventually bent the stems to try to dry them, but that was a bit unsuccessful and on storing them using the hanging plait method, quite a few eventually rotted. This year my onions are growing quite well, some a bit bigger than golf balls now, so what can I do to prevent the same thing from happening as last year.