Harvesting onions

Appetizing and useful green onions can be collected, whenever you like. But onions are harvested at a certain time. The time when it is necessary to harvest the onion harvest is always different, but always before the frost begins.

When to harvest the onions?

Here are a few signs that it is time to harvest the onions:

• Look at the onion leaves - the turnip is ready in case they are completely lost;
• The "neck" of the onion ready for collection must be completely dried;
• if you see that the time when you need to harvest the onions is already on the way and the bulbs are already large, but obviously not ready, you can resort to a little trick: a little digging the plant with pitchfork.
• if you miss the time when you need to harvest the onions, and not be in time before the rainy season comes, then it can go on growth, and this will have a bad effect on onion storage in the future.

Onion harvesting process

Harvesting onions should be done by following certain rules. Harvest the onion only in dry weather. Do not cut anything.

After collection, the onion should be placed in well-washed boxes or boxes. These boxes should be in a dry and ventilated place. Periodically put onions in boxes in the sun. To dry it this way is enough for a week. During this time, the outer scales become quite dense and it is time to trim the leaves and roots of the onion.

Before you send the onion for storage, you need to treat the cut neck as follows: you need to warm the onions in a stream of hot air for 12 hours, this will help prevent contamination of the vegetable.

Bow storage after harvesting

Onions can be stored in a house or apartment all winter long. The main thing is to keep the vegetable in a dark and dry place. A great option for storage of onions - paper boxes or tissue bags. Polyethylene for these purposes is completely useless. Storage in polyethylene will lead to decay of the bulbs, because without ventilation they start to fog.

It is perfectly permissible to store onions in the cellar, if you live in a private house. In the apartment you can put it in the refrigerator, but the storage temperature should be in the range from -1 to + 3 ° C. Do not pour onions in the cellar with a thick layer. This will have a bad effect on the quality of its storage.

In the basement you can build a small shelving under the ceiling. The crossbeams on the shelves should not fit tightly together, so ensure ventilation and air circulation. It is very convenient to store onions in braids.