It would seem that a few more days \u2014 and the bulbs will become larger. Exactly this is what many gardeners think, but often this mistake costs part of the harvest. If you overkeep the onions in the ground, they may put out roots again, start growing or quickly spoil during storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are the signs worth paying attention to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The foliage has massively lodged<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When most of the leaves have lost elasticity and lain on the ground naturally, this is the main signal that the bulbs have completed their development. If approximately 70\u201380% of the foliage has lodged, you can prepare for harvesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The neck has become thin and soft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The place where the leaves pass into the bulb is no longer thick and juicy. It dries, becomes thin and bends easily. Exactly such onions store best in winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The scales have acquired the characteristic colour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Carefully push aside a little soil near several bulbs. If they are covered with dry golden, white or reddish scales (depending on the variety), the harvest is already ripe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The roots have almost stopped growing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dig up one bulb. If there are almost no new white roots, the plant has completed vegetation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The weather also matters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is best to dig up the onions on a dry sunny day. If the weather forecast promises prolonged rains, it is not worth waiting for the ideal moment \u2014 better to collect the harvest a little earlier than lose it because of excess moisture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After harvesting do not hurry to cut the leaves. Spread the onions in one layer under a canopy or in a well-ventilated place for 10\u201314 days. During this time the neck will finally dry, and the scales will become stronger, which will significantly prolong the storage period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A correctly chosen day for harvesting is the guarantee that your onions will remain firm, juicy and last almost until the new harvest without losses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It would seem that a few more days \u2014 and the bulbs will become larger. Exactly this is what many gardeners think, but often this mistake costs part of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24434,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24432\/revisions\/24434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}