WHEN DO I HARVEST MY ONIONS?

Onions are ALWAYS ready for harvesting. They can be picked and eaten at any stage. However, it's nice to have a crop of BIG onions at the end of summer to store for the fall and winter months.

Once onions have stopped growing, the leaves will lose their color, weaken at the top of the bulb and flop over. New gardeners may get alarmed at this point.  But....  no worries. There are no onion casualties.

This is Nature's plan. The leaves have given all they have, they put the last of their energy into  the bulbs.

Note: Don't leave your onions in the ground for longer than two weeks after the tops die off. They become open to organisms that can cause rot in storage, or they could get confused and even start growing again.

Kim in the Garden ~~
www.RaisedBedGardenKits.com

BEST TIME TO HARVEST

Harvesting frequently is a key factor in a flourishing backyard garden.

Do not delay your harvesting.  Harvest your vegetables as soon as they are ripe. 

Pick them immediately. Harvesting frequently enables the plants to redirect their nutrients and life energy back into the immature produce and away from mature vegetables. 


This is one of the key factors to having a continually flourishing garden throughout the entire growing season.

Kim in the Garden......