Harvesting and Storing Onions

Reader Contribution by Benedict Vanheems
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To store onions successfully, they first need to be cured properly.  At harvest time, carefully dig your onions up and lay the bulbs on the soil surface or on a wire rack. If the weather is wet, dry them under cover instead; for example, in a well-ventilated greenhouse or hoop house.

Curing Onions 

If you’ve started drying your onions outside, after about a week move them under cover. You can dry onions on racks or on layers of newspaper in a greenhouse, hoop house or cold frame.

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