How to Harvest and Cure Onions for Long Term Storage 

Great info - do you long term store you potatoes & carrots? would love any advice you have on those. Thanks again for sharing.

I watched this and just harvest my first crop of onions. I loved watching them grow. I probably used 10 or so to cook with for various recipes. I will always have onions and garlic from now on. Thanks for the guidance in this video. I’m hoping they will last many months to come in my basement pantry.

Thanks for the tips . . . and also for the adorable kittens!!

Still very helpful 3 years later! The trampoline is brilliant. Thank you!

It's such a peaceful life, beautiful nature and fresh fruits. No greedy corporations and board director. Wonderful. And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.

Thanks. Very helpful. And I like the kitty

I'm so excited to report that I finally grew onions by following your directions! Thank you Jenna! This is a big first after many years of frustration! They're curing now!

I can hear exactly what you're telling me because you have no music in the background you have the greatest video of all time

You have the best video because there's no music in the background

Thank you for this video. I watched it before harvesting my onions to make sure I had all my supplies, areas and techniques ready. You have been such a great help with my gardening and I always wait impatiently for your videos and short clips!

My family always stores onions in panty hose hung from the ceiling. Simply dropping a onion in, come up two or three inches and tie a knot. Then drop in the next onion and repeat until completely full. The knot keeps the onions separated and allows you to cut the bottom onion off with a pair of scissors. I hope this helps

Great information. We use the adjustable wire shelves for curing onions, garlic and potatoes. We have found so many uses for them in gardening, from starting seeds to harvest.

This great video was just what I needed. For the first time I have successfully managed to grow onions (after learning that I need to cover them entirely, so the blackbirds can’t dig them up). From your instructions, I could see that mine were just right for harvesting. I now have them drying out in my garage on shelves and a home-made rack. It’s all the little tips and the detailed advice, that makes your video so very helpful. Thank you.

Thank you Jenna. This entire video is so helpful. Much appreciated! Subscribing!!!

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The trampoline for drying is Brilliant! I bet I have a new use for the jogger tramp now Thank you I am sure this will work for potatoes and some herbs as well. Great Idea and thank you for sharing your garden.

You did a great crop. I did fair last season and prepare my sets but due to surgery got my out late and to late because I lost them But I do remember the DIY and next season I should be fine. The surgery seems to be a fix and I don't hardly notice and this season going great other then results in my Charles Dowling no tilt area. Like you believe his no tilt isn't for my clay base soil. This is a very good video Lady of clay base soil

Of course it would be at the start of winter when I get "inspired" to grow my own onions. Great explanation!

Is my first time growing garlic n onions so i appreciate all your tips on when to harvest,thanks i love how u explain about d vegetables

This season is my first time of 3" and plus size. I'll be needing this lesson and I'm to late today because they saying rainy weather in Columbus Ohio Thanks

Came here to learn how to cure the onions so can ship to Philippines, which takes 2 months by sea. Onions are very expensive there. Sounds like you recommend the Patterson onion for the long term storage. I'm going to try, though not sure about the temperature during shipping. I can imagine in the shipping container it gets pretty hot at sea. Loved the video-bombing kitties coming in right after you suggesting the trampoline to prevent pets from dragging off the onions, lol.

Thanks Jenna...just the clip I needed to watch...onions are falling over and ready...thanks for the info.

This was a excellent video, you have a great approach, looking forward to more,I just harvested my onions 2 days ago! Thanks 😊

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Watched this just in time to harvest my onions before the rain next week, thank you so much! great vid

I love knowing what to do after harvest!

That was some awesome info on onions Mrs. Jenna. If you had to pick one onion over all the others which would you choose? Love seeing your kitties! They are so cute! Thanks for the info! Hope you have a wonderful safe rest of the week!

Great video, thanks!

Thanks for the good knowledge

1:45 and 1:51. You givin me the bird? 😂 good video. Ty. Looks like its time for me to go harvest now

Thanks for the tip, Leaving in the tropical climate but would love to try planting onions,

Thanks alot janne for.the information 👍 excellent explaination

Wow, excellent video, thank you for the verbal and visual tips!

Thank you jenna. I have onions that have flopped, but greens are still green. Thank you for letting me know that they are okay to harvest. Not totally sure how to 'cure'. I harvest when bulbs are big...and usually slice/dice and dehydrate. Any other way to preserve will be appreciated.

This is really clear and helpful, thanks!

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Great video, very clear and professional, many thanks!

This was a another very helpful video. Thank you.

Thank you so much! Very, very helpful, nicely explained and showed. Kitty is lovely :) Advices of storing other veggies would be interesting also.

ahh...pallets!! Why didn't I think of that? Subscribed.

Thank you! Quick but comprehensive!

Horse panels on some saw horses will make a really good large drying rack...

I can never get a few weeks from any store bought onion. My biggest reason to grow a raised bed of onions started by seed. I tried 3 types for here in Pa. patterson, walla walla, utah sweet spanish.

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Great info and easy to follow.

Thanks for great tips!

Thanks so much for this!!! Great information

Thank you for the great video. Good info!

That was super helpful!!

I’ve realized I need a larger trampoline.🤣

You're awesome! I always go to your channel for instructions! Thank You for this. QUESTION: I had to harvest about a month early because the irrigation in the bed had to be torn out and replaced. I had no choice but to pull the onions. Should I follow the same curing instructions? And will they last as long? Or should I try to use them immediately. Thank You again!! Mike.

Thanks

Thanks for sharing

Direct Sun is bad news for me. I tried curing in the sun one year. It got to 95 degrees, and the onions dried out and got flat on one side. They didn’t last at all. The ones I cured in the garage stored fine.

How do you store your onions, Jenna? I cure them and put them in the basement. It’s around 65 in there in summer (cool air from A/C pools down there), and more like 55 in winter. Not ideal, but the longer storage varieties last though Jan/Feb.

Thank you!

Great video thanks. At the end of the video your subscribe button pops up in such a position that it makes it look like flowers are growing out of your hat. 😂

excellent!!!

Thank you, three years later, I have been revisiting this video since I grew onions for the first time this season and just harvested. My garage is so hot these days in central PA, and also gets the pm sun if I leave the door open for circulation, that I opted for the basement on top of milk crates, where I have a fan and a dehumidifier. Do you think this will work? It’s only about 65 down there, but 45% humidity, and it seemed to work for the garlic on racks…..it should also be good for storage?

Do you keep the stems on while in long storage? Last year, our onions rotted in the barn! OMG, it was terrible. We don't have a trampoline, but we might try the picnic table for drying. We have mesh baskets in the basement (where we keep our garlic, too) for long storage.

Those are some nice size onions Jenna! Awesome. Good camera technique there at 2:39 or so. Excellent information and thank you for sharing that. Question, for that harvest, how many square feet were in play? Trying to plan things for next year already. Bed expansions.

After curing, when can/should you cut off the top and bottom, leaving only the onion bulb? And by curing, do you mean drying or “maturing,” or something else? Thank you!

0:21 I know the feeling.

Hi, I’m seeing that roughly half of my onions are flopping over so I’m almost ready to harvest. I’m nervous though as my days are still 90+ degrees. I plan to dry them on a pallet in the shade outside but I’m wondering if it will be too hot? I could move them into the garage with a small fan, but I’m also worried this may be too hot as my garage doesn’t have any air conditioning. It’s my first time with this so I appreciate any input you can provide. Any thoughts?

I live in Southeast Georgia & I planted my onions in October and they are ready here nearing the end of March. The problem is the weather isn’t 80-90 degrees with the higher humidity like it is when I harvest my summer crop. I have an enclosed workshop that is conditioned space usually between 70-73 degrees and humidity 55-60%. Will they still cure if left drying in workshop?

I think I'll hang mine to dry like I do with my garlic. I have fewer than a dozen.

Do you have a video on how to grow onions? I've tried from both starts and seeds, but they just sprout, stall, and die.

I have a question. I live in an apartment but use a community garden a ways away. So what do you do if you hve no cool place to store you onions? Or non you can think of.

Good information and cute kittens, who’s not to like.

After the 4 weeks you mention, where they're now ready for storage, are the leaves still good at all for green onions? Or will cutting them mess with the storage life of the onions? Thanks.

Hey Jenna...I need to actually grow smaller onions than what my garden normally produces. I am serious here. If I wait until the top droops, I will end up with softball sized onions. These usually result in me using half and onion as tossing the rest. I am the only one who eats them so I am looking for a smaller onion for soups and recipes for one person. Do you think I should start pulling them when they are baseball sized, which be the perfect size? Put them in a cool shaded spot for curing? Appreciate your thoughts.

thanks. is it ok to cure garlic in a garage with fans blowing? it does get warm in the garage but i dont want to store them in my basement until after curing

Thank you for the advice. I've got a question: is there a reason to keep the tops on while curing? It would be nice to get the greens while they're still fresh if possible.

Please what happen when sunny great condition in the day n total moist humidity at night?

I doubt you'll see this comment three years after your video, but, I have a question I'm hoping you can answer. I always understood that larger onions, cured and stored properly, last longer than small onions, cured and stored properly. All things being equal, is that true?

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Tried onions for the first time this year. Most disappeared and the ones that were left were so tiny! I thought I’d try overwintering some but it looks like I needed to start my seeds before now. I just sunk in some beet, spinach and carrot seeds in open spaces yesterday so I’m out of space outdoors at this point. At least, I’m out of space until my potatoes come up, 4-5 weeks? away. If I buy sets and put them in is that too late?

Can you cut off the greens first (I like to make green onion powder out of the leaves) then proceed to cure the onions or is it necessary to cure them with the greens on for long term storage? Thanks for the info, subbed and liked!

I have long day onions but do you remove any of the skin after curing? I see mold and don’t know if I’m supposed to remove that part or just leave all of the paper there.

When should I cut the little roots off the onion bulb?

Question ⁉️ Help. It's April 15th and I started my onion slips about 5 weeks ago. Currently the tops are about 4 to 6 in long but they're all fallen over and laying down. They're in starter trays and I'm about to transplant them into individual containers. Should I be concerned with the tops laying down???

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Can I dehydrate onions right out of the garden without curing them?

Question how do you know which onions are short term storage? This is my first year growing onions

My onions always bolt and never flop over.

My corn didn't develop nice kernels. 2 of 25 ears didn't get fed to the horse. Any idea why?

Do you grow your onions above the soil like that or did you pull dirt away from them before the video to make them easy to pull up?

The tips on one of my onion is starting to wilt but the tips haven't flopped over. Is it ready to harvest?

Ok so my onions appear to be going to flower or seed . Should i let them seed or pull them up ?

Why are all the onions out on surface of the soil and they are not stuck underneath

Have you ever had the stem swell up like it’s pregnant???

Ok....dumb question time. So I planted onions this year, first time, and I mulched them like I do all my other beds... I notice your onions are protruding above ground, is mulching onions a bad thing...?

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What are your suggestions for a sweet and preferably long storage onion?

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