dug my red wing today

tjg911 · August 17, 2011

i pushed them over 8/10 and dug them today. too bad we got 5" of rain on sunday and monday! anyway since more rain coming friday to sunday i figured i better get them out of the ground. this is about 1 week later than normal.

i have to say i am extremely impressed with the size of them. only 3 or 4 were eaten by voles, something that never occurred before. huge snow pack this year and the vole population is booming. of the 55-60 onions only about 8 or 10 are 2", most are 3 1/2" to 4" and maybe 8 or 10 are 4 1/2". i'm pretty sure these are the largest red wings i have grown in the 4 or 5 years growing them. very solid and they'll keep to may or june.

too bad my copra aren't as large. they are nice sized but most are not so large but then i grew twice as many copra which store a full year+. both onions were grown in the same bed and amended the same. i'll post weight of both in october when they are done curing.

tom

yopper · August 18, 2011

TOM That sounds a lot better than what you [and me] were saying last yr. The wind blow some of mine down a week ago but the tips of the leaves were starting to turn brown so it won't be long till harvest.So fare it looks like an average yr. I hate it when it rains at harvest time I allways have storage problems when it dose that. GOOD GARDENING TO YA YOPPER

tjg911 · August 18, 2011

yopper,

so much better than last year, it's like night and day! fire up that backhoe and dig your onions!

tom

August 17, 2011	#1
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	dug my red wing today i pushed them over 8/10 and dug them today. too bad we got 5" of rain on sunday and monday! anyway since more rain coming friday to sunday i figured i better get them out of the ground. this is about 1 week later than normal. i have to say i am extremely impressed with the size of them. only 3 or 4 were eaten by voles, something that never occurred before. huge snow pack this year and the vole population is booming. of the 55-60 onions only about 8 or 10 are 2", most are 3 1/2" to 4" and maybe 8 or 10 are 4 1/2". i'm pretty sure these are the largest red wings i have grown in the 4 or 5 years growing them. very solid and they'll keep to may or june. too bad my copra aren't as large. they are nice sized but most are not so large but then i grew twice as many copra which store a full year+. both onions were grown in the same bed and amended the same. i'll post weight of both in october when they are done curing. tom __________________ I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light He’s gotta be sure And it’s gotta be soon And he’s gotta be larger than life

August 18, 2011	#3
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	yopper, so much better than last year, it's like night and day! fire up that backhoe and dig your onions! tom __________________ I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light He’s gotta be sure And it’s gotta be soon And he’s gotta be larger than life

August 18, 2011	#2
yopper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: U.P. Michigan Posts: 91	TOM That sounds a lot better than what you [and me] were saying last yr. The wind blow some of mine down a week ago but the tips of the leaves were starting to turn brown so it won't be long till harvest.So fare it looks like an average yr. I hate it when it rains at harvest time I allways have storage problems when it dose that. GOOD GARDENING TO YA YOPPER