Do onions taste better if you store them

evoke · Hazel Tree Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Posts: 17

Hello All,
I have got lots of onion sets and shallots growing. They will last me until christmas. I read in the forum that the flavour is better if you store them in a dry circulated place. Will they not rot?

I have to dig them up now cause i think a dog was in the garden and he broke the stems.

but if they taste better if you store them then i will not eat them now until they stored for a while.

Thought they would start loosing their flavour as soon as you dug them up.

thanks for your help.

michael brenock · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:26 pm Post subject:

onions do not lose their flavour by storing. Do not store them until they are dried fully first. the drying affects the storage life but not the flavour.
michael brenock horticultural advisor (retired)

treascon09 · Hazel Tree Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 18

I remember digging onions with my grandad and drying them out in the sun, then he would tie them in long hanks using twine and hang up in shed to use as needed.... I am trying the same this year but the sun seems to be the problem. hope thats useful.

Fiachra · Hazel Tree Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 26

Hi there,
I have lots of onions too. Didn't get any sun to dry them so I have them drying on a metal rack ( the sides of an old trailer) in a hayshed.If the sun comes out over the next few days as promised i will put them outside during the day.