Onion Harvest

onion harvest

I pulled the rest of my onions this week

Cultivar	#¹	Color	Storage Time 1
Ailsa Craig	2	Yellow	1 month
Ringmaster	12	White	4 - 5 months
Blush	10	Pink	4 - 6 months
Red Zeppelin	4	Red	6 - 8 months
Patterson	16	Yellow	8 - 10 months

I’ll let them cure on my porch for the next couple of weeks. Then I’ll hang them in my kitchen and use them most of the year

I generally find red onions to be a bit much in most circumstances, so I greatly prefer blush onions. They are pink, which I find to be unique. I’ve grown them for years now. They always produce and are decent for storage.

I planted a handful of Ailsa Craig onions this year. I didn’t last year, because the only thing good about them is the size. They don’t taste especially great and they have a very short shelf life. But I felt like growing some larger onions, so I did a couple rows. I used or gave away all but two before today.

Patterson onions aren’t big, but they store longer than any other onion I’ve planted. With my alliums, I try to prioritze eating varieties that have shorter shelf lives first. By my count I have 44 onions. I also have a good number of shallots I harvested with my garlic. Dutch red shallots can store for a year or more - longer than any onion. But they can be subbed in for onions in pretty much any recipe.

My hope is that I don’t have to buy any onions for the next year.