Your Patch Organic Vegetable Gardening » how to tell when ready to pick http://yourpatchorganic.com Fresh organic vegetables from your garden Sun, 06 May 2012 01:42:11 +0000 en hourly 1 How To Tell When Onions Are Ready To Pick http://yourpatchorganic.com/how-to-tell-when-onions-are-ready-to-pick/ http://yourpatchorganic.com/how-to-tell-when-onions-are-ready-to-pick/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:52:46 +0000 Tim Woodard http://yourpatchorganic.com/?p=70 The time to harvest onions is when the tops go yellow and fold over.

Onions are best grown in sandy soils as too much organic matter can make them go soft. If this happens they won’t keep or store well.

Be careful when you pull them up that you don’t damage them. They won’t store well if this happens.

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