onion tops are flopped over!

[Amishway Homesteaders]

we had another big storm come though and this time the heavy rain and winds knocked over the tops on my onion patch (#$*!&$*#) !

 

Now in years past when it was time to harvest them we used to topple over the tops- wait a few days- and then pull them up. This was to stop the growth and get them ready for storage.

So - are they able to come back from this? or do I have to pull what I can to save the harvest?

 

3 of the Amish Farms that do Farmers Market had to pull all their onion because of all the rain in the last 3 weeks-some of them were starting to rot at the tops.

 

anybody find this happen to their crop? and help or advice?

[Homemaker]

It seems to me that it would be time for those tops to fall over, at least it would be here in Virginia.

 

If they've fallen, I don't think they will be able to grow anymore. If you're expecting things to stay wet a while, you may want to lift them and put them somewhere dry and well-ventilated to dry out and harden.

 

Ive had problems in the past with rot and onion root maggots. I don't know which came first, the rot and then the maggot, or the other way around. I know the fly that lays the eggs that turn into the maggots are attracted to rotting onions, but I also know that the maggots cause rot as they tunnel into the onions.

 

Just do what you can to keep them dry. My onion crop was a big failure this year, so I'll be depending on store bought. I hope yours turns out well.

[Mea]

we had another big storm come though and this time the heavy rain and winds knocked over the tops on my onion patch (#$*!&$*#) !

 

Probably not quite the same situation...When i was finally able to get into the garden and weed the onions...i finished and looked over my work, and was dismayed, cuz it looked as tho a hefalump had trompled thru. I figured we would need to pull them...but now...two weeks later, they are putting out more tops. I'm hoping this will make a larger onion. M.