Onions falling over

[Mateo]

Hello

This is my first year of everything so I’m not really sure what’s normal. My winter onions are all planted in no dig soil and the soil is generally loose and free draining and now I’m finding that the electric onions are falling over. Some of the garlic are also doing that a bit but only slightly (they’re much thicker). I gave read the interweb that they fall over when they’re ready but I wasn’t expecting them to be read yet. Some of the leaves have turned yellow but not all and they’re certainly not collectively drooping. I’m also finding a similar falling over of the White onions planted this year as sets in a bed that feels considerable firmer (this was an old bed that I topped up with compost/well rotted manure. Any advice?

[charles]

Hi Mateo, you need a good book to help you with all these questions, for example http://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/product/organic-gardening-the-natural-no-dig-way/
Onions falling over is nothing to do with no dig, its about their life cycle e.g. autumn planted means maturity is near.
Your white onions, v difficult to say without knowing variety, how and when you planted, soil condition.

[Mateo]

Sold! 🙂

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