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- From: "delannw" <delannw AT dlogue.net>
- To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Onion Neck Rot, is there any hope?
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 17:18:52 -0500
Just from last year's experience it seems there is no hope for long term
storage of onions with neck rot.
I had two types of onions last year... a long storing yellow and a very
sweet onion that isn't expected to store well. They all had neck rot and
even though I sold most of them, I had to tell customers that they should
buy what they could use in the short term.
There is nothing more disgusting than the smell of rotting onions...well,
maybe rotting tomatoes.
I think you'd better compost or use what you've got.
A suggestion: I took a couple bushels and donated them to the Salvation
Army food kitchen with instructions to use them within the week. They were
grateful and the onions weren't a complete loss for me. At least I got the
tax deduction for a charitble contribution.
Del Williams
Farmer in the Del
Clifton IL
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Onion Neck Rot, is there any hope?,
Scott Franzblau, 08/19/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Onion Neck Rot, is there any hope?, delannw, 08/25/2000
- RE: Onion Neck Rot, is there any hope?, David Inglis, 08/28/2000
- Re: Onion Neck Rot, is there any hope?, jrei, 08/28/2000
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