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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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