There are various ways to get onions over the winter. Some onions are frost hardy and do not require any special measures, others need to be removed from the ground and others need winter protection. The type of onion is decisive for overwintering.
What is the best way to overwinter table and seed onions?
In order to overwinter onions successfully, onions should be stored in a dry, dark and airy room, while seed onions orWinter onions in the bed must be protected with fleece pads or brushwood, especially when there is no snow or frost.
Overwintering onions
Onions overwinter in a dry, dark and airy place. In the cellar or in the unheated pantry they find optimal conditions to keep them for a long time. However, the onions should be protected from frost. Extreme cold destroys the structure of the onion, making it mushy and inedible.
Overwintering seed onions
When the winter onions are sown in autumn, there will already be small onion plants on the bed by the onset of winter. They generally survive the cold months well, especially when warmed by a thick layer of snow. If there is no snow and there is a threat of frost, the young onion plants must be protected. A fleece pad (€34.00 on Amazon) or covering with brushwood is suitable.
