During drying, onions go through six different phases.
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During the drying process, the stem dries and seals the onion from the outside, which is very important.
The six phases of drying onions
In this example, we took:
A variety not suitable for storage (GLAD ALLAN BROWN), with the intention of highlighting the different phases.
It was harvested prematurely, to better demonstrate the phases.
Phase 1: A freshly harvested, moist onion.
Phase 2: Some onions will show sprouting, especially when harvested prematurely.
Phase 3: The neck and stem drying.
Phase 4: Very important: The neck is sealing.
Phase 5: This is how an onion should come out of the store, with the neck/stem well sealed and dry.
Phase 6: Final product, after having cut the stem and cleaned the onion.
This protects the onion against attacks from external diseases.
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