Nice job Peter...looks like you have some chopping and freezing to do in your future since the AC are not supposed to store very well. Or you can make and freeze enough onion rings to last a year!

I think your reds turned out fine as well. For me reds are all over the place size wise. I like that because sometimes I need a big red onion and sometimes a small one. I don't like to stink up the frig with 1/2 of a left over onion.

I cleaned most of my onion harvest on Saturday and hung them in mesh bags in my basement. The Candy were not completely dry yet so I left most of them in the shed to cure for another week.

Thanks Jack, thanks so much for all your advice growing them!

Is there a point when I should harvest the leeks or they will lose quality?

Glad to help!

As long as they don't bolt, Leeks hold pretty well in the ground as long as it is not overly wet. If you see signs of bolting (seed stalk poking out) harvest ASAP as they will quickly form a undesirable core at the root end that can make them nearly unusable. I would go ahead and start to use them as needed instead of harvesting all at once. They can be difficult to dig out of heavy soil without breaking them...kind of like garlic but deeper. I try to loosen the soil all the way around the plant with a garden fork and then gently pull out.

I still have a few leeks left from my March planting that are getting pretty big. I think I started using this planting in late May. My June 1 planting are also growing well except for a few that got swallowed up by some Maxibel bush beans growing next to them. I pulled the beans last weekend so the leeks can now see the light and recover.

Yeah I had some leeks bolt last year, if pulled soon enough the scape is actually quite good! Like a garlic scape.

I should start pulling some to eat, most of it is going in the freezer for the winter. Leeks are very expensive, it is a good bang for your buck to grow them.

Yea like $4/lb. here but a little less if I go to the Asian grocery. I never tried eating the scapes...have to try it next time one bolts if I can catch it early. I use them mostly in stirfry/Chinese dishes but I want to make some leek and potato soup this winter as well.

I am also going to freeze some of mine from the late planting but I will leave them in the ground until later in fall.