Commentary for Nedarim 115:6

Conversely, on the termination of the seventh year they are permitted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If seventh year onions were left in the soil and grew in the eighth, if the leaves go blackish, it is a sign of natural growth in the eighth, and therefore the whole onion is permitted. — Asheri observes that the two cases are not exactly similar. For the sixth year onion is ');">¹⁶</span> This proves that the increase, which is permitted, nullifies that which is forbidden.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And this solves the problem. ');">¹⁷</span> But perhaps it refers to crushed [onions]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if the onions were crushed and grated, so that the forbidden part no longer preserves its separate identity; in that case it is nullified by excess. But the problem arises only if the onion is intact. ');">¹⁸</span> — But [it may be solved] from the following. For it was taught:

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