Nigella in common people is usually called onion seeds. Being planted in the ground, at the end of the season they give a small set of seeds. The last one for the next year can be used already for growing large heads. In some cases, from black nigella, you can get a real onion in one season. However, this is possible mainly only in warm regions of the country with a long growing season.
How to choose a grade
Some gardeners use purchased seeds to obtain heads of turnip onions. But to use cinnamon, growing it yourself, of course, is much more profitable. Good yields of onions from their own seeds can subsequently be obtained, of course, however, only with the right choice of variety. The best varieties of onions for the Middle Strip, the Urals and Siberia, for example, are Myachkovsky, Odintsovets, Zolotnichok. Also, very good yields in the Russian climate give Dutch varieties of this crop.
Selection of planting material
To obtain the seed sowing, only healthy, smooth and large heads of onion should be taken. Before planting, they need to be placed in a warm place for three weeks. After this period, about 1 cm of the juicy part of the top should be cut off from each bulb. This will accelerate the release of peduncles and feathers. Before planting the bulbs, it is advisable to soak for about half an hour in a weak solution of potassium permanganate. This procedure will avoid many problems with pests and infectious diseases in the future.
Heading Dates
It is not difficult to grow onion seeds - black sowing - on your own in the country. To plant this culture for this purpose, you can both in the spring and in the winter. In the latter case, the bed after deepening the bulbs into the soil is necessarily mulched by organic matter. When using this method of planting peduncles with chernoshka can be obtained by the middle of next summer. Plant onions in the winter before the onset of frost. Most often this is done somewhere around mid-October. Before winter, onions are planted mainly in the southern regions to obtain seeds. In the north, this is usually done in April.
In spring, planting is done as early as possible - immediately after thawing the land. So that the frost does not beat the bulbs, they should be carefully ground with ground.How to plant on seeds
So, we have figured out when to sow the black cherries. Onions from it can only be grown in the second year . In order to get it guaranteed, you should choose the sunniest spot on the site. In the shade, onion seeds may simply not ripen, and all the efforts of the gardener will be wasted. The best predecessors in this case are cabbage, tomatoes and legumes.
Well-rotted cow dung should be added to the garden bed. It will also be nice to fertilize the ground with onion ash. It contains just a huge amount of minerals useful for this culture. Bulbs are planted on a nigella to a depth of about 4 cm.
Useful advice
Growing black corms is a relatively simple matter. However, in this case, there is still one difficulty. When ripe onion inflorescences open with a rupture of the protective membranes. As a result, chernushka falls to the ground. To avoid loss of seed, inflorescences after reaching the maximum height of the peduncle, it is desirable to tie with gauze. You can do a little different. Sometimes summer residents just cut off the inflorescences and leave them to ripen in the room. Thus, you can also get high-quality germinating onion seeds.
Nigella begins to ripen around the middle of July. It was at this time that the operations described above should be done. Cutting flower stalks with seeds from plants is best done with scissors. You need to store them in a dark place. At the same time, it is worth making sure that the mice do not eat chernushka in winter.
How to plant: preparation
Onion seeds are used, as already mentioned, for growing seeds. Before planting chernushki in the ground, it should be carefully prepared. In this case, it will be possible to get a better quality. In order for the seedling to sprout quickly, it needs to be soaked before planting on the bed, wrapped in gauze in 0.5 liters of warm water. Next, the seeds should also be kept in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for about 15 minutes.
At the final stage, the nigella is placed directly in the gauze in a lighted place and covered with a film. After 4-5 days, sprouts will hatch from the seeds. Next, chernushka can be planted on the garden. It will grow very quickly.
Landing time
Plant black sowing, photo of which is presented on the page, in the ground should be on time. It is worth doing this in May, when the soil warms up to at least +7 C. The plants from chernushka develop best in cool weather.
How to care
Chernushka is sown on beds in grooves with a depth of about 1.5 cm. The distance between the individual seeds should be 5-10 cm. The grooves at the final stage are closed up and slightly compact the soil. After that, the garden is watered with warm water. This should be done carefully so as not to wash the planting material. In the future, planting will need to periodically weed and loosen. Watering is done as the top soil layer dries. After the leaves appear, the chernushka is cut so that between the individual plants there is a distance of about 4 cm.
They feed onions from seeds twice a season - 20 days after planting and in the second decade of July. The first time the earth is fertilized with chicken droppings, the second - with a complex mineral composition.
Another Nigella
Chernushka sowing is not only onion seeds. This is also called a very interesting spicy plant, used to prepare all kinds of dishes and all kinds of medicinal compounds. This is the only representative of the Lyutikov family that can be eaten.
The homeland of spicy sowing seed is hot India. In this country, it still grows freely in the wild. This culture got its name for black seeds similar to onion. As a spice, the latter can be used for pickling and salting. For therapeutic purposes, they are used for hepatitis, restless sleep, female diseases, etc.
Of course, if desired, this southern plant can also be grown in the garden. They plant the seeds of black sowing in the ground in April, planting them to a depth of 2 cm. You can grow this plant in the garden as a spice and at the same time as a decorative culture. Often, for example, they are decorated with borders.
You can fertilize this plant in the same way as regular blackberries - chicken droppings and mineral compounds purchased. This should be done at least twice a season. Seeds of black seed are collected as they turn black - around September. They are stored in the usual way - in a dark, dry, cool place.