To get high-quality greenery in open ground or in a greenhouse, Parade onions are often grown. The variety was bred by Dutch breeders and is ideal for growing from seeds for greenery.
The variety has a number of features, including the lack of bulbs, rapid growth and long-term preservation of the appearance without yellowing of the leaves.
Surely many wanted to grow such an onion as they sell in stores. To do this, sow a special variety. Onion Parade does not need preliminary cleaning: it can be immediately cut and eat.
Onion Features
To obtain green feathers, a butt is grown. One of the best representatives is onion Parade. The variety has the following features:
- Stable, high productivity. If you follow the rules of agricultural technology from one square meter, you can get up to eight kilograms of onions.
- Bulb weight not more than eighty grams.
- High pen growth rate.
- The length of the green part reaches sixty centimeters.
- Great taste.
- Onions are stored for a long time, remaining fresh and tender.
- The plant is not afraid of frost and can be cultivated in winter greenhouses even at low temperatures.
Onions Parade quickly grows greens, rich in vitamins and minerals. The plant can be grown after any crops: potatoes, peas, beans, cabbage.
A feature of the variety is that it can be cut several times: at least four times.
The plant is characterized by a short vegetation period - up to seventy days. Between the slices, the feather grows a little more than a month: the more food and moisture, the faster the onion grows.
When growing a pen, a slice is carried out when it becomes one and a half centimeter thick and half a meter high. During this period, the plant has the maximum amount of nutrients, essential oils.
Sowing varieties in exhaust gas
You can grow Parade onions on a feather in a non-seedling way. In this way, crops are carried out in open ground in early May, choosing a site with a high level of fertility.
Before sowing seeds, it is necessary to prepare the bed by adding nitrogen fertilizer to it. It can be cow dung, saltpeter. In the latter case, the fertilizer consumption is calculated as follows: 40 grams of saltpeter per square meter of land. After incorporating nitrogen into the soil, shallow grooves are made in the prepared bed at a distance of no more than eight centimeters from each other. Seeding depth is no more than two centimeters.
To see how the seeds lay, a thin layer of sand can be sprinkled on the bottom of the groove. Seeds are laid individually, at a distance of five centimeters from each other. Some gardeners advise laying out two seeds each, since onion seeds do not differ in a high percentage of germination.
Crops are sprinkled with earth and watered with a watering can. So that the seeds do not dry out and sprout faster, the crops are covered with a film or non-woven fabric, creating mini-greenhouses for them.
When the onion begins to germinate, the shelter is removed.
Growing in exhaust gas
When growing onions Parade on greens, it is important to follow the rules of care. They consist in timely weeding, top dressing, cultivation and watering of plants.
The first top dressing is carried out when five real leaves appear in the plant. At this time, the onion must be given phosphorus-potassium fertilizer, diluting a tablespoon of granules in ten liters of water. Watering with fertilizer is necessary under the root, preventing the solution from getting onion.
The plant is fed in the evening in dry weather.
Watering
To make the onion juicy and tasty, it should be abundantly watered. The plant does not tolerate drying out of the soil. In this case, the feathers are bitter, dry. To prevent this from happening, the onions are watered as the top soil layer dries.
Growing onions seedlings
You can get a feather earlier if you plant Parade onion seeds on seedlings in March. To accelerate germination, it is recommended to soak them in water. After this, seedling boxes with nutrient soil are prepared. For planting, a ready-made soil of any manufacturer suitable for growing vegetable crops is suitable.
In the box, grooves are made with a depth of about one centimeter. Between the rows leave a distance of five centimeters. Soil is sprayed with water from a spray bottle.
Seeds are laid one by one at the bottom of the groove, at a distance of two centimeters from each other. Top crops sprinkled with earth. To accelerate germination, the boxes are placed in a warm, bright place, at a temperature of at least 20 degrees, after covering the inoculum with glass or film.
After emergence, the greenhouse is removed, and the box is transferred to a cooler place where the temperature does not rise above 15 degrees.
When growing seedlings, it is necessary to monitor the level of soil moisture: it should not dry out.
Ready seedlings are planted in a permanent place when the threat of frost passes.
Greenhouse cultivation
Many grow Parade onions on greens in a greenhouse. In unheated greenhouses, the variety is grown from early spring to late autumn, in heated - all year round.
To get a high-quality feather, it is necessary to prepare the boxes in advance and prepare the soil.
Before planting, the earth is treated with a two percent solution of potassium permanganate and covered with a dark film. So the boxes are left for a week.
Seven days later, nutrients are added to the soil: 15 grams of potassium, 20 grams of superphosphate per square meter of crates put together. Onions are planted in finished containers according to the scheme 5 x 7 cm.
You can grow onions in a greenhouse right in the beds. This is done on the same principle as growing in open ground, with the only difference being that the plant grows under cover.
Sowing seeds in a greenhouse
Seeds are sown in a greenhouse according to the following rules:
- In early spring, the seeds are disinfected in a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Then they are soaked in a solution of "Epina" (two drops per hundred grams of water). After this procedure, they will not become infected with fungal infections.
- Then prepare the boxes for sowing seedlings. They are filled with soil, disinfection is carried out. Then make grooves to a depth of not more than two centimeters. During this procedure, you should carefully monitor the depth, trying to make it even. Otherwise, the seedlings will sprout unevenly.
- Furrows under crops moisturize. As soon as all the water is absorbed, sowing is carried out, laying the seeds on the bottom of the groove piece by piece. The distance between the seeds is better to leave two centimeters.
Onion care in the greenhouse
Growing onion Parade in greenhouses is a simple matter, the main thing is to observe the temperature regime, lighting, watering and properly feed.
In the greenhouse, before emergence, it is necessary to maintain a temperature of at least 20 degrees. As soon as the sprouts appear, it is reduced to fifteen degrees. In this mode, the plant is kept for a week. After hardening the onion, the temperature is again raised to twenty degrees.
For the proper development of the plant, it is not enough to observe only the temperature regime, lighting is also important. Two weeks after germination, seedlings are provided with round-the-clock lighting. If this is not done, then the pen will turn pale, thin.
Onions, like other plants, need to be fed. If the feathers turn pale and thin, this is a signal: the plants lack nutrition. Onions are fed with nitrogen fertilizer, diluting fifteen grams of nitrate per 10 liters of water. Top dressing is carried out under the root, preventing the solution from falling onto the leaf.
Watering plants in the greenhouse is carried out once a week. First, use warm water with a temperature of at least 25 degrees. After the temperature is reduced to twenty degrees. Avoid watering with cold water, as well as waterlogging, as this can cause rotting of the bulb.
Reviews
Reviews about the Bow Parade are only the most positive. This plant is appreciated by gardeners for its growth rate, excellent feather, high taste and marketability. The Parade onion variety is often used to produce a feather for sale.
Many gardeners came to the conclusion that it is necessary to sow the plant as early as possible, until there is no heat and a scorching sun. There are complaints that the seeds did not germinate well. This is due to the fact that crops were carried out in May. In some regions, at this time, the sun is already burning, drying out the soil. In order for the seeds to hatch, they need to retain moisture, and for this it is recommended to plant them earlier - in mid-April. So you can avoid too frequent watering, keeping the soil moisture at the right level.
It is believed that planting is best done in seedlings. So in early spring you can sow seedlings in boxes, and with the onset of heat take them out into the street: the seedlings will harden, and night frosts will not destroy the sprouts.
Some summer residents grow onions seedlings in the greenhouse, using several crops with a difference of two weeks. Thus, summer residents get more harvest and do not wait for the feather to grow back. Caring for a new plant that has been planted in fresh land is much easier than trying to preserve a plant that has already yielded a crop.
Seeds
To get a good harvest of onions, you need to thoroughly approach the selection of seeds. They must be packaged by an agricultural firm with a good reputation, and also have a long shelf life. Those packings that have a short shelf life may not go up, and this is a waste of time and money.
Among the proven agricultural companies offering the Parade, the best are considered to be: "Search", "Aelita", "Garden and vegetable garden". According to reviews, these companies offer seeds with a high percentage of germination, and given that onions in themselves have a germination capacity of no more than eighty percent, the performance of these companies (78-88%) is excellent.
Deciding to grow onions, it is important not only to choose the right manufacturer, but also to choose a good, nutritious soil. Ideally, if the gardener independently composes a “tasty” soil, taking sand (1 part), humus (1 part), well-decayed manure (two parts), leaf soil (1 part). In this soil, onions grow quickly, giving beautiful dark green feathers, more than 50 centimeters long.