Every year, with the onset of spring, as soon as you can get on the vegetable beds, gardeners begin to sow onion seeds. This vegetable culture is indispensable. It is represented by many varieties. And each gardener must have his favorite, the best of them, in store. These are onion varieties that combine high productivity, large-fruited, excellent taste. They must be well stored, and also resistant to diseases and adverse weather conditions. By the definition of vegetable growers and gardeners, the Stuttgart onion can be included in the group of the best.
Grade description
The creation of German breeders is popular.
Onions "Stuttgart" universal purpose is characterized by early ripening. The vegetative period is from 95 to 100 days. The crop variety is resistant to
powdery mildew, low temperatures and shooting, well stored.
Large bulbs, whose mass is from one hundred to one hundred and fifty grams, have a flat round shape. They are covered with dense golden brown scales. Pleasant peninsular taste allows fresh consumption. This onion is very useful. It has a high content of vitamin C. It is also high in solids. This valuable property allows the preparation of dry or frozen workpieces.
Cultivation methods
Cultivated in several ways onions "Stuttgart". The variety description characterizes it as a cold-resistant plant. This quality allows sowing in several terms. It is carried out in the autumn or spring. For the cultivation of marketable bulbs, seeds or onion sets are used. If you plan to get a green feather, plant small fractions of turnips.
Bed Planning
Fields with fertile soil are allotted for onion planting . It can be loam or chernozem with moderate acidity. Also observe crop rotation. Cucumbers, nightshade, legumes, and cabbage can be precursors for Stuttgart onions. The plot should be well lit.
Sowing seeds
This event begins in early spring. As soon as the soil dries slightly, begin sowing.
In prepared furrows, seeds are planted to a depth of not more than two centimeters. The distance between them is from ten to fifteen centimeters. In the early stages, the soil is quite moist, so you can do without watering. The grooves are sprinkled with earth, which is slightly compacted.
Planting Sevka
Onions sorted and sorted by size. They are heated for eight hours at a temperature of forty degrees. The day before planting in the ground, the seed is soaked in a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Then it is dried. According to gardeners, you can not process the stuttgart onion.
Cultivation of planting provides for several periods of planting. The selected sufficiently small fraction is planted at an earlier date. Bulbs, the size of which exceeds one centimeter in diameter, expect soil warming up to fifteen degrees. After that, you can plant onion sets "Stuttgart". The variety description contains evidence that the plant is resistant to shooting. However, many gardeners do not violate the generally accepted rule and plant sowing when stable warm weather occurs, at which the required soil temperature is achieved.
Bulb plantings on the site have rows. Aisles are from twenty to twenty-five centimeters. Large turnip differs onions "stuttgarter rizen." Reviews of gardeners who prefer this variety report that sowing should not be placed in a row very close to each other.
The minimum distance that is necessary for the normal development of the plant is at least ten to fifteen centimeters. This will allow the formation of turnips to avoid its deformation.
Care
Agricultural technology is quite simple. Regular loosening of the soil and removal of weeds are necessary. The variety does not require preventive measures. He rarely gets sick and is not affected by pests. Until the beginning of the month of July - during a period of intensive growth - regular watering and the introduction of complex fertilizers will be required . Do not use fresh manure for dressing. In the subsequent period, these activities cease. The signal that it is time to harvest the crop is yellowing and lodging of the leaf part of the plant.
Harvest
Promptly remove the stuttgart onion. The variety description determines the interval of the vegetative period. It is ninety-five days from the day of planting.
If the feather has withered and died, do not delay the harvest. Procrastination can lead to decay of the leaf part, and then the entire turnip. It was previously believed that if the pen was forced to break in advance, artificially caused to lodge it, then the maturation of the turnip could be accelerated. However, according to experienced gardeners, this should not be done. Premature damage to the sheet portion may cause it to rot. The quality of the ripened onion will suffer significantly from this.
Very fruitful stuttgart onions. The variety description contains evidence that the turnip is quite large (with dense scales) can weigh one hundred and fifty grams. Plants are carefully dug in order not to damage, and removed from the ground. In sunny weather, the onions are left on the ridges, allowing it to dry. Harvesting is undesirable during rain. Wet products will be difficult to dry. Harvested onions are moved under a canopy for further drying. In this case, the leaf and root parts are not removed. Onions are sorted. Damaged and defective specimens are rejected. They are immediately used for cooking.
Onion storage
From timely harvesting depends on keeping quality. For a long time, completely ripened onions "Stuttgarter Riesen" are stored without loss. Reviews of this variety confirm that during storage it does not rot and does not grow.
Many housewives braid onions with braids. They are hung under a canopy and dried well. This storage method is quite popular. Next, onions can be placed in small containers or bags, after removing the roots and dried feather. They are moved to a dry, ventilated area, in which temperature differences will not be allowed. Onion braids can be left in storage by hanging them in the utility room.