Onions are one of the most common vegetable crops cultivated by gardeners. This is a very healthy vegetable. Feather and bulbs contain a large amount of vitamins C and E, group B. It contains many trace elements, such as sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium, zinc, iron and others. Besides,
onions are rich in volatile, killing many viruses transmitted by airborne droplets. No wonder it is part of a large number of recipes of alternative medicine. What about cooking? It is very difficult to imagine many dishes without this wonderful vegetable. In general, just a treasure.
Onions - a fairly unpretentious plant. If you make a little work, you can grow a great crop. But as in any business, there are secrets too. One of them - you need to know exactly when to plant onions. It is also important to decide where to plant it and how to choose the right seeds.
Before deciding when to plant onions, you need to prepare a bed. This vegetable will feel comfortable in the open. You can’t place it very close to large trees. The earth should be dug up, loosened, it is desirable to introduce humus, but if there is no possibility, then you can add mineral fertilizers. For example, superphosphate.
The bed was prepared, go to the landing. Two options: the
cultivation of onion sets or seedlings. Each method involves compliance with certain rules. Our climate, with the exception of the southern regions, does not imply sowing onion seeds into the ground. This is pretty inefficient. Here, you also need to know exactly when to plant the
onion. It is better to sow the
seedling in March in the drawers of the house, and to plant it already with seedlings, “hair”, in May. This is a very painstaking business, but also grateful, because as a result, the bulbs are simply gorgeous. Growing onions from sevka is a bit easier. It can be bought at the store without any problems. When choosing, it is worth paying attention to the seed is as small as possible in size, but not sprouted, dense. Because the total size does not depend on the size of the set. But you can save on quantity and cost. Before planting, the seeds must be prepared. It is advisable to carefully cut off the part of the neck that has dried up. It will be useful to soak the planting material in potassium permanganate for 15 minutes, then in a nutrient solution, it is prepared as follows: 1 tablespoon of liquid manure or humus in a bucket of water.
You may have a question about when to plant onion sets. It can be planted quite early, starting from the twentieth of April to mid-May. Before that, the earth is very cold, after - the seeds do not have enough moisture. The seeds are planted in rows, the distance between which is 15 cm, and between the bulbs in the groove is 5-6 cm. After planting, abundant watering and mulching (with dry grass or fine straw) is necessary. And you can fill the bed with sawdust - also a good way.
Another option when to plant onions is autumn, before winter, around mid-October. Landing is the same as in the spring. There are certain advantages to this, you can get a crop earlier, there will be less work. But there are also disadvantages. If the winter is cold, there is a risk of freezing (although the onions are frost-resistant plants). This bed is harder to loosen and weave. It has more grass, as its seeds usually winter safely and germinate together.