It is difficult to imagine a cottage without several beds allocated for sowing onions. Today, summer residents have a difficult choice, because there are a lot of varieties of this vegetable. Among them, the Stuttgart Riesen bow is a worthy representative of its kind.
Description
This variety appeared as a result of interspecific selection. Ripening is early. An average of 70 days elapses from planting sowing to harvesting. Its productivity is high - up to 8 kilograms per 1 m². Onion, this variety has a flat-round, dense, medium, large size. The mass of one bulb can reach up to 200 grams. The taste has a sharp note.
Onions Stuttgart Riesen high-yielding, has a universal purpose. It is well frozen and, thanks to its high solids content, it dries well. Suitable for canning and use in any dish, you can leave for distillation. Possible landing in the winter.
Seed planting
Grow onions Stuttgart Riesen from seeds or sets. The vegetable prefers the soil chernozem, loamy, fertile. Acidic soil is categorically not suitable for it. Onion seeds Stuttgart Riesen can be sown in early spring or autumn. Autumn sowing involves mandatory mulching with peat or humus. Onions are sown to a depth of not more than two centimeters with an interval of at least 1 cm. After sowing, the soil is slightly compacted.
Planting Sevka
Before planting, the onion sets Stuttgart Riesen is moved, dried and damaged bulbs are removed. Pre-sowing heating for 8 hours sowing (for example, on a heating battery) scattered on a board with sides can positively affect germination.
For autumn sowing, it is better to choose a shallow seed, which can simply dry out before spring.
Before planting, the onion is soaked in warm water, the temperature of which should be + 40 ° C. You can add potassium permanganate in the calculation of 1 gram per 5 liters of water. Onion should spend in water from 2 to 6 hours, after which the water is drained, the vegetable is laid out on a film or burlap and covered. After such a procedure, on the eve of planting, some roots will see roots. The landing depth should not be more than 2 cm. The optimal distance between the grooves is at least 10 cm.
Large bulbs with a long cold spring with a temperature not exceeding + 15 ° C can give a flower arrow. The right choice of period for planting is very important. In the early stages, as soon as the soil permits, it is good to plant small onion sets Stuttgart Riesen.
The presence of moisture during early planting contributes to a more rapid development of the roots, which, in turn, will save the plant from the onion fly. Planting can be temporarily compacted, for example for picking on greens, but it should be thinned out no later than mid-June.
For landing on a feather, rejected sevkas are suitable. You can plant it tightly. The ground does not cover the bow, but is covered with a film. Watering requires frequent. To stimulate growth, you can once feed urea: 20 grams per 1 bucket of water.
Care and feeding
Watering onions Stuttgart Riesen requires moderate. In the first month after planting, in the absence of rain, regular watering is required. During the summer, onion should be weeded 5 times and loosened, especially after watering. Spud should never be.
If 2 weeks after planting, the seed does not show good growth, then it should be fed. For this, a solution of mullein or bird droppings is suitable. The second feeding is carried out a month and a half after planting. This will require a bucket of water and 15 grams of urea and superphosphate, 40 grams of potassium salt. During the period of bulb formation, a third top dressing can be performed. We dilute 25-30 grams of superphosphate, 15 grams of potassium salt in a bucket of water.
A pale leaf color may indicate a lack of nitrogen, premature aging and wrinkling indicate a lack of potassium, a lack of phosphorus leads to blackening of the tops.
In order to avoid the appearance of pests and inhibition of growth, it is not necessary to introduce fresh manure under the plant. All three dressings should be done before July.
Harvesting
Harvesting of onions can begin if the feather is yellowed, sagged and dying. If you tighten with cleaning, then the decay of the sheet part, and subsequently the turnip itself, may begin. Do not prematurely break open the onion feather - the experience of gardeners indicates that this also provokes decay of the onion head.
To extract onions from the ground, they dig it up. If the weather is sunny, then it can be left for several days directly in the beds so that it dries out. Then the onion is moved under the canopy and dried for a while. The leaf and root parts are removed. Damaged bulbs should be used immediately.
Storage
Onions Stuttgart Riesen is well stored only when the onion head is fully ripened. To do this, the leaves should completely dry, and the neck should close. In preparation for storage, the neck is trimmed 3 centimeters from the bulb.
For storage of seeds should be poured with sand for the winter. Despite the fact that the onion tolerates cold well, it is not recommended to store sevoc at temperatures below -3 ° C. It should be ensured that condensation does not form in the set due to a sharp change in temperature. Otherwise, it will begin to grow and deteriorate.
Onion Stuttgart Riesen is not without reason popular among summer residents. Good germination, productivity and a pleasant spicy taste provide him with such a demand.