Why is the Hercules bow good?
Every gardener wants to have an excellent and high-quality harvest. The Hercules bow can help achieve this dream. This variety has become the standard for the rest in terms of quality and yield, besides, it is not afraid of long-term storage, which is also a considerable advantage. Will any variety give you 8 kg of the crop harvested from 1 sq. m.? After all, not everyone is so fertile. Therefore, by choosing this variety, you will never regret and will only rejoice at your achievements in harvesting. Now you need to understand in more detail what is so good about Hercules onion sets.
Benefits of the variety
It won't take long to describe the advantages of this bow, since there are not many of them, but they are very important. This variety has the characteristic qualities that make it now the standard for other varieties. So what are these qualities? The main advantage of a small number of varieties is its shelf life. This variety was bred by Dutch breeders for long-term storage. The highlight of this onion, perhaps, will be that it has a delicate and at the same time not very spicy taste. An equally important plus is the level of its resistance to possible diseases and pests, and it is also quite resistant to the formation of arrows. Well, and of course, for the sake of which onions are grown - a yield of 8 kg from an area of 1 sq. In addition, drought will not be able to affect the growth and development of the onion, since it does not have a weak root system.
What is the peculiarity of growing
Before planting the onion, it is necessary to sort it out and select those bulbs that were previously damaged or dried up - they will not be planted. The remaining ones need to be distributed according to their size in order to plant the bulbs of the same size separately. Before planting, the onion is warmed up. To do this, you need to put it on a heated place for a period of about 2 days. You can also place it in a container with warm water for 2 minutes, and then rinse it again, but with cold water, and also for 2 minutes. Then the water is drained, and the set is laid out to dry out. To avoid fungal disease, onion prophylaxis is carried out: onions are placed in a solution of nitrophoska (10 liters of water and 1 tablespoon of nitrophoska) for 10 hours. After this time, the set should be placed for 10 minutes in a not strong solution of copper sulfate. After the committed actions, you can not be afraid to plant the onion in the ground.
But first it is necessary to prepare the appropriate soil for the Hercules onions. The landing site should be on level ground, not in a low-lying area. The acceptable temperature for growing is about +10 degrees, and the humidity should not exceed the permissible norm, because onions cannot be stored for a long time and will soon rot. It is best to start planting onions in late autumn, but before the temperature is below freezing. Before planting, the soil must be loosened, weeded out and fertilized and humus applied.
After the fertilizers have been applied to the soil, cover it with foil and leave it in this state for 5 days. Then you can start disembarking. The row spacing during the planting process should be approximately 20 cm, and between the onions 10 cm.
Caring for this type of onion is not difficult. The main action is weeding of onions from weeds and their removal from the territory of the garden. If you follow all the care requirements, then quite large bulbs will grow. Therefore, in order for them to have time to mature before the autumn rains begin, their feathers need to be bent to the ground at the end of August. Thus, they will ripen faster. After the onions have been harvested, they must be prepared for storage: they are dried and sent to a fairly cool dry place.
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