Growing onions from sets: planting, leaving

In this article, we will tell you how to plant onion sets and how to care for them.

Content

1 Boarding time
2 Preparation of planting material
3 Soil preparation
4 Planting and leaving
- 4.1 Video "Selection and preparation of onion sets for planting"

Boarding time

There is no need to talk about specific planting numbers for onions. Sevok is planted when the ground warms up to a depth of 6-10 centimeters. If you focus on the weather, then in early and warm spring, planting can be done at the end of April.

Onions cannot be planted in cold ground, but planting cannot be delayed either. The main reference point is the temperature of the soil, which should not be lower than + 12 ° С.

Preparation of planting material

It is very important to properly prepare the planting material. If the set was purchased, it should be dried. Grown with his own hands and kept at a temperature below + 18 ° C - warm it up. Warming up onions is a lengthy process that takes place in several stages.

Stage 1. At a temperature of + 20 ° C, the onion must be kept for 15 to 20 days.

Stage 2. Withstand the onion for 8-10 hours at a temperature of + 30 ° C to + 40 ° C. It is important not to overexpose.

The warmed-up seed plant is treated with a growth stimulator before planting.

If step-by-step preparation is not possible, it is necessary to carry out the following procedure immediately before planting a crop:

soak the seedlings in water with a temperature of + 45 ° С - + 50 ° С for no more than 10-15 minutes;
after the above time has elapsed, immediately immerse the planting material in cold water, also for 10-15 minutes;
place the seedlings for 5-6 hours in a solution of complex mineral fertilizer.

An obligatory procedure that must be carried out before planting onion sets is disinfection. For processing, both a weak solution of potassium permanganate and a solution of copper sulfate (35 grams per 10 liters of water) are suitable.

There is a method, the so-called grandmother's secret of planting onion sets, which is as follows:

planting material is dried for 7 days, the temperature should be from + 20 ° С to + 25 ° С;
before planting, the bulbs are soaked for 3 hours in a saline solution (2 tablespoons of salt per 2 liters of water);
the bulbs are washed;
sevok is immersed in a dark solution of potassium permanganate for 2 hours;
washed again;
dry a little.

This concludes the work on preparing the sevka for planting.

Soil preparation

Before preparing the soil, you need to choose a site for planting. It is important to know that onions are a light-loving plant, so the area where it will grow should be open and well-lit.

This crop is hygrophilous, but does not tolerate excessive amounts of water, so you should avoid areas where groundwater passes.

The soil for this culture begins to be prepared in the fall. Onions are a lover of loose, nutritious soil, so it is imperative:

dig up the ground to a depth of 15 to 20 cm;
apply fertilizer from rotted manure (you can fertilize with peat compost).

An important point - it is necessary to fertilize the soil at this stage of soil preparation, it is strictly forbidden to add organic fertilizer to the soil before planting in order to avoid the growth of the upper part of the plant and the rest of the lower one, as well as the appearance of weeds. Before planting, it is contraindicated to introduce humus and chicken droppings.

It is necessary to take into account the level of acidity of the soil. If the soil is acidic, then liming must be carried out with one of the following components:

lime;
dolomite flour;
ground limestone;
ground chalk;
wood ash.

An important point is that simultaneously fertilizing the soil with manure and adding lime is contraindicated, as a result of such actions, the level of nitrogen in the fertilizer decreases.It is permissible to carry out a decrease in acidity by other means.

In the spring, soil preparation consists in digging with the introduction of mineral fertilizers. 7 days before planting onion sets, it is imperative to water the soil well with the following solution:

water - 10 l;
copper sulfate - 1 tablespoon.

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Planting and leaving

Before planting, the seedlings must be sorted, since the distance between the bulbs in the garden is determined depending on the size:

bulbs up to 1 cm are placed at a distance of 5 cm;
one and a half centimeter - at a distance of 8 cm;
bulbs up to 2 cm in diameter - at a distance of 10 cm.

As for the beds, they should be at least 20 cm - 25 cm apart. Planting depth is approximately 3-4 cm.

After the planting material is immersed in the ground, the latter must be tightly squeezed around the bulb and covered with a layer of mulch (mulch - any available material, for example, sawdust, straw, film, paper, peat, pebbles, etc.) 2-3 cm thick ...

It should be noted that there is one grandmother's secret of planting onion sets - in a watered bed, before sending the onion there, you need to pour a little sand. They say that this way the onion will grow faster.

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Onions, like any vegetable, have both desirable and undesirable precursors.

Desirable include:

cucumbers;
cabbage;
tomatoes;
potato;
those crops for which large doses of organic fertilizers are applied.

Unwanted predecessors:

garlic;
carrot.

In place of these crops, onion sets can be planted no earlier than after 3-5 years.

Onion care consists in timely weeding, loosening and watering.

Loosening. It is correct to start the process of soil aeration before germination. The frequency of this procedure is once every two weeks to avoid the formation of a dense earth crust. Secondly, such a frequency of loosening will not give an opportunity for weeds to appear.

Weeding. The presence of weeds near the onion is unacceptable, there are two reasons: first, a thick neck forms on the onion, which complicates subsequent drying; second - the weed retains moisture in the soil, which is fraught with the appearance of onion diseases.

Watering. Immediately after planting, in May-June, the seedlings are watered once every 7 days. The volume of liquid per 1 sq. meter averages 7-8 liters. In July, the number of waterings should be reduced.

Top dressing. Onions are a culture that, in principle, does not need feeding, but it can be carried out.

For the first time, it is possible to apply fertilizer in the form of a manure solution (0.5 kg per 5 liters of water) no earlier than 20 days after planting. The second option for feeding is a solution from poultry manure (0.5 kg per 7 liters of water).

Re-fertilization can be carried out one month after the previous one.

Dry mineral fertilizers can be used as top dressing, which can be sprinkled on the beds before watering.

As statistics show, onions are a popular crop not only in the CIS countries, but it is in this territory that the conditions for its cultivation are most favorable. Often (for commercial purposes) entire fields are sown and it is clear that this is not done by people. In our technological time, a lot of cultivators have been invented, one of which is a planter for onion sets. One such simple machine can replace the work of fifty people.

Onion planters are both huge machines that work in the fields and manual devices designed for ordinary vegetable gardens. The sevka onion planter is a real find for the elderly who already find it difficult to kneel in the beds. In addition, this device produces soil cultivation. Therefore, we can say that the cultivation of a crop can take place with pleasure.

Video "Selection and preparation of onion sets for planting"

In this video, you will find tips for choosing onion sets, preparing them for planting, and choosing a soil.