Secrets Of A Great Onion Harvest

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Ask any summer resident if he would like to get a large harvest of onions next year? Yes, big! Yes, not damaged by any onion fly, or improper storage? We think the answer would be unambiguous. Everyone who loves onions will surely run their eyes through the secrets from experienced summer residents in growing an excellent harvest of onions that we have collected here bit by bit

The first secret to increase the yield of onions

What kind of soil do onions like? Certainly not clayey! Therefore, with clay soil, it should be "scrubbed" - add sand to it, peat. Also, the onion prefers slightly alkaline soil. Therefore, dolomite flour should be added to acidic soil in the fall. This will "acidify" the soil. In the spring it will be too late to do this, keep in mind.

Second secret

Prepare a weak solution of potassium permanganate and place the onion seedling in it for 10 minutes before planting. This disinfects the "set", protects the onion from possible diseases.

The third secret

The top of the seedling onion must be trimmed so that it germinates more quickly in the garden. This must be done after hardening the seeds with potassium permanganate.

The fourth secret

To prevent onion flies from appearing on the plant, sprinkle a little coarse salt into the prepared onion row.

The fifth secret

Onions go well with carrots. Therefore, you need to plant them in the beds nearby. In addition, they prevent, when they are in a pair, the attack on them by onion flies and carrots. That is, the onion scares away the carrot fly, and the onion carrot. Here is such a mutual agreement and benefit to each other!

Secret six

A little more about the secrets of feeding onions. They are needed during the growth period of the onion only three. The first is when the first two leaves are on the onion. Use slurry as a top dressing, using a bucket of water per 1 kg of manure. You can use a glass of chicken manure dissolved in a bucket of water. Add 40 grams of superphosphate diluted in warm water to a bucket of slurry. And add another 200 grams of ash.

The second feeding should be exactly two weeks after the first. Now you need to add 30 grams of superphosphate, 10 grams of urea, 5 grams of potassium to a bucket of water.

And the third feeding should be carried out in June, at the very end. In a bucket of water, 30 grams of superphosphate, 10 grams of urea, 5 grams of potassium are again diluted.

Do not use too much nitrogen fertilizer. In this case, the feather of an onion will delight you, but the bulbs themselves are not. When adding potassium, use its sulphate type is better, since onions also respect sulfur. By the way, there is also potassium in the ash.

Seventh secret

Do not use fresh manure, calcium chloride in onion feeding. This is a common mistake made by gardeners. Apply these fertilizers in this form only in the fall, preparing the soil for planting onions in the spring. But phosphorus in soil dressing for onions directly affects the size of the bulbs. Do you like these vegetables bigger? Don't neglect phosphorus.

Secret eighth

And this secret will help keep the onion harvest intact and for as long as possible. You need to harvest onions in a timely manner. For big Russia, the following should be remembered. It must be removed before the heavy August or September rains in your area begin. It is even more correct to remove the onions at the end of July for the central and southern regions of Russia. A wet onion, no matter how much sushi - still there is a fear that it will not lie for a long time.

Secret # 9

Before folding the onion for storage, it must be thoroughly dried and ventilated. This is best done under the roof of a house, in attics, anywhere, as long as it dries up in a draft. Dried dirt from the onion must be removed, the dried feather must be cut off. But so that a root of 8 cm remains.

Secret tenth

Onions need to be sorted from time to time during storage. One onion will deteriorate - by a chain reaction, others lying next to it will deteriorate. In an apartment, onions are well stored in an opaque large paper bag under the kitchen table.

Oh, that onion fly

And a few words on the topic, or rather, the secrets of getting rid of the onion fly:

• onion seedlings hardened in manganese should be sown as early as possible so that they are not attacked by onion fly larvae and pupae still sleeping in the ground;

• Make a mixture of dry peat, ash, humus and naphthalene. Sprinkle this mixture around the planted onions in the garden;

• use salt in the form of a solution (300 grams in each watering can) and water the onion shoots with it, when they "hatch" from the ground by 5 cm, after two weeks you need to add more salt to the watering can - 450 grams, after another 2-3 weeks add Place 600 grams of salt in a large watering can of water and pour over the onion.