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In August, they begin to reproduce by dividing adult chisel plants, as they also call chives. He has good ability to quickly build up green mass, moreover, he is not afraid of frosty weather. Therefore, do not miss the opportunity to occupy more area with this useful vitamin culture before the arrival of the autumn cold
Chives are a bountiful early harvest
The chisel bulb is barely visible. It has an elongated shape and hides in a false stem. But chives are not grown for the sake of bulbs - their vitamin juicy greens are valuable, which the chives generously endows the gardener with. In addition to high yields, chives are also famous for the fact that in the spring months they give a green feather much earlier than onions planted for the same purpose. However, the chisel still cannot compete in this parameter with the batun onion: the batun is ahead of it by about a week.
Cutter site requirements
Compared to other types of onions, the chisel is less demanding on the soil. However, it will grow better on fertile, moisture-consuming soil with a high humus content. The best option is sandy loam or loamy soils with a neutral reaction. An important point: when propagating by seeds, sowing material on sandy loam soil is recommended to be sown to a depth of about 1.5 cm, and on loam - no deeper than 1 cm.
Site preparation for new planting consists in cleaning the area from various debris, pebbles, weeds. Onion chives are especially not friendly with wheatgrass. Can be placed on the beds vacated after early ripening vegetable crops: cabbage, radish, lettuce.
Site preparation
Future beds are filled with organic and mineral fertilizers. Manure or matured compost is applied in an amount of 25-30 kg per 10 square meters. area. Mineral fertilizers will require:
• lime-ammonium nitrate - 1.5 kg;
• superphosphate - 0.3 kg;
• 40% potassium salt - 0.3 kg.
Planting a chisel and caring for plants
Chives are dug out of the ground and cut into small pieces. They are planted in a prepared area, placing with ribbons at intervals of 20 cm in a row and a spacing of 30 cm.
Planting care consists in loosening the soil and watering. Moisturizing the soil is an important point in the cultivation of chives. He loves moist soil, and with a lack of water, the leaves become coarser and the plant more likely throws out a flower arrow. At the same time, plantings should not be poured - the cutter may disappear from excess moisture.
The aerial part of the chisel is represented by a large mass of narrow-cylindrical tubular leaves. If the sowing was carried out in the spring, then during the summer you can cut the green harvest several times. It is removed when the height of the leaves reaches 35-40 cm. This work is carried out in the morning. It is impossible to overgrow onions, after the appearance of the flower arrow and the beginning of the formation of seeds, it is no longer eaten.
And in order to stimulate the formation of fresh feathers, after the next cut, mineral dressing is performed. To do this, take:
• ammonium nitrate - 30 g;
• potassium chloride - 10 g.
Fertilizers are diluted with water. This amount will require 10 liters of liquid.
With the arrival of cold weather, there is no need to dig onions from the beds. It is frost-hardy and can winter outdoors without additional shelter. For the next year, matured plants will branch more strongly. If in the first year of life one chisel releases 10-12 shoots, then with each subsequent year their number approximately doubles. You should know that such thickening negatively affects the quality of the green feather, therefore, every 3-4 years you need to transplant and divide the chisel.
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