Onion Radar: characteristics and description of the variety, planting and care technology

History of selection

The Radar onion hybrid was developed by scientists from Holland. The goal of the breeding work was to obtain a high-yielding new variety of onion. The originator, the company BEJO ZADEN BV, aimed at winter hardiness, resistance to diseases of the species, and good shelf life.

Long-term experiments led to excellent results: the variety came out mid-season, with friendly and uniform ripening. Scientists have obtained new and improved existing qualities of culture. The genetic material was taken from the world collection bank, which stores 1.5 thousand of the best samples of onion varieties.

Bow Radar

The work was completed 20 years ago. The planting material immediately reached the fields of Europe, North America, and Asia. In Russia, the variety was registered in the State Register in 2006.

In a short time, the Radar onion variety for planting before winter won fans and spread throughout our country. It is grown by summer residents and rural residents in private farmsteads. Planting technology and the possibility of mechanized harvesting made it possible to cultivate vegetables on an industrial scale. Agricultural enterprises and farmers successfully produce Radar in their fields.

Description and characteristics of winter variety

Onion Radar was developed by breeders from Holland. This winter hybrid ripens in the mid-late period and is characterized by a high level of productivity. If you plant onions before winter, you can get fresh greens in the spring, and ripe onions in May - June.

The vegetable plant produces dark green feathers with a slight waxy coating. Its bulbs are light yellow, round in shape, slightly flattened, with dense internal and external scales. The weight of one piece can reach 150–350 g. The fruits are tasty, tender and juicy. They can be stored for a long time, which is unusual for winter varieties. Bulbs can be used for various purposes: fresh or processed, used for planting.

Did you know? At Yale University (USA), the first 3 cookbooks are preserved in the form of plates. They contain a record of the tradition of the inhabitants of ancient Mesopotamia to use different types of onions.

Description of the variety

The bulb has a regular round shape, maybe slightly flattened. Covering scales are golden-yellow, tightly fitting. In the description, breeders emphasize that the onion variety Radar for planting before winter has a thickness of the upper husk of 0.4-0.6 mm. This determines the winter hardiness of the vegetable.

Thick, tightly fitting scales prevent the plant from freezing out in the cold winter soil. Without snow cover, seedlings winter quietly in the ground at -15 °C; under snow they can withstand up to -23 °C. Outer “clothes” contribute to good keeping quality of the crop. In a dry, ventilated room, onions can be stored almost without loss for 8-10 months.

The leaves are dark green, covered with a waxy coating. The film protects the crop from diseases. The feather is juicy, rich in vitamin C, thiamine, and folic acid. Of the macroelements, the most are potassium and magnesium, and of the microelements - zinc, iron, copper.

Note! The size of the bulbs is average and above average. The weight of a standard head is 120-150 g, some specimens reach 300-500 g.

Winter variety Radar has large heads

Bow characteristics Radar

Winter hybrid Radar is a mid-early ripening onion. The heads ripen 250-270 days after planting the sets in the fall.

Main characteristics of the variety:

yield - 7-8 kg/m²;
the average weight of the head is 100-150 g; with careful care, individual specimens reach a weight of 300-400 g;
plant height - 50-60 cm;
high winter hardiness, without shelter, onions can withstand frosts down to -25˚C;
the thickness of the outer scales is 0.4-0.6 mm, which ensures a long shelf life of the variety (up to 8-10 months);
The pulp is white, juicy, crispy, the dry matter content does not exceed 10%.

Onion Radar, grown for feathers, produces greens already in early May. The bulbs ripen during June, depending on the growing location and weather conditions.

Main advantages and disadvantages

The Dutch hybrid garden root crop is conquering more and more acreage. Vegetable growers are attracted by a large list of its advantages. Among the advantages of culture are:

Dense peel and thin neck (this vegetable can be stored for a long time).
Stable harvest. From 1 sq. mm, 7-8 kg of fruits are collected.
Beautiful presentation.
Good taste (the root vegetable is tender even without heat treatment).
When properly examined, the plant does not shoot arrows.
Early ripeness.
It takes root in any climate on different soils.
The seedlings germinate almost 100%.
Strong immunity at the genetic level.

The gardeners did not compile a list of shortcomings.

Note! Only the low productivity of the species is noted compared to spring varieties.

Characteristics of the variety

Having read the description and photo of the Radar onion, we can safely say that the characteristics of the variety are high. But such indicators can only be achieved with proper care and planting.

Productivity

Winter onion set Rada is a high-yielding variety. The weight of the head is 150–500 g. Productivity increases when the variety is grown in favorable conditions and in regions with snowy winters.

Variety Radar – medium ripening period. When planted before winter, the harvest appears after 250 days.

Important! To grow an early harvest, the seedlings are planted a month before the onset of frost.

Resistance to diseases and pests

The variety is resistant to many diseases and pests. But if the rules of care are not followed, onion fly and downy mildew may appear on Radar winter onions. To prevent the occurrence of diseases, it is necessary to regularly carry out preventive spraying, observe crop rotation and not plant onions in one bed for more than 2 years.

It cannot be grown after bulbs and legumes, potatoes, carrots and celery. The best predecessors are:

garlic;
mustard;
rape;
cereals, except oats.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

Before purchasing Radar winter onions, you need to read the description of the variety and know all the positive and negative qualities.

The advantages include:

powerful root system;
thin, golden scales;
long-term storage;
taste qualities;
early ripening;
undemanding to planting and care;
lack of arrows;
100% germination of seeds;
frost resistance;
resistance to diseases and pests.

Most summer residents consider low productivity indicators to be a disadvantage compared to spring plantings.

Difference from other varieties

The peculiarity of this variety is its taste: unlike other types, it is semi-sharp and delicate. The transversely elliptical or perfectly round shape also catches the eye.

The yield is not the highest - 160-200 c/ha, but stable from year to year. For comparison, the varieties Karatalsky and Boterus yield 400-450 c/ha.

A remarkable property of Radar is its adaptation to any climatic zones and soils, as well as the preservation of fruits without germination for a long time.

During the growing season, the plant almost does not throw out arrows. Their formation can be caused by improper care, namely an excess of mineral fertilizers in the soil.

Climate requirements, growing regions

The variety is registered in the North Caucasus region. Gardeners of the Krasnodar, Stavropol Territories, and Rostov Region were the first to cultivate Radar.

In subsequent years, farms in central Russia began planting Radar onions before winter. When the winter-hardy qualities of the variety were proven there, it “captured” the northern regions: the Urals, Siberia and the Far East.

Frosts down to 23-25 °C with snow cover are not harmful to the plant. In regions with a more severe climate, Radar is planted in early autumn, mulched, and covered with spruce branches. Immediately after the snow melts, the covering material is removed.

Reproduction methods

Radar is propagated by seeds. They are obtained this way: they plant last year’s large commercial onion. She immediately throws out the peduncle - a thick hollow tube. At its end, inflorescences in the shape of a ball are formed. Each of them contains up to several hundred flowers. They fade and turn into a seed pod. They are small and black, hence the name “chernushka”.

Onion seeds Radar

Next year, “Chernushka” is sown densely in the beds; by autumn, each seed produces a small onion set.

When to plant before winter, how to prepare the bed and soil in the fall?

The first thing you need to pay attention to is determining the timing of planting. If onions are planted in winter, then all work must be done a month before the first frost.

Radar's quiet period ends no earlier than December , as a result of which the bow will not have time to freeze and shoot.

It is recommended to sow nigella for sowing in advance, preferably in August. This will allow you to have time to do at least one thinning.

For planting you need to choose the right site:
to be level;
protected from gusts of wind.
The bed must be positioned in such a way that it is not in a low place, because if melt water penetrates into it in the spring, the bulbs will dry out.
The place for future planting must be “rested”, otherwise even the best quality care will not be able to produce a good and large harvest.
It is also advised not to plant onions in winter where they were previously grown:
potato;
celery.

If a suitable place is found, you can proceed to planting.

Important! Planting should be done in the fall - two weeks before it is planned.

The soil needs to be dug deep.
Remove remnants of previous vegetation.
Disinfect the area with potassium permanganate.
Apply fertilizer: the classic option is humus, but you can use:
potassium salt;
superphosphate.
Before planting the bulbs, you need to loosen the soil well.

Benefits of autumn planting

Gardeners of dachas, private rural farmsteads, and farms are switching to winter planting. The interest is as follows:

In autumn, planting material is cheaper.
When the seeds are in the ground, there is no need to worry about storage.
In the fall, there is less work in the garden than in the spring, so vegetable growers have more free time.
Winter plantings of onions suffer little from downy mildew - downy mildew and onion fly.
The harvest is healthy because diseased seed material dies in severe frosts.
The plant does not follow the arrow.
The harvest is better stored.

Summer residents are also attracted by the ripening period - it is 3 weeks shorter than regular spring onions.

Note! When spring varieties are just planted in the ground, winter varieties are already cut into greens.

Landing

When planted before winter, the variety is less sick, suffers less often from pests, does not bolt and is stored longer. Also, onions ripen 3 weeks earlier than spring varieties.

For planting in the fall, seeding is required. It is obtained independently from nigella or purchased from the manufacturer. The set should be well dried, dense, there should be no empty heads in it, and there should be no mold or rot on the surface.

It is prepared for planting as follows:

The highest quality bulbs are selected.
Place it near the radiator for 2-3 weeks to warm up and dry.
On the eve of planting, soak for half an hour in a solution of table salt (1 tablespoon of salt per liter of water) at a temperature of +60-65 degrees.
Then rinse and soak for another half hour in a solution of potassium permanganate.
Place it in a solution of a stimulant or mineral fertilizer for two hours.

The soil is prepared as follows:

Dig as deep as possible.
If the acidity is high, add wood ash or, if the acidity is very high, slaked lime.
It is useful to add sand to clay soil, which loosens it.
Before planting, allow the soil to rest for 2-3 weeks.
It is necessary to choose areas after tomatoes, potatoes, legumes, cabbage, and radishes.

It is not recommended to apply organic fertilizers in the fall. If there are a lot of them, the bulbs will shoot out arrows faster in the spring.

The seedlings are planted in furrows 6-10 cm deep, row spacing is 20-25 cm. It is planted with its nose down, leaving 5-12 cm between the bulbs. The greater the distance, the larger the onion can potentially grow. Cover with soil, level the surface and mulch with spruce branches. You can also use straw or peat if the region does not have severe frosts.

To obtain sets, seedlings are grown or seeds are sown immediately in open ground in the spring. When planting seedlings, the seeds are not treated, since if they were purchased from the manufacturer, they have already been processed. They are sown to a depth of 1 cm, germinated in a warm place, then provided with good lighting and a temperature of +16-18 degrees. 2 weeks before planting seedlings in the ground, they are hardened off.

How to choose sets

The yield of onion variety Radar depends on the seed material - sets. It is bought in trusted places: specialized stores, agricultural farms, familiar farmers, good neighbors. You should always be sure that this is an onion for winter sowing.

If the seed fund is packaged, pay attention to what material it is in. Plastic bags without vents are not suitable. The seeds do not breathe in them, and the bulbs may become damp and moldy. It is better to take it in boxes or bags made of breathable material. Look at the accompanying documentation. Each batch of sets is supplied with a label indicating the time of ripeness, storage and planting rules.

The appearance of the bulbs will tell you about the health of the material. Therefore, winter onion sets Radar are palpated and poured into hands. If empty specimens are found, soft, wet, easy to crush with your fingers, mold and traces of rot are visible, the material is rejected.

Onion sets

Features of planting winter varieties

Planting sets of winter varieties, in particular Radara, has its own rules and recommendations.

When growing in winter, only special hybrid varieties are used, one of which is winter onion Radar.

There are special soil requirements: winter seedlings should be planted only in loamy or sandy loam soils. A categorical contraindication is acidic soils - winter seedlings will either not germinate at all, or the harvest will be extremely insignificant.

The soil must be nutritious and ready for planting

Onions should be planted in winter in specially prepared beds that meet the best conditions for growing winter varieties:

the place must be cleared of previous plantings and plant remains;
the bed should not be shaded by other plantings or buildings;
Do not use low-lying areas where water stagnates - winter seedlings may dry out;
To avoid freezing of planting material and ensure snow retention, the beds should be made high.

Requirements for winter planting material

When the sets are stored, they absorb moisture. It becomes an environment for the appearance of putrefactive bacteria and pathogenic microbes. Do not plant onions in the ground like this - the yield and keeping quality will be low. Therefore, the seed fund is prepared for planting in several stages:

They sort through the material (discard dry, diseased, spoiled specimens).
Dry near the heating radiator for 2-3 weeks.
Soak in hot (60-65 °C) saline solution (1 tbsp per 1 liter of water).
Keep for 20-30 minutes. in steep potassium permanganate (purple). For convenience, you can place it in a large bowl directly in the net.
Soak for 2 hours in a solution of mineral fertilizers.

Then the onion sets Radar are dried and planted in the ground.

Planting dates and cultivation rules

The most crucial moment for a successful harvest is the correct choice of planting time. The onion should take root well, but not have time to germinate. In order to plant the seedlings on time, they monitor the weather forecast: when the daytime temperature remains +5-7˚C for a long time and weather forecasters do not promise warming, it is time to plant winter onions.

The beds for winter onions begin to be prepared for planting at least 2 weeks in advance. Choose a place on a hill, protected from strong winds. Fertilizers are applied to each m² of soil: 6-7 kg of humus or mature compost, 20 g of superphosphate, a handful of wood ash. They carry out deep digging of the soil.
Prepare planting material. For planting before winter, small-sized sets (up to 1 cm in size) are suitable. The bulbs are sorted: hollow heads, sprouted sets with damaged scale integrity, and signs of mold or rot on the bottom are discarded. Planting material is disinfected in water with salt (1 tablespoon per 1 liter of water) or copper sulfate solution (1 g per 1 liter of liquid).
Longitudinal grooves 4 cm deep are made in the beds at intervals of 20-25 cm. The bulbs are not soaked before planting. The sets are stuck into the ground to a depth of 2-3 cm at a distance of 8-10 cm from each other. The top of the planting is sprinkled with earth and lightly compacted.
Covering with mulch (straw, leaf litter, spruce branches) is carried out no earlier than the air temperature reaches negative values. Otherwise, the onion may dry out. After a permanent snow cover has been established, more snow is shoveled onto the bed. In spring, mulch is removed as early as possible. This allows the earth to warm up faster and does not create obstacles for plant germination.
When the shoots appear, the first fertilizing of the crop is carried out. Plantings are watered with mullein diluted in water in a ratio of 1:10, or with a solution of bird droppings (1 part chicken to 15 parts water). After 2-3 weeks, when the onion has 5-6 leaves, fertilize it with complex mineral fertilizer or infusion of wood ash (200 g per bucket).

Further care consists of regular weeding of the plantings and loosening the soil. Watering begins in mid-May, until this time there is enough moisture in the soil after the snow melts. Watering is carried out moderately, avoiding waterlogging of the soil. After the formation of the head is completed, the amount of liquid applied is reduced, and 2-3 weeks before harvesting, watering is stopped completely.

Soil preparation

The soil is prepared in advance. They dig using an accessible method (shovel, cultivator). Add ash - it reduces the acidity of the soil and works as an antiseptic. The structure of clay soils is corrected with sand.

Level the area with a rake and let the soil “breathe” for 2-3 weeks. Organic matter is not added, as it will cause the plant to shoot arrows.

Important! The terrain of the area for planting is chosen to be flat or with a slight slope. They are afraid of sharp winds and constant drafts. Lowlands are not suitable for the plant.

How to plant

Onion beds are made in places where legumes, tomatoes, and potatoes grew in the previous season. Crop rotation for crops is an important condition.

The process goes as follows:

No holes are made for sowing. Dig furrows 6-10 cm deep. The distance between them is 20-25 cm. To make weeding easier, use the standard size of a hoe or hoe.
Lay out the sets (place them by slightly pressing them into the loose soil). Leave a distance of 5-6 cm between the bulbs. If you want larger heads - 10-12 cm. When they count on spring greenery, they plant more often. In this case, in March-April the crop is pulled out for food, leaving more space for other plants.
The furrows are filled with compost, peat or sand. More often, gardeners fill the grooves with earth and level them with a rake.

In places with severe frosts, the planting is covered with spruce branches.

Landing instructions

Onion Radar, namely its planting and care, is not much different from the process of planting other varieties.

There is no need to make holes for each onion set. Furrows are dug 4-5 cm deep. If the soil in the area is dense, it is advisable to add sand to the bottom of the row.

The planting depth of the bulb is 2-3 cm. It is simply lowered into the groove and placed without pressing.
The distance between the rows is 20-25 cm, between the onions - 5-6 cm. If you want to get a larger onion, the gaps should be larger.
If there is not enough space for planting on the site, they are planted on the greens along with the bulbs on the turnip, and in the spring they are pulled out and the onion is pulled out for a feather. Moreover, onions often sit on greens, almost one to one.

The grooves can be filled:

compost;
peat;
sand.

Some gardeners fill it with small rotted sawdust. You can simply fill it with soil, take a rake and level the soil.

If the climate in the region is very harsh, it is advisable to cover the bed with spruce branches. You can cover it with cut velvet flowers and carrot tops. This will help the onions not to freeze.

Harvest and storage

The Radar onion is considered ripe when the leaves wither, lose their bright green color, and die. If the deadline has come, but the pen does not go down, vegetable growers artificially help the process.

Harvesting and preparation for storage take place simultaneously:

The vegetable is pulled out of the ground by the tops (usually done by hand). If the heads lie too deep, dig up the root crop with a shovel.
The fruit along with the feather is placed under a canopy and dried in the breeze - the bulbs will bake in the sun.
When the tops are dry, cut off the dry roots.
Then they dry it in the shade for a few more days, put it in baskets, boxes, and send it for storage in a cellar or barn.

The cellar may have the right temperature, but high humidity. The bulbs will begin to sprout. Therefore, a dry, cool, ventilated room is preferable.

Onion harvesting Radar

Characteristic

Radar is a hybrid that was developed in Holland. The bulb is painted dark green; a coating of wax can be seen on top. It is round, large, weighing up to 300 g.

Note!

The husk of the variety is dry and golden. Thanks to the scales, the fruits can be stored for a long time and withstand cold.

Main advantages of the variety:

the plant is resistant to shoots;
the variety is rarely damaged by diseases and pests;
Radar does not require special attention and is capable of producing a good harvest with minimal care.

When to plant onions Radar before winter

The timing of planting Radar onions in the fall to winter across the vast territory of Russia is advisory in nature. The main thing is that the vegetable takes root before lasting frosts.

Important! The further south the region, the later the planting date is allowed. Focus on the weather forecast and lunar calendar. Root crops are not planted during the full moon.

By region, the approximate dates look like this:

South of Russia – end of October-November.
Leningrad region - early October.
Moscow region - mid-October.
Volgograd region - the last days of October and until mid-November.
Western Siberia – the second half of September and all of October.

Reviews about the onion variety Radar

Gardeners speak positively about the Radar onion variety.

Alena Ivanovna, Rzhev : “I like to plant onions before winter - a minimum of hassle, and fresh vegetables at the beginning of summer. I really like the Radar variety for its ease of cultivation, good preservation in winter and moderately pungent taste. My husband asks me to marinate the shish kebab with him!”

Konstantin, Armavir : “In the south, we usually plant winter onions in early November. It's warm here at this time and there is time before frost. If it’s a snowy winter, the onions will be large and sweet. I started growing radar recently, and now it’s one of my favorites.”

Sergey Borovoy, Stavropol Territory : “A neighbor once shared a jar of Radar onion sets. Why haven't I heard of him before? No hassle with planting in winter. In May there are already strong, juicy greens on the feather. In July - large heads of bitter onions. Now I advise everyone to plant Radar.”

Care in spring and summer

In places where plantings overwintered under spruce branches, the first thing in the spring is to remove the shelter. When the soil dries out, the beds are weeded. The goal is to give the underground part of the plant access to oxygen and disrupt the root system of the weeds.

Watch the shoots. If weak, invigorate with the following compounds:

1 tbsp. mullein, 1 tbsp. l. urea per bucket of water. Funds are enough for 3 sq. m. Water between the rows or at the root.
Superphosphate, saltpeter, potassium chloride are mixed in a ratio of 30:40:20 g per bucket of liquid. The expense is the same.
Vegeta, 2 tbsp., is suitable for chemical preparations. l. which is diluted with 1 tbsp. l. urea in 10 liters of water. The specified volume is consumed per 2 square meters. m of sown area.

You should not get carried away with mineral fertilizers, because plants accumulate them in the roots.

Watering and weeding give an excellent effect. The soil at a depth of 4 cm should always be moist. If there is not enough rain, the garden bed is watered in the evening. It is more economical to use automatic drip irrigation. You can use a watering can, but you must try not to get it on the leaves. In dry summers, plantings are irrigated 1-2 times a week.

Feather is an indicator of the content of nutrients in the soil. If it turns yellow, there is not enough potassium, the tops dry out - there is not enough phosphorus.

In the summer, weeds are weeded in the rows, they are not allowed to grow above 4 cm. They draw food from the ground and keep the rows damp. Because of this, fungi develop.

Diseases and pests

Onion variety Radar for planting before winter is a plant with increased immunity. Resistance to diseases - 8 points out of 10. But high humidity leads to downy mildew, which is characteristic of this type of disease. Gray spots on the leaves signal the onset of a fungal disease.

The onion field is treated with HOM two or three times, at intervals of 10 days. Copper sulfate solution and Bordeaux mixture work well. A 1% preparation is sprayed on the leaves when they have not reached 10 cm in height.

Important! To prevent products from rolling off a smooth feather, liquid soap is added to the solutions.

These preparations are suitable for treating plants against other fungi and scab.

Among the vegetable pests, the onion fly is a nuisance. She lays larvae at the bottom, which then gnaw through the passages and damage the head. They are identified by the appearance of their feathers - they lose their elasticity and whitish spots appear.

Onion fly larvae

Marigolds and marigolds growing nearby repel insects. When the fly has already multiplied, the diseased plants are pulled out and removed along with the soil. The planting is treated with “Aktara” and “Mukhoed”. Effective insecticides “Alatar”, “Karate Zeon”.

To prevent planting, they are dusted with ash and watered with a saline solution (250 g of salt per 7 liters of water). After 6 hours, wash off the salt from the leaves. The height of the plant should be no more than 5-6 cm.

Growing and planting winter onions

In order to plant seedlings for the winter, you should first grow them. It is necessary to sow seed material (nigella) at the end of August, after the entire harvest has been harvested, in order to complete at least one weeding. How to select nigella and process it is described here.

The soil should settle slightly and be compressed. To make it more convenient, draw grooves and add nigella according to the diagram - 1x10 at a depth of 3 centimeters. However, when the soil has been empty for quite some time and has had time to cool, then you need to sow at a depth of up to 6 centimeters. In the spring, you will already harvest the seedlings, and in the fall you will have the opportunity to plant your own material for the future harvest, rather than buying it in the store. The dug-up harvest of sets should definitely be dried in the sun, leaving it directly on the garden bed.

Although Radar onions do not require any special skills to care for when growing, you still need to follow simple rules. If you follow them, then there is a possibility that you will avoid unpleasant situations when growing onions Radar:

Although this onion variety is resistant to pests, like any bulb variety, it is susceptible to attack by onion flies. To avoid this problem, treat the area with an insecticide in the spring and fall. In addition, you can sow marigolds or marigolds around the area.
This onion variety is also susceptible to a specific disease - downy mildew (in common parlance - downy mildew). To avoid downy mildew, winter onion varieties are treated with specialized fungicides twice a month.
In order to take proper care of the future harvest, it is worth weeding the beds regularly to prevent the appearance of many weeds.
In the case when the planted seedling was covered for the winter, it must be removed in the spring, but only after the snow cover has completely melted. However, the Radar variety does not require mandatory coating.

The ripening period of the winter onion variety Radar is approximately 250-260 days.

However, do not forget that planting for more than two years in one place is not permissible . The soil must rest for at least five years before the next bulbous planting. If you do not comply with this requirement, you will not get a good harvest, even if you properly care for it and apply enough fertilizer.

Radar onions are harvested in the same way as other varieties of onions. We leave the dug up bulbs in the garden for at least three days, then transfer them to a cool place to dry completely. And only then we determine it to a place for winter storage.

Harvesting

Onions are removed from the garden when the covering scales become dense, dry, and golden yellow. At this point, the stem lies on the ground. When more than 70% of the plantings have settled down, the crop is pulled out manually or dug up with a pitchfork. Onion harvesting equipment is used on large areas.

The harvesting date for winter onions is determined by the calendar. From planting to ripening, 250-270 days pass (but it all depends on the weather).

Important! Vegetable growers who orient themselves towards the moon harvest their onions as the night star wanes: at this moment all the juices go to the head. In the increasing phase - to the above-ground part. Root crops are not harvested during the full moon.

The winter onion hybrid Radar shows excellent characteristics in taste, yield, and preservation. Russian summer residents and farmers practice autumn planting of vegetables. This crop ripens 3 weeks earlier than conventional varieties and does not shoot out.

The harvest stays well in a cool, dry room until next year. The variety is propagated by seeds, from which onion sets are obtained. Care does not require bookish knowledge and experience and comes down to watering, weeding, and pest control.

Plant or sow?

Onion Radar is grown in two ways:

Seeds, but onion heads can only be obtained in a year.
Sevcom, this method is faster.

If you decide to plant onion sets, you must follow the following general rules:

Sowing is carried out in the spring.
Use only high quality seeds and check them. The seeds should be black, hard and shiny.
Old seeds lose their properties, you need to check the expiration date.
When planting seeds, you must follow the recommendations on the package.
Seeds are sown to a depth of 1 cm, leaving a distance of 30 cm between rows.

In the first year, onion sets are obtained from the seeds; in the second year, the resulting sets are sown, from which onion turnips are then obtained.