Onion from seeds, cultivation and care in open ground

Onion is not a frequent visitor to my beds, but I think it’s worth talking about. I think that few people plant it, although it will be useful to gain knowledge of how to grow onion . Moreover, it is worth planting this type of onion, if only because of its taste and ease of agricultural technology. In principle, when visually compared, it is similar to ordinary green and onions, but it still has several differences. It does not form a bulb like an onion, and the greens are coarser than those of the same multi-lobed Magpie onion. But there is a similarity that turns into an advantage. Batun onion easily tolerates low and high temperatures, like many types of onion varieties. In this article I will tell you in detail how to plant correctly, about growing and caring for the onion species. So, let's begin …

Where do the roots of onion come from?

Despite the fact that batun onions are rarely grown, they are popular among true connoisseurs of green onions. It is quite possible that you have heard some gardeners talk about Chinese onions and red onions. So we are talking about the same onion - the batun. In common people it is called that because of its origin story. Onion has been grown for many centuries in the Asian territory of China and Japan. In the same territory, including the territory of Siberia, one can still observe wild plantings of batun, which reproduced on the principle of self-seeding. The fact is that this type of onion is rightfully considered perennial. If you constantly look after the onion, it gives good yields. If abandoned, it will reproduce on its own and begin to run wild. Which will lead to a significant reduction in yield and loss of presentation.

Unlike amateur gardeners, growing batun onions is popular among farmers. They grow it in greenhouses for further sale. So to speak - for commercial purposes. Baton onions hardly form a bulb and when grown for sale as green onions, the barely defined bulb gives extra weight. The batun onion bulb itself is more like a set and tolerates severe frosts in the ground. But the surface green part favorably tolerates only light frosts. The growing season of onion begins in very early spring, as soon as the temperature begins to rise just above zero.

A step-by-step guide to replanting onions in the fall and further caring for them

Onion is an unpretentious perennial plant that can grow and produce a crop in the same place for 4-5 years. But experienced gardeners recommend annually rejuvenating the plantings by dividing the nests and planting the children in a new place. This method of growing crops allows you to significantly reduce the onion fly population on the site and already in April you can cut the first bunch of juicy and fragrant greens.

We have prepared for you simple step-by-step instructions for replanting the plant and further caring for the crop in the spring.

Growing onion

Growing onion can be done in several ways. Like many varieties of onions, it can be grown by sowing seeds in open ground and through seedlings. Seedlings are sown in a greenhouse in early January. If the goal is to get an early harvest, then growing batun is definitely worth doing through seedlings. But if there is no rush in time or there are no conditions for growing seedlings, it is sown with seeds. Onion seeds should be sown in open ground as soon as the weather and soil structure make it possible to carry out planting work. If onions are planted by seeds, the maximum harvest will occur only after a couple of years.

Why and when to replant onions in the fall

Onion is a perennial plant. It is grown to produce a juicy green with a mild taste and a slight onion aroma.

Sowing of batun is carried out traditionally by seed method. The seedling method is considered one of the most reliable and reduces the risk of developing infectious diseases.

Increased frost resistance allows for winter sowing of batun to obtain greenery in early spring.

An annual autumn transplant to a new location is carried out in order to rejuvenate the plant and prevent the spread of onion fly. In dense plantings, favorable conditions develop for the proliferation of the pest, which is quite difficult to get rid of. The time for transplantation is late August-early September.

Preparing onion seeds for planting

Preparing onion seeds for planting is quite a tedious task. I recommend sowing them immediately in open ground and watering the onions as needed. Just soak in advance for half an hour in warm water with the addition of potassium permanganate. The potassium permanganate solution should be light pink. Thanks to this action, the seeds will go through the disinfection stage. Why do I recommend planting onions this way? The fact is that any onion seeds take a very long time to germinate. Sometimes this process takes a whole month. And the most you lose is an extra week. You can speed up seed germination by just one week if you resort to tedious preparation.

But if you need to speed up the germination of the “chernushka” batun, then get ready to tinker. During the preparation process you will have to observe time intervals. First, as I already said, the seeds are soaked for half an hour in warm water with potassium permanganate. After this, all seeds need to be washed clean. filtered water or the water should settle in advance. Next we resort to the old proven method for soaking seeds - gauze. The gauze is folded into at least five layers and the batun seeds are wrapped in it. Gauze with onion seeds is placed in a container with warm water at room temperature, but not more than 30 degrees. The whole process lasts a day. Three times a day, at the same time interval, the water is changed. This must be done. After a day, the water is drained, the gauze is wrung out and the seeds need to be dried thoroughly. The onion seeds should regain their original crumbly appearance. Only after this procedure can you sow the seeds in open ground and they will germinate a week earlier.

Photo: Growing onion from seeds in open ground

Planting seeds for seedlings

They resort to growing spring onions in seedlings when it is necessary to obtain early greens, but winter planting was not possible.

Onion seeds are similar in appearance to ordinary nigella

Preparing the soil and container

To grow good quality onion seedlings, you need to properly prepare the soil mixture. In most cases, plant growers prepare the following composition:

• a mixture of humus and turf soil in equal parts (half a bucket each);
• 200 g wood ash;
• 80 grams of nitroammophoska.

All components are thoroughly mixed.

Before use, it is recommended to disinfect the resulting soil, for which the soil is spilled with a 2% solution of potassium permanganate.

In addition to the soil mixture, you need to take care of preparing the planting container. As such, you can use seedling boxes 15 cm high with holes in the bottom. Also, for drainage, a layer of pebbles 1 cm thick should be poured onto the bottom.

Containers for planting onion seedlings should be about 15 cm high with holes in the bottom and a drainage layer

Seed preparation

Regardless of what crop you plan to grow, the preparation of seed material should not be neglected. Before planting, it is recommended to soak onion seeds in plain water or in a solution of microfertilizers at the rate of 1 tablet per 1 liter of water.

The soaking process must be controlled so that the seed does not produce too long shoots, which will make planting more labor-intensive.

Warm potassium permanganate can also be used as a soaking solution. The seeds are placed in it for 20 minutes, after which they are soaked in ordinary warm water for 24 hours, and the liquid must be changed several times. After the procedure, the grains are dried and sowing begins. This preparation allows for earlier germination, usually by a week.

When preparing seeds, they are soaked in plain water or a solution of potassium permanganate.

Sowing time

To properly grow onions, it is important to know when to sow. Seeds for seedlings are sown in the second half of April. If your region has a temperate climate, planting can be done a little earlier. Seedlings are planted on the site in the twenties of June, and in September the harvest is harvested, together with the bulbs (for annual cultivation).

Sowing seeds for seedlings

After preparing the soil, containers and seeds, it’s time to start sowing. This is done as follows:

The planting container is filled with earth, grooves are made 1.5–3 cm deep at a distance of 5–6 cm from each other.

To sow seeds, furrows are made in the soil to a depth of 1.5–3 cm with a distance of 5–6 cm from each other.

Seeds are sown in prepared grooves

After sowing, the seeds are sprinkled with a layer of soil.

After planting, the container is covered with film or glass.

Video: sowing onions for seedlings

Seedling care

When shoots appear, the film should be removed and the planting box should be placed on the windowsill on the south side. However, the room should not be too warm: it is best if the temperature is within +10–11˚С. Every other day, it is advisable to maintain the following temperature regime: +14–16˚С during the day and +11–13˚С at night. If it is not possible to maintain the specified temperature, then at night it will be enough to open the windows and doors, but at the same time to avoid drafts.

To obtain strong seedlings, the plants first need to be provided with additional light, since onions require 14 hours of daylight. Fluorescent, LED or phytolamps can be used as a source of artificial lighting. The lighting device is fixed above the plants at a height of 25 cm. During the first 3 days after installing the lamp, it should not be turned off, which is necessary for the plantings to get used to such lighting. The source is then turned on and off in such a way as to ensure the desired length of daylight.

After sprouting, onions need sufficient lighting, watering and fertilizing.

An important factor in caring for seedlings is watering. Plantings need to be moistened frequently, but in moderation. The soil should not dry out, but it should also not be allowed to become too wet. A week after germination, fertilizing is carried out. Superphosphate and potassium sulfate are used as batteries, 2.5 grams per 10 liters of water. As soon as the first true leaf appears, the seedlings are thinned, leaving a gap of 3 cm between seedlings. 10 days before planting in open ground, the plants are hardened off. To do this, you can open the window and door slightly, gradually increasing the ventilation time. After 3 days, the plantings are taken out into the open air, first for a day, and then you can leave them overnight.

Planting seedlings in the ground

By the time of planting on the plot, the plants should have well-developed roots, 3–4 true leaves and a stem with a diameter at the base of 3–4 cm. The age of planting at this time is, as a rule, 2 months. The procedure for planting seedlings does not present any difficulties. It boils down to the fact that in the selected area, holes are dug to a depth of 11–13 cm at a distance of 8 cm from each other and 20 cm between rows, after which planting is carried out.

Onion seedlings are planted in open ground at the age of two months

It is recommended to add a small amount of wood ash to the hole, moisten the soil and place the sprout vertically, compacting the soil. All that remains is to water and add a 1 cm layer of mulch using humus or straw.

Mulch retains soil moisture and prevents weed growth.

How to grow onion seedlings

To obtain an early harvest of onion, it is planted through seedlings. Seedlings are planted in early January in a greenhouse and harvesting can begin in July. By resorting to such agricultural technology, the trumpet plant is not considered a perennial plant and the crop is harvested completely with the bulb. Just as they do when growing green onions from seeds. Before sowing seeds for seedlings, you need to prepare the substrate. In principle, its composition is no different from that required for growing seedlings of other crops. To do this, you need to use: 50% ordinary soil, 30% humus or compost, 10% rotted sawdust or hydroperlite, 10% sand. There is no point in adding any chemical fertilizers. Firstly, all the essential nutrients are found in humus or compost. Secondly, when growing seedlings, onions use seed reserves and practically do not use fertilizing from the substrate.

After the substrate is prepared, you need to sow the seeds of the batun. Pre-prepare the seeds using one of the methods described above. The container in which the onion seedlings will be grown must have holes at the bottom to quickly remove excess water after watering. I recommend growing seedlings not in cups and pots, but in long tubs. Pre-prepared soil is poured into the container and watered. After a couple of hours, when the soil has gained moisture and excess water has drained, make grooves with a pencil. The depth of the grooves should be no more than three centimeters. Onion seeds are sown in furrows and sprinkled with humus or sawdust. After the seeds are sown and covered, the grooves are lightly compacted. This is done for better contact of seeds with moist soil.

Culture transplantation

The need to replant onions may arise for various reasons, for example, in order to free up land for planting another crop or for other needs. The operation is carried out in early spring, although some gardeners perform it in August or early September. To replant, you need to select a suitable area, prepare holes, carefully dig up the best plants and move them to a new location. Planting of the crop should be done at the same level, i.e., without deepening or elevation. When the procedure is completed, it is necessary to moisten the soil.

Growing onion seedlings

Growing onion seedlings should take place at a temperature of +6 - +12. Too high a temperature is harmful. At high temperatures, the seeds will germinate faster, and the seedlings will also grow faster, but the quality will be unsatisfactory. In order not to resort to additional illumination of seedlings and further hardening, seedlings should grow at a temperature no higher than +12. Then exactly by April, it will be powerful and will quickly take root after transplanting into open ground. Under certain conditions, the container must stand for the entire time. As soon as the seeds germinate and straighten to the appearance of “needles,” it is necessary to thin out the grooves, leaving a distance of 1-2 cm between the “needles.” There is no need to water often, only as needed.

Useful video about onion, watch until the end!

Onion seedlings are planted in April, when the weather and soil allow for the cultivation of a vegetable garden. The distance between seedlings is 10-15 cm, the row spacing is 40-50 cm. You can use two-line planting of seedlings. After planting the seedlings, the beds are thoroughly watered. A few days after planting, the seedlings will take root and straighten up. so there is no need to worry if, a couple of hours after planting, all the seedlings die. This is a common occurrence.

Features of harvesting and storage

The batun is completely edible. In early spring, greens are used “for feathers”. In this case, you can trim only the feather, moving the pruning shears from the outer edge of the bush to the inner, or you can dig up the entire plant.

Trim individual leaves from bulbs as needed throughout the growing season. The bulb will continue to grow and produce foliage if you only cut off one or two leaves at a time.

For cutting, choose plants that have reached a height of 20 cm - this is the optimal feather size. Don't wait until they grow over a meter in height and become giants: the leaves will not be as tasty and tender.

Store green onions at 0°C and 98-100% humidity for 4 weeks. Storing at this temperature prevents discoloration and yellowing, keeping them fresh longer. If you raise the temperature to +10°C, you can store onions for only 7–10 days: the higher the temperature, the faster the onions begin to turn yellow and decompose.

If trampoline does not grow on your site, we advise you to definitely plant this tender and nutritious onion. Chinese medicine considers it not only tasty, but also medicinal.

Preparing a site for planting onions

Some gardeners are wrong to consider this culture capricious. Batun gives good results, provided that the preparation of the area for planting batun onions is done correctly. For fruitful cultivation, fertile soil containing balanced nutrients is necessary. It is also worth noting that this plant reacts poorly to acidic soils. Before planting onion, you need to add lime or dolomite flour to the soil. Nitrogen, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium are added to the soil as nutrients. After all components are added to the soil, the soil is dug up or milled.

In the process of preparing the soil for onion, which is planned to be grown for several years in a row, special attention is paid to soil aeration. The soil in open ground should be well structured and crumbly. This quality of the substrate prevents the soil from becoming waterlogged during the process of watering the batun - which he loves so much. A crumbly soil structure can be achieved by adding horse manure or rotted softwood sawdust. Remember one rule - “the onion loves the chopper.” In the process of growing onions, the beds must constantly be loosened. Loosening the soil is done every two to three waterings.

Despite the fact that the soil has been properly prepared, during the growing season the onion takes nutrients from the soil and must be fed with nitrogen and potassium fertilizers. In winter, onions must be sent fertilized. To do this, manure and phosphorus fertilizers are applied between the rows, after which everything is dug up. Either manure or phosphorus fertilizers will release nutrients into the soil over the winter and in the spring the onion will receive high-quality nutrition.

Photo: Onion from seeds

Variety selection

You can find various varieties of onion on sale. The most common are 4 of them.

1. Onion variety Russian winter batun. The crop is high-yielding with a long period of green yield. The taste is mildly spicy. The length of the feathers is up to 33 cm, width 0.95 cm. The winter hardiness of the variety is especially high. The time from the beginning of the appearance of feathers to their collection is about 27-30 days. During the season, you can carry out up to 3 cuttings of leaves. If the plant is cultivated as an annual, then at the end of the season it is removed by pulling it out along with the bulb. Without transplanting to a new location, the bush gives a good harvest for up to 5 years.
2. Growing the April onion variety is simplified by the plant’s high resistance to disease. The variety is early ripening, intended for salad purposes, the leaves do not become coarse for a long time. Its taste is semi-sharp. The plant can be cultivated as an annual or perennial. Without replanting, you can leave the plant in one place for up to 5 years. During the summer, greens are cut up to 4 times.
3. Onion batun Long Tokyo. Mid-season variety with a sharp taste. Leaves are up to 60 cm long. High frost resistance allows the plant to be planted even in regions with little snow in winters.
4. Onion trumpet Tenderness. Salad variety, mid-season, mildly pungent taste. Leaves are up to 35 cm long. Productivity is high. Leaf length is up to 35 cm. Greens are cut up to 2-3 times per season.

Despite all the variety of varieties, these 4 remain in leading positions in demand for more than one year.

Planting onion seeds

It is worth noting that planting batun onion seeds is universal in terms of sowing time. The only exception is winter. And so, batun seeds can be sown at any time of the year and in any month. Of course, if you are sure that you can, for example in July, during intense heat, provide the planting with constant watering. If not, then the seeds simply will not hatch and will steam under the crust of the soil. The optimal and simpler time for planting onion seeds is traditionally spring or autumn. In both the first and second options, the soil is saturated with moisture and the seeds germinate well and quickly.

Planting of onion seeds is carried out in shallow grooves, like any onion seeds that are grown for feathers. Typically, the depth of the furrow is 1.5-3 cm. Before planting batun seeds, if you do not use precision seeders and plan to sow manually, I recommend mixing the seeds with sand 1:1. This will allow the seeds to be sown more evenly and less densely. Upon completion of sowing, I advise you to sprinkle the seeds with peat, humus or sawdust. Then water generously. After thorough watering, the upper substrate will be saturated with moisture, the onion seeds will quickly hatch and sprout.

The width of the beds should not be ignored. It should be at least 35 cm, which will allow you to easily care for the trampoline and there will be sufficient row spacing that can be dug up in the winter. Next, when the seeds have sprouted and the formation of the first true leaves has begun, the beds are thinned. A distance of 3-5 cm is left between each plant. While the onion is gaining strength, it requires care in the form of constant watering. If the seeds were planted towards the end of spring, watering is done in the morning and evening daily. But! — waterlogging of the soil is not allowed.

Further care

After onion transplantation, no winter maintenance procedures are necessary. In the spring, after the snow melts, the plant begins intensive forcing of young greenery.

Agricultural technology is aimed at thinning thickened plantings (if necessary), fertilizing with growth stimulants “Epin”, “Zircon”, watering, and caring for beds.

Basic rules for caring for the trampoline:

1. Watering is carried out as necessary. At first, the young plant has enough melt water. Next, the gardener sets the watering schedule based on weather conditions. The soil is spilled to a depth of 20 cm. In dry weather, the onions are watered every other day. The standard frequency of watering is twice a week at the root.
2. The beds are regularly loosened after rain and watering. Weeding of weeds is carried out as they grow, preventing rooting.
3. as top dressing , which also protects the crop from insects. A solution of mullein (1:10) or chicken manure (1:15) is suitable for watering the beds. Ready-made complex fertilizers “Vegeta”, “Agricola-O”, “Effecton” are popular.
4. The complex of care procedures includes onion diseases

The plant is susceptible to downy mildew (peronospora). Signs of the disease are a gray-purple moldy coating on the greens and stunted growth.

Onion plantings are often affected by rust. The disease manifests itself in the form of round spots of rich yellow color. The marketability of green feathers is deteriorating, leaf blades are dying, and yields are falling. For prevention and treatment, copper sulfate, “HOM”, “Oxychom”, and a 1% solution of Bordeaux mixture are used. The plantings are treated 2-3 times.

The spring onion becomes the subject of attacks by the onion leaf beetle. Greens are eaten by both larvae and adults.

The onion weevil makes punctures and feeds on plant juices. The larvae gnaw through greens and feed on plant tissue.

Onion fly larvae eat the bulbs, causing the green mass to wither and turn yellow.

The onion secretive proboscis overwinters in unharvested weeds and the top layer of soil. The pest comes to the surface after the snow melts and destroys young greenery.

Toxic chemicals are not used to treat the transplanted baton. Substances harmful to humans accumulate in feathers, causing further poisoning of the body.

The development of infectious diseases of batun is easier to prevent than to deal with the consequences. Prevention is based on:

• compliance with crop rotation, watering and loosening regimes;
• increasing soil fertility;
• timely removal of weeds, diseased and dead plants;
• planting healthy seedlings (children);
• mulching the soil with peat, sawdust, covering with agrofibre.

Diseases and pests when growing onions

Batun, like other types of onions, is susceptible to disease or pest attacks. Do not neglect the rules of agricultural technology during the growing season. The beds must be kept free of weeds at all times. Monitor soil aeration, constantly loosen the top crust and avoid waterlogging when watering. And in general, always properly water onions in open ground. If you start planting, they will definitely be hit. The main and common enemies are: among diseases - fungal infections; One of the pests is the onion fly. To prevent fungal diseases, the beds are periodically watered with the drug phytosporin. It also helps get rid of onion fly larvae. How to deal with this pest, you can read the article about the onion fly.

Pest and disease control

Before fighting onion diseases, it is important to know the signs of their appearance:

• change in feather color, appearance of spots;
• change in the structure of the bulb (becomes very soft);
• the appearance of dark or white plaque;
• drying of the above-ground part of the crop.

There are quite a lot of onion pests; to combat them, it is important to understand the diseases they cause.

1. Hidden proboscis

This disease is characterized by the appearance of dark bugs that eat the pulp of the plant, causing the leaves to dry out.

1. Onion fly

This pest lays its eggs on onions, which begin to hatch closer to June. Signs of onion fly are yellowing and death of the plant.

To avoid infection with onion fly, carrots should be planted next to the trampoline (the pest does not digest its smell, therefore, this will repel it).

1. Thrips

These are small insects of a pale color. They love not only onions, but also other plants. The larvae eat sap from plant stems.

1. Potato scoops

This pest is a butterfly. Their caterpillars eat the roots and leaves of many flowering plants.

How to fight:

• follow the rules of crop rotation;
• dig up the soil in the fall;
• remove plants with pests;
• loosen the soil at least 10 cm deep;
• carry out salt treatments that repel most insects.

Harvesting onion

Well, I’ve reached the most pleasant moment - harvesting the onion harvest. The onion grows on average for half a year. If it was planted in early spring, then in mid-autumn you can harvest the batun. But if the onion was planted at the beginning of summer, then the harvest can only be harvested next spring. Therefore, before planting onions, think about the harvest date.

Harvesting consists of cutting off the young leaves of the batun. As a rule, leaves are cut from bottom to top using a well-sharpened tool. The cut must be made at the base of the leaf without damaging the stem. To ensure that the onion leaves are elastic and juicy, the onions are watered in the evening before harvesting. overnight, all the leaves will gain moisture at a lower night temperature and will become “fleshy.”

So I shared with you how to grow onion from seeds in open ground , how to care for it and reap a good harvest. I hope the note was useful to you, write comments and share on social networks. Happy onion harvest everyone!

Growing and caring for onions in open ground

The culture is unpretentious, so caring for onion plantings will not take much time. However, so that the greens do not turn yellow, but are juicy, during the season the trumpet needs to be watered and fed, the soil must be loosened and freed from weeds.

Water the onions as the soil dries. On hot days, you may need to moisten the soil daily or even twice a day. After watering, the soil should be moist to a depth of 20 cm. In warm weather with regular precipitation, water the onions one to three times a week. It all depends on the frequency of rain and air temperature. Due to lack of moisture, the baton can go into the arrow.

After rain or watering, weeding is carried out and the rows are loosened. During the season, the loosening procedure should be carried out at least five times. If the bushes have grown greatly and the feathers have begun to fall over, hilling is carried out.

During the season, 3 feedings of onions are carried out:

1. A month after the seedlings appear, the plants are fed with fertilizers containing nitrogen and phosphorus. This can be Azofoska or Nitrophoska, 10 g of which are added per 1 sq. m beds.
2. At the beginning of autumn, a month before stable frosts, plants are fed with potassium fertilizers (10 g per 1 sq. m). This feeding will prepare the plant for the cold and help it survive the cold winter more easily.
3. In early spring, nitrogen-containing fertilizers are applied to the onion bed to increase green mass. This can be humus or ready-made mineral fertilizer.

In early spring, to prevent the appearance of pests and diseases, plantings are treated with an infusion of tomato tops or onion peels.

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He loves onions and onion flies very much. You can get rid of them by spraying plants with liquid Green soap or pollinating with wood ash.

If the plants are affected by the moth, they are sprayed with a highly concentrated infusion of mustard powder.

Unfortunately, it is not always possible to defeat pests and diseases using folk remedies. In this case, use special preparations – insecticides – to kill insects, and fungicides to fight diseases.

Onion transplant

If you suspect that the soil is not suitable for onions, you can move them to another bed. The replanting procedure, carried out according to all the rules, will not have a negative effect on the tops, so it is necessary to take into account all the subtleties of this matter.

It is best to postpone replanting until the fall, after the entire harvest has been harvested. It's easy to do. The new site needs to be cleared of weeds and debris, the soil must be dug up, fertilized and watered. The onion also needs to be watered, then you need to pick up the roots with a fork, take the plant and place it in a new hole. Then the roots should be carefully buried and watered again. This method is suitable for transplanting overgrown bushes.

Onion propagation

When growing onions, summer residents may encounter one problem. We are talking about shooting. Two years after planting, the plant produces an arrow that begins to bloom. This phenomenon indicates the reproduction of the onion crop, so you should not be afraid of it. If there is a need to sow seeds for seedlings, it is recommended to collect the seed material before the arrival of autumn. Onion arrows can be cut off at the root, but new flower stalks will soon make themselves felt again.

If the bush blooms in the first year of life, it is worth thinking about what could have caused the plant to go into arrows. First of all, this may be due to insufficiently warmed soil, excess moisture, and early sowing. New arrows need to be removed every week, as they will interfere with a good harvest.

Ideal place for transplantation and transfer rules

Unlike the usual onions, the batun is not too demanding of heat and sun. He will be grateful for a sunny area, but will give an excellent harvest in the shade. But you should pay more attention to the soil; the ideal option would be nutritious soil (loam or sandy loam). The site should be free of spring moisture stagnation and not too acidic. To avoid rapid loss of arrows, it is recommended to carry out deoxidation with wood ash or lime.

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Onions can grow well from one seedling for 5 years, so 2 weeks before planting it is necessary to apply a complex of fertilizers. The optimal ratio for each square meter will be:

• Potassium chloride 20 g;

• Ammonium nitrate 30 g;

• Humus, compost 5 g;

• Superphosphate 40 g.

The ideal predecessors of onions in the sown area will be peas, tomatoes, cabbage, all types of legumes and any green manure.

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