Onions - an unpretentious plant.However, it is of course necessary to observe certain technologies when growing it. In particular, attention to itself requires seeding material. Choosing and storing onions need to be properly.
How to store onions before planting. General recommendations
Собирают севок в конце августа, после того, как tops yellow. Next, it is sorted out, removing all sprouted specimens. Healthy onions are taken for storage without signs of rot, with a dry neck. They must be dried beforehand. This is best done using special equipment. This may be a heater or air heater. Drying is carried out at a temperature of 30-40 degrees for a day or two.
In the event that a part of the cultivated seedmaterial affected neck rot, perform heating at a temperature of 45 degrees for ten hours. Healthy onions can be dried and just outdoors. At the same time it is necessary to exclude direct exposure to sunlight.
Warm storage
Next, consider how to keep onion sets before planting in a warm way. This method is used by private traders quite often. It is especially convenient if the owners of the cottage or garden do not have a cellar.
Dried sevka stack in cardboard boxesabout five centimeters thick. Instead of boxes, you can take the bags, stitched from natural fabric, well breathable. Store onions in an apartment in a dark place, away from water. In too humid microclimates, the heads may start to rot. You can put the box, for example, on the mezzanine of the cabinet. At room temperature, the seed is stored quite well. Giving arrows sevok begins at an air temperature of +13 degrees.
Onion condition is checked once a month. In the event that wet specimens are found, they will need to be dried. The rotten onions are removed.
Cold method
How to store onion sets - the question is not too complicatedin case there is an opportunity to place it in the cellar. Pre-material is kept for a week at a temperature of +20 degrees. Next, the air in the room is heated to +30. In such conditions, sevok also maintained during the week. The next seven days, the material is stored at a temperature of +35 degrees. Such gentle heating allows ridding the onions of putrefactive bacteria.
The material prepared in this way is stored in a cool basement. Before planting, such a bow is kept at a temperature of +35 degrees for twenty days.
Cultivation and care
How to store onions before planting, we are with youfound out. What next? Before planting, the material must be calibrated. To do this, each instance is carefully cut off the dry tip. When performing this operation should try not to damage the germs. After that sevok soaked in water for 12 hours. To prevent various diseases, the material is additionally kept in a solution of copper sulphate for ten minutes (1 h / l of powder per 10 liters of water).
Planted sevka in the beds, which preparebest from autumn. When digging into the soil you need to make a little ash and organic fertilizer. The landing should be carried out at the beginning of May and only after the air warms up to at least +12 degrees. Otherwise, the bow will begin to release arrows. At first, after planting the beds, it is best to insulate with dornitum or ordinary straw.
Onions planted at a distance of about 8 cm eachfrom a friend to a depth of 3 cm. If the wells are deeper, the plants will lack water in the process of growth. With too superficial planting, the harvest may simply die.
Of course, to grow healthy plants,need the appropriate care for them. Onion sets always have to be fed. To do this, you can use the extract of mullein (in the first half of the season). In addition, after a month and a half after the shoots appear, the onions need to be fed with mineral fertilizers. The beds should be periodically loosened, otherwise the onions will grow shallow. If the green feathers are not cut off during growth, the bulbs will grow large. Watered onions periodically until the beginning of July.
Variety choice
A good harvest can be obtained only by correctly picking a variety of onions. There are a lot of them today. Such varieties of onion sets, such as:
- Stuttgarter Riesen. Very productive variety of early ripening. Brown bulbs are rounded. They grow within three months. Store onions of this variety can be within six months.
- Chalcedony. Very well suited for cultivation in the southern regions of Russia. Mid-season variety. The bulbs grow within three to four months. Stored very well.
- Ellan It ripens very early. It has a sweet taste and is very well suited for salads. Feathers are also very tasty. It is undemanding to watering. Can be stored up to 8 months.
So, how to store onions before planting,we found. You can use both cold and warm methods. Getting a good harvest of onions is a snap. It is only necessary to give it a little attention in the process of growth.
