It's pointless to talk about the benefits of greenery - everyone knows it. Therefore, we will immediately go on to the story of how to grow onions from seeds independently, in order to obtain fresh and useful greens in our garden.
Technology of growing onions from seeds
In order to get a good and a large harvest of onion of high quality, it is recommended to grow seedlings from seeds. Start seeding onion seeds for 2 months, before the planned planting date of the plant in the ground. Before starting the seed planting, it is necessary to prepare them, to carry out simple procedures that will protect the seeds from fungal diseases.
- Seal the seeds in a cloth and drop this lump in water for 15 minutes, the temperature of which should be about 50 ° C.
- After a 15-minute bath immediately shift the bag of seeds into cold water.
- After a while, shift the seeds into warm water at room temperature, in which they must lie for another 24 hours.
- After these 24 hours, the water should be drained, and the seeds themselves wrapped in a damp cloth and left so for another two days, constantly maintaining the humidity.
Preparing the soil
The soil for growing onion seedlings from seeds is necessary to be loose and moisture-consuming. As always, you can either buy ready, or prepare it yourself, mixing 1 to 1 garden soil with humus. One standard bucket of such land should be added 30 g superphosphate , 15 g urea , 15 grams of potassium chloride and 1 cup of wood ash.
Once the soil and seeds are ready, you can begin planting. The ground is filled with boxes and grooves 1 cm deep are made in it. The seeds of onions are planted in these grooves. Try to keep a distance of 0.5 cm between the grains. When the planting is finished, the soil needs to be moistened using a bulletizer or a strainer. In order for the seeds to sprout faster, they must be covered with a transparent film and put in a dark warm place.
Planting of onions grown from seeds
When on the sprouts that appeared from the seeds, 3-4 full-length leaves will appear, it's time to change into the open ground. Onions are very resistant to frost, so the procedure for landing can be carried out at the end of April.
Before planting, the onion seedlings must be carefully sorted and processed. Root the roots in clay chatterbox, and cut the leaves larger than 15 cm with scissors by 1/3. Plant seedlings need at a distance of 7-10 cm between the sprouts. The distance between the rows is 18-20 cm.
Now a little about watering. If the soil in which you plant a young onion is dry, then pour it well. Calculation of approximately 10 liters per 30 plants. After water procedures, place the plants in pre-prepared grooves and press the roots with your finger to the side walls. Plant a young onion 1 cm deeper than he had grown up in boxes before. If you do not observe this nuance, then the onion will linger in its development. At the end, fill the grooves with the onion with ground and compact the soil around them.
A few words about care
To get a good harvest of onions it's not enough to grow seedlings correctly, it also needs to be properly taken care of. Here are the basic rules that must be adhered to.
- Young plants need to be watered very often - this will allow them to settle down faster and better.
- It is necessary to fight with weeds on a regular basis. At the same time, do not forget to loosen the soil around.
- Periodically, the onion should be fed with fertilizers, which are introduced into the middle of the rows, and then they are sprinkled with earth.
- In mid-June, the onion should stop growing. If this does not happen, then it is necessary to cut the roots of the onion by yourself with a shovel.
That's all the wisdom of growing onions from seeds. We hope that this summer there will always be your own greenery on your table.