Good afternoon, my reader. The Chinese technology of onion cultivation involves preparing the shafts for sowing with a hoe. The ridges should be separated by a small moat.
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The nuances of growing
The Chinese way of growing onions is loved by Russian gardeners for its many advantages. The plant develops faster, as evidenced by the high rate of formation of green mass. In addition, the culture is not afraid of pests, since the immunity to their attacks is strengthened. The onion fly, one of the most dangerous insects for the crop, will also not be able to hit plantings.
Residents of the southern regions should plant onions in the spring, when the soil warms up to at least +5 ° C. Gardeners in the middle lane can place the seedlings in open ground later, when the soil temperature rises to + 10 ° C. This usually happens at the end of April.
Preparing the bulbs
A suitable planting material is sevok. Developing bulbs will produce more green mass if planting material less than 2 cm in size is discarded before planting. And if you grow onions, the minimum bulb size is 1.5 cm. Carefully inspect the planting material before placing it in open ground: the bulbs should be free of rot.
As the preparation of the planting material, it is warmed up 2 weeks before being sent to the open ground. This procedure involves moving the set to a battery or other heating device for 11 hours. It is important to check that the temperature of the supplied air is not higher than +40 ° C. If the procedure is carried out correctly, it will be possible to avoid the problem of early formation of arrows on the bulbs.
Planting process
Before planting, remove excess husk and dried tails from the bulbs. The day before being placed in the ground, the seedlings must be soaked in a growth stimulator, preparing a solution according to the instructions. Planting material is sown in the spring, but the soil must be prepared in the fall, this is the peculiarity of the Chinese method. The soil must be dug to the depth of a shovel bayonet and fertilized with nutrients: 15 g of superphosphate, the same amount of dolomite flour and 10 g of nitrophosphate, must be added to 1 m 2.
And in the spring, 14 days before planting the culture, the soil must be dug up again and fertilized with nitrogen-containing solutions. Do not overdo it with such a top dressing, otherwise all the energy of the plants will go to the development of green mass, and not the bulbs. After feeding, longitudinal ridges are formed with a height of no more than 15 cm.
A sunny day without precipitation is suitable for planting onions. It is necessary to deepen the planting material by 3 cm. It is important that the bulbs are upside down. Then they are sprinkled with soil. So the earth will be loose, and the onion root system will be able to actively develop.
Onion care
The culture prefers moist soil, so it is important to observe the irrigation and feeding regime. Taking into account the characteristics of the variety and its resistance to diseases, they decide whether to use drugs for the prevention of diseases. After planting, the garden bed needs to be watered, then loosened up the soil.
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