Good afternoon, my reader. Many summer residents have a question about what time it is necessary to collect onions from the garden and how it should be preserved in the winter.
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How can you tell if the bulbs are ripe?
Some sure signs of ripening onions:
- feathers turn yellow and bend towards the ground;
- the neck of the onion is dry;
- the peel on the surface of the soil peels off.
What to do to ripen the onion faster?
For onions to ripen quickly, you need to stop watering about 14 days before harvesting. In some cases, summer residents undermine the root system of the culture in advance, slightly lifting the onion with the help of a garden pitchfork, but at the same time leaving it until ripe. You can pull the vegetable out of the soil by half about five days before harvesting, but only if the soil is very soft and dry. If the bulbs are planted deeply, the feathers do not wither even in autumn, you can open the bulb a little by removing the top layer of soil.
What is the time to harvest the sevok?
Usually it is removed from the garden at the end of the summer period, as soon as the first frost occurs. The neck of the plant has become thinner - start picking vegetables. The scales on the bulbs must be dry. Do not allow new roots to form on the plant.
Timely collection of onions
The ripening periods of onions are influenced by both weather conditions and the growing area. Usually onions should be harvested in the last decade of July, provided they were planted in May.
Winter onion harvest time
On average, this onion ripens about a couple of months earlier than the vegetables that were planted in the spring. And yet, gardeners are advised to pay attention to the drying of onion feathers and the thinning of the neck of the plant.
Leek harvest period
Most often, leeks are harvested in October. To keep the onions white enough, sprinkle the bottom with soil about 14 days before harvest. Instead of dusting, you can use any light-proof material, after digging out the roots and feathers, shorten.
When to harvest family onions?
Each nest of family onions can grow approximately 4-8 bulbs. Such vegetables should be removed from the garden as soon as the greens are covered. In no case should you be late with harvesting, otherwise the bulbs will be saturated with moisture and it will be very difficult to preserve them.
Harvesting during the rainy season
The ripening period of onions increases during the rainy summer. For harvesting, choose a drier day, because bulbs harvested from highly moist soil require prolonged drying and are often less preserved. If the feather still stays green, even if you did follow our advice and tried to speed up the ripening of the onion, do not cut the green feathers right away. Better to leave the vegetables under a canopy and let them dry for a week. By these actions, you will help the onion to ripen.
Correct harvesting of onions from the garden
You need to harvest vegetables in warm weather. If by chance the tops come off, do not leave such bulbs for storage, but rather use them in the near future.
Do not knock vegetables apart to remove adhering soil, because any mechanical damage leads to rotting of the bulbs.
Preparing onions for storage
Before harvesting the crop for storage, you will need to dry it, sort it out and cut off the feathers in time.
Proper drying of onions after harvest
Expose to the sun and dry for 14-20 days, inverting occasionally. Vegetables should be kept indoors at night to prevent them from being harmed by the morning dew.
Sorting and pruning onions for storage
Remove any damaged bulbs as they can cause rotting.
Most often, the onion is trimmed, then allowed to dry. The neck should remain about 4-6 cm long. You cannot cut off the feather as soon as you remove the onion from the garden. Well-dried onions have dry upper scales, and the neck is significantly thinner.
Proper storage conditions
Onions can be stored in boxes with ventilation holes, linen bags, nets in the form of small bunches suspended from the ceiling. Many gardeners weave braids from onions and keep them in this form. To reduce decay, onions can be powdered with chalk.
Leeks are stored in the sand in the basement. It can be kept in the refrigerator for some time.
Do you know how and when to remove onions from the garden?
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