Sevok is a small onion derived from onion seeds. And the easiest and most effective way to grow this vegetable is using onion sowing. It is extremely important to know how to properly plant a small onion of sowing, if at the end of summer you want to harvest a rich harvest.
How best to plant the onion seedlings?
First, the inoculum needs to be sorted and removed from dry and diseased specimens. The rest is sorted by size: medium, small and large. Small bulbs will give small heads, and too large will go into the arrow. But medium-sized bulbs are just perfect for germination.
Before landing onions in the ground, they must be soaked in warm water for 12 hours, and to stimulate the growth of greenery, do not forget to trim their tops. If you plan to grow onions not on greens, but on a full-blown bulb, you do not need to cut anything. You can sow onions not earlier than 3-4 days after this. The optimal weather for planting onions is the air temperature in the range of + 10..12 ° C.
It is important to choose the right time for planting onions. The smallest onions can be planted at the end of April, and the larger one - in the beginning-middle of May. Check the readiness of the soil for planting can be as follows: it should thaw to the depth of the finger, while still wet. If you plant the onion earlier, the lower part of it will not develop well, and if later - the soil will be too dry, which will adversely affect the development of the head.
How far should I plant an onion?
The distance between the onion should be made equal to 5-10 cm, and between the rows - 20-25 cm. To deepen the bulbs you need about 4 cm. With a deeper planting, the shape of the bulbs is elongated.
Observance of such distances is necessary for the normal development of bulbs and good ventilation of the bed. Very well shown himself sowing onions in the crest. To do this, it is first necessary to loosen and moisten the soil well, make small furrows, put onions according to the above scheme, and zagresti them with soil from the inter-row. In the end, it turns out that the onion will fall into a loose and well-warmed soil. In addition, pests can not reach the bow from the depths of the earth.
Seed beds should be in an open sunny place. In it, you must first make all the necessary fertilizers (humus and a few trace elements).
After-sowing after onion
It is not enough to know how to plant white onions. For a good harvest, it is extremely important to ensure his subsequent care. Fortunately, this vegetable is not very demanding, although it does require attention to itself.
So, in May and June, it needs a good moisturizing, since its root system is poorly developed. Watering is necessary, depending on the weather, 1-2 times a week in the calculation of 1 bucket per 1 square meter.
Closer to July, watering is stopped, replacing it with loosening. The onion must dry before harvest, then it will be well stored in winter.
It is necessary to carefully weed the beds with onions, as weeds often cause diseases associated with high humidity. In addition, if the bulb has a thickened neck, it will be poorly stored. To prevent this, you need to ensure a good ventilation in the garden.
Three times a season, onion should be fed with a solution of manure or
2 weeks before harvest, the onion is not watered or loosened, all the young arrows are removed, so that all forces go to the formation of the bulb. Determine the time for harvesting onions is possible by visual signs: the feather turns yellow and falls, and the bulb becomes yellowish-brown.
If the weather is warm and dry, let the bulbs dry a little on the beds. Just do not miss the moment when the rains begin, otherwise the onion will again grow and it will not be kept safely.