Growing onions from seeds: recommendations for gardeners

Growing onions from seeds has three stages: preparing seeds, planting them in the soil and further caring for the crops. Growing onions from seeds begins with germination of planting material. Many gardeners know that pre-sprouted seeds germinate faster, are more resistant to various types of adverse weather conditions, diseases and pests, and ultimately give an order of magnitude greater yield. It is necessary to soak the planting material for three to five days, placing it on a piece of damp cloth.

The “hatched” seeds are planted in pre-watered soil in shallow grooves. You can place planting material both at a short distance from each other in a row, and in a continuous stripe, however, in the latter case, the crops will require more frequent thinning. Then the grooves are covered with a small layer of earth (so that the seeds are at a depth of no more than one to one and a half centimeters) and sprinkled with compost or humus.

After the first shoots appear, the onion it is necessary to thin out, removing the weakest plants. In this case, there should be one or two centimeters of free space between the remaining onions. Every two to three weeks, a second breakthrough is carried out, leaving a slightly larger distance between the plants, and after another 10-20 days, a third. The torn onion will already have a fairly developed feather, so it will be quite suitable for consumption.In addition to regular cuttings, onion care also includes loosening and watering the soil, removing weeds from the site and, if necessary, fertilizers.