Growing onions for the needs of the family and for sale
In conditions of a long winter period, with a lack of sunlight, and the lack of a sufficient amount of fresh vegetables and fruits, the issue of growing greens is relevant both for the needs of the family and for sale, as an option for a small family business.
The simplest solution is to grow onions.
For yourself, you can do this on an ordinary windowsill, but for production green onions sales will require a greenhouse and additional costs for growing products.
Content:
- How to properly organize the forcing of greenery
- Green onions on the windowsill
- Growing green onions for sale in a greenhouse
How to properly organize the forcing of greenery
Green onions are an excellent and affordable source of vitamins in winter. For family needs, it can be grown on a windowsill.
If planting is organized correctly, onion greens will be present on the table every day, which will help the body endure the winter period and avoid vitamin deficiency and weakened immunity.
For forcing greens, you can take bulbs of any variety. onion Luke. However, if possible, it is better to use medium-sized shallots. A family bow will also work.
These onion varieties produce more greens and they reach the desired size faster than regular onion varieties.
When choosing onions for forcing onions, you should give preference to medium-sized or smaller bulbs that have a well-developed root region and a growing tip.
Rotting bulbs are unsuitable for forcing. If the green cone has not yet appeared, then the top can be cut off with a sharp knife.
Green onions on the windowsill
Selected bulbs peel off several layers of dry covering scales (husks) and soak for several hours in warm water.
Green onions can be grown either in soil or hydroponically. Any soil for onions is suitable, the height of the pot is approximately 15 cm.
The soil layer should be at least 7-8 cm. Bury the bulb 2/3 into the soil. Plant the bulbs very tightly, since as the green feather grows, the mother bulb will decrease in volume.
If there is not enough space, you can place a “vertical” bed, arranged in a five-liter water bottle. Having poured a layer of earth on the bottom, cut a row of holes around the circumference into which to place the bulbs, then add another layer of earth and a new row of holes, and so on until the very top.
Onions grow well at a temperature of +18 and in good sunlight. But for the first 5-7 days, plantings can be kept in a semi-dark room.
After about 15-20 days, the green onions are ready for cutting. There are two ways to go about this. Cut off the feather and wait for secondary regrowth if strong onion bulbs were used.
If planting was carried out with onions - shallot, then remove them together with the onions, do the same if the greens are obtained from onion sets.
Growing green onions in water is the hydroponics method. It is important here to place the bulbs so that only the roots touch the water, otherwise the bulb itself will begin to rot.
You can use a suitable pot, pour water into the bottom and place cups with holes in the bottom in it and place the bulbs in them.
To ensure that green onions are always on the table, it is worth having several plantings a week apart.
If onions planted on the windowsill are only enough for the needs of the family, then having a small greenhouse, you can organize the cultivation of vitamin products for sale.
Growing green onions for sale in a greenhouse
If the site has at least a small heated greenhouse, then already at the end of August you can plant the first onions on greens for sale.
The feather will reach commercial size by the end of September, that is, at a time when there will be no more green onions from open ground. Consequently, such products will always be in demand by the consumer.
For planting, it is better to take freshly harvested multi-pointed onions. Early and medium varieties of onions with a semi-sharp taste are suitable.
It is important that by the time of planting the bulb comes out of dormancy. If you cannot find such varieties, then you can plant multi-tiered onions, batun onions, and slime onions.
From December you can use greens in a greenhouse plant onions - shallot. And ordinary onions can be planted on greens as early as March. Suitable onion varieties:
- Spanish 313
- Kaba
- Karatalsky
- Krasnodar G-35
- Trinity
For growing in a greenhouse, it is most convenient to plant onions in small low boxes measuring approximately 60 by 60 cm.
Any loose soil with medium acidity will do. There are no special requirements other than a sufficient amount of light, temperature and watering to obtain a green feather harvest.
It is important to collect and carefully deliver green onions for sale.When calculating the expected profit, it should be taken into account that from one kg of planting bulbs you will get approximately 2 (two) kg of green onions.
It should also be said that the more green Luke for sale, the lower its cost and the greater the profit.
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Comments
I really love fresh onions, especially good in winter with sauerkraut. But of course I don’t grow it in such volumes, I just put it on the windowsill in a plastic egg tray. I pour a little water and that’s it.