When to plant onions on turnips is up to the grower to decide

The bow of seven ailments - this proverb very clearly shows how they have been valued since ancient times beneficial features such a familiar vegetable to everyone as onions. It gained popularity as a medicinal remedy in ancient India, although due to its pungent odor it was not eaten in this country. Onions contain many vitamins, mineral salts, sugar and organic acids, and their antibacterial properties are well known.

Onions are widely known as a culinary ingredient in almost all cuisines of the world. Onions came to Russia from the banks of the Danube from the Bulgarians, and already in the 10th century, Russian sailors brought supplies of bread, meat and onions to the lower reaches of the Volga. It's hard to imagine our table without onions, especially in winter. And not without reason. In addition to its taste, it has an excellent antiviral effect.

Content:

• Methods for growing onions
• When is the best time to plant onions?
• Sowing for the winter
• Advantages of planting onions - setting before winter

Nowadays, any modern housewife’s kitchen must have this vegetable, which is added to many dishes, except perhaps drinks and sweet desserts. Green onion leaves are used in salads, side dishes, spicy mixtures in any form - pickled, fried, salted, boiled, etc.
Onions add good taste to salads, vinaigrettes and many other dishes where they are added raw. Fragrant, golden-fried onions are added to various soups, minced meats and pie fillings.

If the onion is spicy, then most often it is boiled, and only special sweet varieties of this wonderful vegetable are used fresh and pickled. In industry, the preparation of various sausages, canned meat, and fish processing cannot be done without onions.

Methods for growing onions

Grow onion - turnip two ways:

1. Seeds. With this method, you can probably get onions and turnips in a year. First, you should grow onion sets from seeds.
2. Onion sets. These are small onions obtained from seeds. It is better to buy it for planting. But if you have a suitable storage space, homegrown will do just fine.

When growing onions from seeds Shoots appear approximately 7-10 days from planting under favorable conditions. First, a loop appears, and after it straightens, real leaves appear. Due to the underdeveloped root system, it is very important to loosen the soil in time and remove emerging weeds, which promotes proper growth and nutrition of the plant.

There is a method for growing onions from onion sets weighing approximately 2 grams. Sowing is done in mid-spring (late April or early May), but in warm soil. In this case, it is recommended to trim it and let it soak thoroughly in diluted slurry (1 part dry manure to 6 parts water).

When is the best time to plant onions?

It is up to the gardener to decide when to plant onions on turnips. Many people plant onions in early spring, but since this crop is not afraid of the cold, it is most profitable to plant it before winter.

Onion - is a perennial plant, which is why in the first year after planting only an onion set grows from a seed (only about two cm in diameter), but already in the second year a large onion grows, the so-called onion.Arrow-peduncles appear already in the third year of growth. Moreover, each onion variety is original in terms of agricultural technology, and it is planted in completely different ways.

Gardeners say that it is best if the area where onions are now sown previously grew pumpkins, zucchini or cucumbers that were fertilized organically.

Also, onions do not like to grow in one place, so it is better to re-sow them no more often than once every 4 years.

Sowing for the winter

For the winter, onion sets are planted in the ground from approximately October 5 to October 20. First of all, it is necessary to very well prepare the bed in a lighted place, preferably even if it is located on a hill. The soil is cleaned and dug up in advance. Then shallow grooves are made into which the onion sets are placed.

Before the onset of frost, the bed is carefully covered with straw, tops and dry leaves, and pressed firmly on top with boards or branches.

True, if there is a thaw in the winter, there is a danger of the onions rotting. In this case, if the planting is done correctly, then in the spring the onions will delight you with their friendly and dense shoots, which can then be thinned out at any time.

Advantages of planting onions - setting before winter

• There is no need for a suitable storage place for onion sets.
• Onion seedlings outpace the growth of weeds.
• Winter onions produce a harvest 15-20 days earlier than spring onions, which is very profitable when selling. After all, as a rule, early products are always more expensive.

Don’t forget, when planting onions on turnips, that the beds should be insulated with sawdust or peat, and well “wrapped” in snow for the winter.

Onions are a vegetable that, unlike many others, does not require special care and is not particularly sensitive to weather conditions, which allows even inexperienced gardeners to grow it in their garden beds.