Growing onions from seeds (seedless method)

Growing onions from seeds is quite a labor-intensive task and requires a lot of patience and effort. But in this way, the gardener receives high-quality varietal onions. In open ground, the seeds are sown early, in the first warm days of March, when the ground finally melts. Onions like to grow after pumpkin crops, tomatoes or potatoes.

In order to get onion shoots to sprout as quickly as possible, the bed is pre-heated, covered with plastic wrap. After this, humus is applied to the site, the ground is dug up and weeds are removed. The soil for the seeds must be thoroughly loosened so that there are no large clods of earth that prevent the onion from germinating.

Before planting, onion seeds should be placed in water or aloe juice for 12 hours, this stimulates growth and promotes the appearance of earlier seedlings. The seeds are sown in rows at a distance of 35 - 40 cm between them, the sowing depth is no more than 1 - 2 cm, the gap between the seeds is 0.5 - 1 cm. The first shoots of onions should appear in 15 - 25 days.

After the appearance of full-fledged leaves, the onions are broken through so that the distance between the plants is 4-5 cm. During the period of bulb formation, potassium and phosphorus fertilizers are applied to the area. In the future, caring for onions comes down to systematic watering (which is stopped 25 days before harvesting), weeding (the presence of weeds reduces the crop yield by a third) and loosening the soil.

Growing onions from seeds has its advantages, and the most important ones are a large selection of varieties and better harvest quality.