How to plant onion sets to get an excellent harvest

In central Russia, and not only there, planting onion sets is becoming increasingly popular. Although perhaps not everyone knows, how to plant onion setsto reap a large harvest while spending minimal financial and time resources.

The advantage of onion sets over seeds is the ability to harvest much earlier. In addition, the rapid development of plants makes it possible to obtain marketable onions even on poor soils.

The first thing you need to do is purchase healthy planting material, the bulbs must be at least 15-20 mm in size. Diseased, dried out or sprouted ones are not suitable for planting.

Having purchased seeds and asked the question “How to plant onion sets?”, you need to prepare the soil for planting. This type of onion is quite demanding of fertility, preferring sandy and loamy, moisture-permeable soils. Having dug up the area allocated for planting to a depth of 35-40 centimeters, you need to remove the weeds with their roots and level the ground. You can make a small hill, fencing it with sides made of wooden boards.

Before planting onion sets, be sure to check the soil: it must be warm. When planting in cold soil, you may not get a harvest. In addition, a few hours before planting the onions, it is advisable to water the bed with warm water.

After preparing the beds, make holes about 2 centimeters deep, so that there is approximately 10 cm between plants in rows, and 25 cm between rows.The onion is carefully placed in the hole and covered with earth. As a result, after planting, a small upper part of the bulb should remain above the soil.