Sowing onions with seeds

Planting onions is possible in several ways, and one of them is sowing onions with seeds.

To speed up onion germination, it is recommended to wrap the seeds in a wet cloth and wait about 3 days until they “germinate” a little.

For onion seeds, the beds must be prepared in the fall, fertilizing the soil with the necessary substances. Two days before planting, you need to prepare it hot (about 50 degrees). copper sulfate solution (one tablespoon per bucket of water) and water the beds with it at the rate of 2 liters of the prepared solution per square meter of land. Then cover the beds with film and leave for two days.

Onion seeds may be affected by fungal diseases, therefore, before sowing, it is recommended to take preventive measures: wrap the seeds in a piece of cloth and soak them in not very hot water for a quarter of an hour, and then only one minute in cold water.

Sowing onions with seeds Best done at the end of April. Prepared beds about two centimeters deep are watered to keep the soil moist, and only then the seeds are sown.

After the onion has sprung, it must be straighten out, leaving a distance between plants of about one and a half centimeters. After about a month, the procedure should be repeated, only now the distance should be at least 5 centimeters.

Seed germination from the soil occurs in about 20 days. Onion shoots are necessary Water moderately, the soil should be loosened regularly, and weeds should be removed.

Watering of onions is stopped some time before harvesting.After harvesting the onions, they need to be dried and sorted.