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How to choose a good onion set in order to get a big harvest in the future and provide your family with onions for the whole year. Right now, markets and specialized stores are starting to sell onion sets, small onion bulbs grown from seeds.

Which onion set should you choose, we’ll talk about it today. Should I buy onions now or postpone the purchase until April so as not to store them? Let's weigh the pros and cons. As you noticed, the color of the bulbs can be different: golden, red and white. But taste quality does not depend on color. First of all, you must know the name of the variety and its characteristics. What type of onion do you want to grow: sweet, semi-sharp or spicy? Decide on the variety in advance.

It is interesting that onion sets, when they begin to tug at them, pour them over them, move them, change the temperature and humidity during storage, wake up and begin to grow. Therefore, if a green leaf has sprouted on the set you are going to buy, do not rush into an early purchase. After all, you won’t plant it tomorrow, but you’ll have to store it for another month, or even two.

What size should onion sets be?

The pre-sale preparation of onion sets includes their sorting by size, that is, calibration. The bulbs are calibrated into fractions.

From 8 to 14 mm - This is the smallest faction. This size is considered optimal for winter planting. Onions grown from small fractions will not be used for shooting. But there is one drawback - it can freeze without shelter. For planting in spring, it is better not to take such a fraction; it will lag behind the average in development by about 3 weeks. A small supply of nutrients and a lack of moisture or nutrition in the top layer of soil will negate all your efforts.
From 14 to 21 mm – This is a medium fraction. This set is good for both winter planting and spring planting. And it is for spring planting that such onion sets are considered the best. It doesn't shoot and takes root well. The bulbs turn out to be large, since it has enough strength to “fix” itself in the planting and make a start. They are used for winter planting. The bow doesn't shoot. Best size for planting in spring.
From 21 to 24 mm – this faction is considered large. For winter planting, it is used only to obtain greenery. When planting in the spring, especially in the early stages, it bolts. But if removed in a timely manner, it gives a good early harvest, even for novice gardeners. A little trick: to prevent the bow from shooting, you need to make a small cut in the bottom crosswise.
From 24 to 30 mm – a very large fraction, characterized by a low price. Suitable only for obtaining greenery during winter planting. If planted in the spring, some can be used for greens, and some, after removing the arrows, can be used to produce bulbs.
Onion - selections - small onions from 30 to 40 mm . Used for forcing onto greens.

Onions are afraid of frost

Don’t rush to buy onion sets that are sold on the street in the cold. he may end up frozen. After defrosting, it becomes soft and emits an unpleasant odor. This begins the process of decay. I will simply have to throw away such seed material.

What else should you pay attention to?

Smell the onion sets you purchase. There should be no moldy smell coming from it.
The bulbs should have a uniform color, without spots or inclusions.
Onion sets should not be wet, with green sprouts cut off or with roots.
Do not store purchased onion sets in a plastic bag. It’s better to spread it somewhere near the battery, dry it for a couple of days and put it in a canvas bag or paper bag. Previously, he was kept in a nylon stocking, and this was also good for him, since the sowing needs access to air.
The best storage temperature for onions is 10-15 degrees Celsius and humidity 70-75%, without sudden changes.
If the onion has hatched, store it in the refrigerator in the vegetable compartment until planting.

The finer the fraction of the onion set, the earlier it needs to be planted, but only after frost. Large fractions are usually planted a week later than small ones.

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Onion cultivation is widespread in our country. Planting onion sets in the spring requires strict adherence to the technology of growing this popular vegetable and green crop in our country.

Choosing the right variety

Sevok can be planted both in spring and autumn. Planting in spring or before winter requires mandatory preparation. To properly prepare onions for planting, you need to select a variety and soak them. Basic selection rules require taking into account the calibration of the bow:

Arrows appear on such a bow, but the planting material cannot be used for planting in the spring. Experienced vegetable grower Ganichkina advises paying attention to the fact that on depleted soils such onions grow too small.

The average fraction onion has dimensions of 14−21 mm. This form does not bolt and is a good option for using a garden crop for both spring and winter plantings.
Large bulbs with a diameter of 21-24 mm are best suited for planting on greens and are used for winter crops. When planted in early spring, such a bow can shoot quite quickly.
To obtain early spring greenery, it is recommended to plant bulbs whose dimensions are 24-30 mm.

How to plant onion sets (video)

Bulbs measuring 30−40 mm are considered to be onion sets, or selections, and to obtain a high yield, it is necessary to store them correctly, as well as to process the planting material before planting in the form of heating. Thus, in order to obtain a high-quality onion or marketable greens, it is necessary to make the right choice of variety, properly process the planting material, and, in addition, know at what optimal depth to plant and at what time.

The best varieties of onion sets

When choosing a variety, you should focus on taste characteristics, yield, and storage duration of the harvested crop. It is also very important to carefully inspect the planting material.

A high-quality onion set should not have stains, traces of mold or any mechanical damage on the surface. The set must be dry and have sufficient density. Experienced vegetable growers prefer high-yielding and easy-to-grow varieties of onion sets.

Variety name	Description of the bulb	Taste qualities	Advantages of the variety
"Sturon"	Medium and fairly large sizes, single-cavity type	Semi-sharp and very pleasant taste	An early ripening variety with a stable and fairly high level of germination, high overall yield
"Stuttgarter Riesen"	Medium or large in size, flat or flat-round in shape, with good consistency	The presence of a bright and pronounced pungent taste	An early-ripening, high-yielding and very promising variety for home garden vegetable growing with high germination and excellent keeping quality
"Centurion"	Very leveled and slightly elongated shape, weighing up to 175−180 g	Both spicy and semi-sharp tastes may occur	The variety is characterized by increased resistance to bolt formation, excellent shelf life and decent disease resistance.
"Hercules"	Wide elliptical shape, weighing about 155−160 g	Spicy, somewhat islandy taste	Hybrid mid-early form with high disease resistance and good shelf life
"Red Baron"	Red-violet color, round shape, weighing up to 150 g	Pleasant and not very pronounced semi-sharp taste	Stable yield and excellent bulb ripening
"Stardust"	Smooth and round shape, large sizes	Pleasant and slightly semi-sharp taste	Mid-early variety with good yield and germination

Preparation and soaking

If the onion set was kept at a temperature of 19−22 °C before planting, then the planting material does not need additional heating. Otherwise It is recommended to heat the bulbs selected for cultivation at a temperature of 38−40 °C. Another method of pre-planting treatment can be used. In this case, you should soak the bulbs for 20 minutes in water at a temperature of 65−70 ° C, followed by immersion in cold water.

Heated planting material should be soaked in a solution based on nitroammophoska or ammophoska, which, if necessary, can be replaced with any complex fertilizer. This soaking lasts for 10-12 hours and involves subsequent treatment for 10 minutes with a solution of copper sulfate. Such preparation minimizes the risk of fungal infections. After rinsing in running water, you can begin planting the bulbs.

Timing, depth and scheme of correct planting

The onion planting scheme depends on the purpose of growing a garden crop. Standard scheme for spring planting sets to obtain a marketable bulb 25x10 cm.

When growing sets to produce feathers, planting should be done more densely, at a depth of
4 cm. There should be approximately 2-2.5 cm of soil above the shoulders of the bulb. It is recommended to plant sevok in the first ten days of May. When planted in unheated soil, below 12−14 °C, the bulbs will bolt. Late planting slows down the growth and development of bulbs, which is due to a lack of moisture in the soil and high temperatures.

Features of cultivation in the Moscow region, Belarus and the Urals

Proper care of vegetables and green crops has its own characteristics in different growing regions. The climatic and soil conditions of the Moscow region of Belarus and the Urals make some adjustments to agricultural technology. Regardless of the cultivation region in the spring, the ridges prepared for planting and leveled should be spilled with a solution based on one tablespoon of copper sulfate diluted in a bucket of water. The standard solution consumption should be about two to three liters per square meter. Spilled beds should be covered with black film for two days.

Onion sets: processing before planting (video)

When growing onions, it should be taken into account that when the greenery grows slowly, it is very important to fertilize with a solution consisting of one glass of bird droppings or mullein, diluted in a bucket of water, with the addition of a tablespoon of urea. The standard consumption of nutrient solution is about three liters per square meter. The next application of fertilizers is carried out after two weeks. It is necessary to weed, loosen and water the beds with onions, which will allow you to obtain high-quality and large bulbs.

15 April 2010 09:52

Onions are one of the oldest crops cultivated by humans. By nature it is a perennial plant, but turnips can be grown from seeds or sets. I prefer the second method.
What planting material (you can buy seedlings of different sizes and varieties on the market and in stores) is best to choose in order to get a good harvest?

The size of the onion set determines the planting time. Small sets (up to 1 cm in diameter) can be planted at the earliest possible date (even before winter), as soon as the soil allows, because it does not shoot in long cold spring conditions. Large and medium sets (1.5 - 2 cm) are usually planted simultaneously with early potatoes,
i.e. when the soil warms up to +8...+10°C. Usually the sets are sold by weight or in half-liter jars. The smaller the set, the greater its quantity. Some may think that the harvest will be more abundant. It is worth cautioning: very small onions (less than 5-6 mm) have a small supply of nutrients, which is why seedlings are obtained later, and onion heads are smaller. The most optimal size of planting material is from 1 to 1.7 cm. Early planting of seedlings in moist soil promotes rapid development of roots, and well-rooted plants are less damaged by onion flies.
Advantages of planting onion sets compared to sowing seeds: getting an earlier harvest; faster plant development (as a result of which a good harvest can be obtained even on poor soils in dry conditions); strong plants suppress the development of weeds. In addition, onion sets are more convenient for processing during the growing process and require significantly less labor.
Culture doesn't like to stay in one place. It is recommended to repeat sowings in the same beds no more often than after four years, otherwise you will not see a decent harvest. The best predecessors for onions are cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini and early potatoes.
Before boarding The sets are sorted out, removing dried and diseased bulbs. Pre-sowing heating of seedlings for 8 hours at a temperature of +40...+42°C is effective. This can be done on heating radiators by scattering the onions on a board (thicker) with sides.
For the prevention of onion diseases(neck rot and downy mildew) onion sets can be soaked in warm water (+35...+42°C) with the addition of potassium permanganate (1 g per 5 liters of water) for 2-6 hours. Then you need to drain the water and spread the sowing on film or burlap, covering it on top. It is better to do this procedure about a day before planting, as roots may appear on some bulbs.
The planting depth depends on the soil and the size of the seed, the main thing is that the entire bulb is in a moist layer of soil.
Under no circumstances should you tear off the “feathers” of onions growing like turnips for summer salads. The bulbs come from the leaves; when we pluck them, we ourselves reduce the yield. Onions must be planted separately for greens!

Anna Kasyanova.

Onions on the market in winter may not be cheap, and in spring their prices are too high. Fortunately, this crop is not difficult to grow. If you choose the right plot, cultivate it in time and plant it, the harvest will not take long to arrive and will delight you with quality and abundance. Planting onion sets in spring and autumn, before winter, will be described below in the article.

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Benefits of spring planting

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There are a lot of opinions about when to plant onion sets. Some gardeners advocate spring sowing, others prefer to carry out the procedure in the fall. To say for sure when it is impossible to do this better - every gardener should try both methods for himself and decide which is better. To help, we can only imagine the benefits of spring and autumn planting. So, what are the advantages of sowing sets in the spring?

Spring is the traditional time to plant onion sets. Many generations have planted onions this way and grown them successfully. So the first positive side is the proven method.
In the spring you can sow large onion sets, which over time form large heads of cibul. It is also much more suitable for producing a green feather. Large planting material has feathers that mature much faster. They are rich in color, healthy, dense, juicy.
It is known that spring sowings produce larger yields than autumn ones. So onions for sale are usually sown in the spring. It's just profitable.
The quality of the harvest is always high if you care for it properly.
Onions sown in spring have a rich vitamin composition and are distinguished by an abundance of useful substances in their composition.

As for the disadvantages, it is only worth noting that such crops will require more work. Onions may have low frost resistance and begin to freeze during return frosts, and pests and diseases can often besiege them. And yet this method is more popular.

How to plant onion sets in spring?

The land for spring planting of onion sets is fertilized in the fall. To do this, 5 kg of humus, 8 kg of compost, 500 g of wood ash, as well as 20 g of superphosphate and 15 g of potassium chloride per square meter are added for deep digging.

If autumn fertilization of the land was not carried out, you can do it in the spring. Spring soil fertilization is carried out 2-3 weeks before planting. The same components are added, only the concentration can be reduced by 1.5-2 times. Also added to this mixture is 20 g of ammonium nitrate per square meter. After applying fertilizers, the soil is loosened and rows are made in it.

The time of spring planting can be determined quite specifically. It is carried out when the earth warms up to +12 degrees to a depth of 6-10 cm. So you only need to focus on the weather. Planting onion sets at an earlier time, in cold soil, will not bring anything good - the bulbs will freeze, and no treatment will help.

Before planting, you can spray the bulbs with a solution of potassium permanganate or special purchased preparations for rapid growth: Epin, Kornevin, Zircon, Biostim, etc.

Onion sets are planted in the spring at a depth of 2-4 cm; more is not necessary for them to germinate faster. 15-25 cm is left between individual furrows, and the bulbs are placed at a distance of 7-8 cm from each other. After planting, you can moisten the soil a little. Now all that remains is to properly care for the crops in order to get a rich harvest.

What are the benefits of fall planting?

It is also worth highlighting the shortcomings so that gardeners fully understand what to expect when planting onion sets before winter. Small sets do not produce large turnips. From such crops it is possible to collect, at best, medium-sized heads of cibul. This isn't always a bad thing, but it may not appeal to everyone.

Greens from small sets are frail, weak at first, a little later it, of course, gets stronger, becomes more developed, gains juice and vitamins, but at first, after its appearance, it is not recommended to cut it for food.

Planting onion sets in the fall, before winter

Planting onion sets in the fall for the winter also involves timely fertilization of the soil. For this, the same fertilizers are used and in the same concentration as during the spring procedure, only ammonium nitrate should not be added so that the onions do not begin to germinate ahead of time.

In autumn, before winter, you cannot sow heat-loving onion varieties. They will simply freeze over the winter. The ideal varieties for this sowing time are: “Stuttgarter Riesen”, “Arzamassky”, “Bessonovsky”, “Strigunovsky”, “Danilovsky”.

It is necessary to plant onion sets before winter only at a certain time. In the middle zone it is October 5-20. In the southern regions, this period can be moved closer to November, since frosts do not set in early there. In the northern regions, it is advisable to finish all planting by the end of September.

If you need to process onion sets before planting for the winter, do so very carefully. Experienced gardeners always plant dry material before winter, since there is a high risk that the abundance of moisture under the husk will lead to the freezing of the bulbs rather than their germination. And there is no particular sense in processing. In autumn, pests hide and onions are not the best shelter for them (only rare insects can tolerate the smell of onions). Rapid germination at this time is also not necessary, so it is better to refrain from processing and plant simple, untreated, but beautiful, sorted, undamaged onion sets.

It is necessary to plant in furrows to a depth of 5 cm and with a distance of 6-7 cm. Between the rows leave a space of 15 cm, no more. To prevent the crops from freezing, the top of the bed is covered with straw, dry plant stems, sawdust, and peat. There is no need to water, there will be enough rain, and all maintenance work should be postponed until spring.