Growing onions on a feather in the winter season: preparing a supply of vitamins

Mostly, many people consume green onions as food, but only a few have found benefit from it. Few people once thought about the fact that its sale can bring considerable income. The demand for greens is year-round, so the profit does not depend on the season. Unless only in winter prices become higher, and you accordingly become richer. A minority of people understood this and decided to start their own business. Now they either sell their own onions or enter into supply contracts with shops and supermarkets, as a result of which they receive 500% of the profit. If you really understand that growing feather onions is profitable, then the next step to starting your own business is to know how to grow feather onions. Since this is a serious decision, it must be taken responsibly.

What onion to plant?

So, first you need to decide on the type of onion that you are going to grow. Since the future harvest depends on its variety, preference should be given to those varieties that have several rudiments. Indeed, as a result of cultivation, they will give a rich harvest. These varieties include Arzamas, Black Prince, Rostov, Bessonovsky. Also popular types of onions such as:

1. Onion-batun, which also bears such names as Tatar, winter, sandy or fistulous. It has even greenery and planting material costs less than that of a conventional turnip. The harvest of this species can reach up to 35 kg, harvested from 9 square meters. m. 
2. Chives, also known as chives. Its advantage is narrow leaves up to 50 cm long with a good aroma, as well as the fact that they tend to remain tender and not coarse for a long time. The yield of this type is slightly less than the previous one – up to 30 kg from an area of ​​9 sq.m.
3. Leek or, as it is also called, pearl leek has a feather, which, at first glance, is very similar to a garlic feather, which has a delicate taste. Leek will yield up to 20 kg from 9 square meters. m. 
4. Shallots are better than turnips in quality and quantity of feathers, and are also not very whimsical. Its yield ranges from 25kg to 45kg.
5. Slime onions are characterized by extensive flat feathers with a coarse structure, and this type is also characterized by a slight aroma of garlic.
6. Tiered bow, also called Egyptian or Canadian. The most severe species of all, as it is unpretentious and resistant to frost. Its yield is greater and the quality of the greens is better than that of the onion. Winter is not terrible for this bow.
7. Onion parade has a high yield. His pen has notes of tenderness in taste. This type of onion will bring a crop of about 65 kg from 9 square meters. m.

Terms of planting

If you decide to learn how to grow onions on a feather in a greenhouse, then the bulbs must be planted before mid-October. This requirement is mandatory because the root system must have the opportunity and time to fully develop. Since this plant is resistant to frost, in winter the plantings are covered with a ball of straw or manure. As a result, the plants give a harvest by mid-May. But this is only if the shelter was pulled over the greenhouse in time.

Where to start?

To grow all year round, you need to pay attention to two special ways: growing in a greenhouse and growing greens in hydroponics. So, now let’s dwell on each in more detail.

Growing onions for greens in a greenhouse is mainly carried out from October to April. When planting, only the bridge method is used from one-year-old or two-year-old onions, which was previously chosen by you. Then the bulbs must be soaked in non-hot water and put them thickly on the soil. At your request, the bulbs are then either covered on top with a ball of peat, or not. You can also use humus instead of peat. In the event that the bulbs are with cut tops, then they do not need to be covered with earth from above. You can also get a good harvest if you plant onions on a feather in boxes that are filled with compost, peat or humus.

After the bulbs have been planted, they must be covered with earth from above. Then the boxes need to be installed in stacks for half a month. Due to this space in your greenhouse becomes more, and then you can use it for some other purposes. For example, you can start planting the next part of the onion. After 14 days from the moment the bulbs were planted, the boxes must be placed around the greenhouse. Next, you need to ensure that the mark on the thermometer in the greenhouse does not exceed +19 degrees. For the entire growing season, onions must be watered at least four times. In the periods between watering, you also need to feed the plants with mineral fertilizers. The moment of collecting the pen comes when it is 25 to 40 cm in size.

The technology of growing greens in hydroponics includes the following works. First you need to purchase Agros plates and liquid fertilizer for hydroponics, which are sold in specialized stores. First you need to soak the mats with purchased fertilizer so that the bulbs are planted in moist soil. The bulbs are planted closely next to each other. If the bulbs begin to grow feathers, then they need more space. The interval between them should be up to about 3 cm. Then the onion is sprinkled on top with a ball of vermiculite, which should be about 1 cm high. After that, the onion should be placed in a cool and not very dark place for about a week and a half. After this period, the bow needs a fairly large amount of light. In winter, light can be supplemented with lamps.

The temperature in the room in which onions are grown on a feather should be about 26 degrees. If you follow all the requirements, then within two and a half weeks the feather will grow 35 cm long. The mats must be constantly moistened with water and fertilizers so that they do not dry out.

Care for onions

Growing onions on a feather does not need frequent feeding, so they can be carried out: for the first time, mineral fertilizers are applied before planting, and two weeks after planting, diluted ammonium nitrate should be added in a ratio of 30 grams of nitrate per 1 bucket of water.

Most of all, plants need watering and therefore it must be done in such a way that the entire ball of soil is completely saturated with moisture. But in the frequency of watering, you need to know the measure so as not to provoke rotting of the bulbs. The temperature regime for different growing methods was described earlier: for each method it is individual. To avoid diseases and pests such as onion mosaic, black mold, tobacco thrips or onion fly, it is necessary to regularly clean the soil from weeds, taking into account storage conditions and agricultural practices, and it is also necessary to use copper sulfate or other specialized preparations.

Video “Growing onions on a feather”

In this video you will find tips for growing onions on a feather in the winter. Recommendations for the selection of onions, planting, care. Growing onions for sale.