3 Unforgivable mistakes when planting a bow. Don't do this if you want to grow large, healthy Bulbs.

Growing onions for turnips seems to many to be the simplest task. So I treated planting this vegetable frivolously, as a result I did not get large, savory, juicy and mature vegetables, but some kind of misunderstanding!

But over time, from personal experience and on the advice of experienced gardeners, I realized what 3 mistakes lead to a bad harvest. Don't do them!

Low temperature

Many onion varieties are known today as "not capricious" in the face of changes in the weather. But in reality, it is not enough to wait for the return frosts to recede.

The fact is that for the full development of the root system of the onion, the soil at a depth of 5-6 cm, or better - all 8 cm, must warm up to +13 degrees. But how often onions are planted when the snow has recently melted! In this case, life processes in the underground part of the plant are sluggish and all that can be achieved is the violent growth of green onion arrows.

They're good too, but only if you don't want great turnips! That is why it is imperative to "arm" a garden thermometer with a special "sting", which is immersed in the ground to the required depth. For correct results, this should be done just before dawn.

Fertilization with fresh manure

The oldest fertilizer, on which many crops grow by leaps and bounds, turns out to be fatal for the entire onion crop for those gardeners who bring it fresh on the eve of planting this vegetable.

Then the onion either burns the underground part, or grows disgusting in taste. Experienced farmers, planning to plant onions in the spring, bring in manure during the autumn digging - so it has time to completely decompose, to give all the useful elements to the ground.

Excess watering

All gardeners know that onions are one of the biggest "water lovers"! This is partly true - to start growing, young plantings need a lot of moisture.

However, its overabundance often leads to the development of rot, which often go unnoticed until the death of plants, since they cover their underground part. It is difficult to name a single irrigation rate - it depends on the specific type of onion, the characteristics of the climate in the current season, and the characteristics of the soil.

But there are a couple of universal tips - the first 3 weeks after planting, onion beds should always be noticeably moist. And if the site is prone to stagnant water, the beds should be raised and with a drainage base.