How to achieve a good harvest onion set. Folk remedies in the treatment of infections and infestations

Gardeners are not always pleased with their crop of onions. A bad result can be for a variety of reasons that you can not guess.

when to plant

Planted in the middle lane in the first decade of May. In April, the land still can not be heated. When soil temperatures below 12 degrees it will not grow, or let the arrow. But late planting is not necessary, as there may be enough moisture for it, and he does not tolerate heat in the early stages of growth. As a result, it will affect the size of the heads.

Care

After 5-6 days the seedlings appear. They need to be weeded, watered and loosen. You can zamulchirovat planting to retain moisture. Monitor the soil moisture is necessary for 2.5 months (until mid-July) and to prevent the soil from drying.

After landing on 1 m2 beds requires 10 liters of water. Abundant watering in May to carry out at least once a week. Since mid-June, it is already possible to increase the time between waterings to 10 days.

In July reduce water volume to 5 liters to 1 m2. After lodging and yellowing of the glaze pen 3 weeks before harvesting stop. onion should dozarivatsya in dry ground. Otherwise they zagniyut from moisture.

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Watering is best warm water from the barrel, which is heated during the day in the sun.

If you do not remove the weeds, the thickened green mass faster develop the disease, and competition begins between plants for food and water.

feeding

For the season spend 3 feeding. The first includes nitrogenous compounds. From the organic onions responds well to chicken manure solution (one cup per 10 liters of water if the granular fertilizer) and mullein (one cup per 10 liters of water). Of mineral fertilizers - urea (1 tbsp. spoon on a bucket of water). Due to the high content of nitrogen onions quickly ramping up a lot of green.

Next fertilizing held 14 days after the first. It will be a complex fertilizer with equal parts of NPK (2 tbsp. spoon on the bucket).

Last dressing is held in July, during the maturation of the head to the size of a walnut. Superphosphate is introduced into the soil at the rate of (2 tbsp. spoon on a bucket of water). On 1m2 beds poured handshower 1 to 10 liters. Instead superphosphate can be used an ash solution (1-1.5 cup 10 liters of water, and better if configure themselves solution within days)

Treatment of diseases and pests

When the stylus reaches 15 cm, from bow to be treated as a disease prevention ammonia in an amount of 2 tbsp. spoons in the bucket of water.If you notice the feathers dirty-yellow coating, it is caused by powdery mildew and downy mildew. Need to handle the landing fitosporin or Trichoderma.

Also used garlic infusion, if the disease has not yet progressed.

To eliminate the disease to a minimum before planting bulbous head etched in potassium permanganate for 20 minutes. It is necessary to comply with crop rotation: planting onions in the former beds in 3 years.

From Fusarium helps infusion broth horsetail and ash, potassium permanganate solution or with boric acid (taking 3 g of potassium permanganate and boric acid in a pinch tip of knife 10 liters of water).

Ammonia also help to protect the landing from the invasion of onion flies and weevils. It will take 2 tbsp. tablespoons of ammonia a bucket of water. Processing is carried out 3 times every 10-12 days. If the fight against weevil, the treatment is carried out after 7 days until the pest will not disappear.

Salt will also help in the fight against onion fly. It required 300 grams of this material in 10 liters of water. The salt is dissolved, and water the plants. Re-processing is carried out after 10 days, and continue until until there is no threat.

But excessive introduction of salt can negatively affect the soil microflora and cause it osolonotsevanie.

Tobacco dust used in the fight against onion fly onion and aphids. You can simply dusted bed of feathers and a bow at the rate of one-quarter cup per 1 m2.

Ash - known means from pests. It will take 300 grams. material on the bucket of water. The ash solution was infused for 24 hours. Then added 50 gr. soap for better adhesion. Ready-mix to be processed onions.