Any housewife will confirm that onions are an indispensable product in the kitchen. After all, most dishes cannot be prepared without such an ingredient.
Onions are nothing but beneficial: they are a source of vitamin B, manganese, copper, potassium and phosphorus.
Every gardener has a place on their plot for a bed of onions, and it needs to be taken care of long before the expected date of planting the crop.
When is it right to plant onions in open ground
Many people make mistakes when they do not pay due attention to the timing of planting crops.
It is useful to plant onions in a garden bed in consistently warm weather, when the soil is warm enough and suitable for work.
Usually, they try to sow onions at the end of April – beginning of May, if the air temperature remains within the range of 11-13 degrees Celsius.
Preparing the garden bed
Plant the onions in a well-lit area and make sure to pre-dig the bed, fertilize it with manure and compost if necessary.
Remember that onions are not planted in the same bed every year.
Planting dates
Planting onions will be successful if you follow the lunar calendar, according to which there are still many days left in May when you can plant onions.
These days will be: 4, 9, 10, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, 27, 30, 31.
On the days of the new moon and full moon it is better to avoid working with onions: 5th, 18th, 19th and 20th.
When planting ready seedlings, the harvest can be collected this season; if you sow seeds in a garden bed, large heads will grow in two years.
