How to Increase Currant Yields with Onion Peels: Village Tricks

13.05.2023 08:32

Onion peel can be an excellent free remedy for increasing the yield of currants.

The fact is that this free component can be used both as a pest control agent and even as a fertilizer.

The secret lies in the special composition of the husk.

How can the component be used to have a positive effect on the currant harvest?

Pest control agent

Onion peels can repel many common pests from the bush, clarifies the scientist agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti".

The product is best used for prevention.

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Photo: © Belnovosti

Fill 50% of any capacious container with onion peel and pour in twice as much water. Wait at least 24 hours. After filtering, dilute the concentrated composition 1 to 2 with water and process.

Top dressing

The nutritional composition is prepared a little differently. Put two handfuls of husks into a four-liter pot with water, boil and cook on low heat for 20 minutes.

Then you need to let the product cool down. Add a couple more liters of water to the main composition and feed the currants at the flowering stage.

Marina Michalap Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor


Content
  1. How can the component be used to have a positive effect on the currant harvest?
  2. Pest control agent
  3. Top dressing