Onions need additional feeding. This can increase the size and quality of the fruit.
During the season, it is enough to feed the crop only three times, but with an interval of two weeks, so that in the end you can brag to your neighbors about the quality of the harvest.
The greatest amount of nutrition is needed during the period of growth and fruit formation.
For feeding, you need to choose potassium-phosphorus products, which are very easy to prepare.
It is enough to take only 30 grams of the preparation per 10 liters of water. Such a solution should be enough for 2-3 square meters of plantings.
If you want to speed up the ripening process and improve the quality and size of the harvest, then in the last weeks you need to carefully lift the bulbs with a shovel or pitchfork, but do not pull them out.
As experienced gardeners note, torn roots limit the access of moisture to the vegetable, and dying leaves will gradually give all the important elements to the bulbs.
As a result, the vegetable can increase significantly in size in the last days before harvesting.
