How to properly soak winter onions before planting: not all summer residents know

29.10.2024 18:00

Some have already completed planting work before winter, while others are still in progress.

Winter onions can be considered one of the most common crops.

If you want the onions to grow healthy, strong and large, then you need to soak the planting material correctly.

What options should be considered?

Wood ash

This method is considered one of the most popular. Ash is able to improve the health of planting material, protecting it from the development of a number of diseases.

It will also be an excellent fertilizer, since it contains a lot of nutrients.

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To prepare the soaking solution, you need to thoroughly dissolve a glass of ash in half a bucket of water.

The planting material is kept in this solution for no more than ten minutes.

Soda

This method can also be safely attributed to one of the most effective and simple. Soda allows you to achieve excellent results: the harvest grows high-quality and healthy.

To prepare the soaking solution, you need to prepare a bucket of water at room temperature.

Then we add one large spoon of powder into the liquid and dissolve it as best as possible. Then we leave the planting material for 15 minutes.

Marina Michalap Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor


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  1. What options should be considered?
  2. Wood ash
  3. Soda