How to grow green onions at home in winter?

In winter, you will not surprise anyone with jars of bulbs on the windowsills in apartments. In the season when the sun is so little, fresh greenery on the windows pleases the eye. And finely chopped green onions add attractiveness and spice to the dishes.

How to grow green onions on a windowsill in winter

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Chives have been cultivated as an agricultural crop since the fourth millennium BC. During this period, all possible ways of its cultivation have been studied. It has been known since school that it is very easy to get a harvest at home.

Kitchen garden on the windowsill

On a note! Using traditional methods, you can get a harvest of green onions at home either by planting the bulbs in the ground or in a container with water.

Each of these methods has its own pros and cons. But the hostess has her own secret for getting the best harvest. This has spawned many unusual new ways.

Home garden in winter

The benefits of green onions

Green onions

1. It contains a large amount of vitamins. It contains vitamins A, B, PP. It is especially worth noting the presence of important vitamin C, which enhances the body's defenses during the cold period, which helps to effectively fight viral diseases.
2. Green onions also include elements necessary for human life. These include potassium, magnesium, nitrogen, iron, phosphorus, calcium, zinc. Phosphorus and calcium are needed to maintain normal bones and teeth. The heart needs potassium, which helps the normal functioning of the myocardium. Zinc is useful for restoring immunity. It also helps to strengthen nails and hair, maintaining their beauty.
3. There is also a substance quercetin. It prevents the development of tumor diseases and is an antioxidant, that is, it fights the aging process of the body.
4. Finally, onions produce chlorophyll, the beneficial properties of which are to participate in the formation of blood. Another useful function of chlorophyll is to fight against harmful bacteria.

The benefits of green onions

Growing green onions at home

Cultivation methods on the windowsill

1. Hydroponics - this mysterious term is called the usual and familiar to everyone growing green onion feathers from a bulb in a container with water.
2. An alternative to growing in water is planting the bulbs in a container with soil... This method is more complicated, but the harvest will turn out to be more solid and with better nutritional properties.
3. A new version of the previous method, invented by resourceful housewives, is the so-called onion cactus... It is a five-liter plastic bottle in which bulbs are laid between layers of soil. Green feathers sprout from pre-drilled holes on the sides of the jar.
4. Turning the windowsill into a conveyor for growing green onions will help hydroponic plant... It helps to accelerate growth, and thereby increase yields.

Sprouting onions in water

Onions in an egg tray

Rules for growing green onions in water

To get green onion arrows in winter, it is not at all necessary to prepare pots or boxes of soil. Most often they do it easier, using a simple jar of water as a container for the onion. In addition to the obvious advantage of the method, which is its simplicity, there is another plus - the absence of dirt on the windowsill.

Always have fresh green onions at hand

Cooking the onions

To get good arrows of green onions, you will need to select the bulbs that are not damaged. Heads that are slightly smaller than average are best, with a cross-sectional diameter of about 4 cm. The tops of the bulbs must be cut off so that they do not interfere with the young sprouts breaking through. Then the heads are placed in heated water or potassium permanganate solution. Ash can be used instead of potassium permanganate. After 20 minutes, they are transferred to cool water. Before planting the bulbs, the husks are removed from them.

Preparing the bulbs for planting

Planting Preparation - Trimming the Top

Containers for growing in water

The most suitable containers for these purposes are all kinds of cans, cups or bottles. The main requirement is a neck of sufficient width for the bulb to hold. The container is filled with water to the top so that the bottom of the bulb is slightly immersed in it (water). It is not recommended to immerse the bulb strongly in water in order to avoid rotting of the lower part. Until the roots appear, you will have to make sure that the bottom of the head touches the water, and top up if necessary.

Growing green onions on a windowsill in a juice container

For sprouting onions, not only glass containers are suitable. You can use transparent food containers. They must be covered with a piece of cardboard of sufficient density to support the weight of the bulbs. You will need to make holes for the bow heads in this cardboard. The container is also filled with water, and the bulbs are planted in the cardboard box. In this case, the same rule for shallow immersion of the bulb in water is observed as when planting in a jar.

Green onions in a plastic food container

On a note! In addition, a simple plate can also be adapted for forcing onions. Its bottom must be filled with water. The bulbs are placed tightly and vertically so that neighboring heads serve as a support for them. It is advisable not to allow the onion to sink in water by more than 25%.

When growing green onions in this way, it can take almost half a month from planting to obtaining long feathers. To speed up the process, you can add mineral fertilizing to the water.

Growing green onions in a plastic bottle

Fertilizer amount per liter of water

1. Two teaspoons of a mineral complex.
2. Superphosphate: 2 g, ammonium nitrate: 1.5 g, potassium chloride: 1.5 g.
3. Wood ash: 5 g.

Important! Top dressing should be added when roots begin to grow and greenery sprouts.

Fertilizers are applied during watering

To get a harvest of green onions from a jar of water, it is recommended to adhere to simple principles:

• the container in which the arrows will be grown must be pre-treated with a weak composition of potassium permanganate;
• you need to moisten only the very bottom of the onion head, avoiding deep immersion in water in order to avoid decay;
• until the roots appear, it is advisable to place containers with onions for forcing greens away from heat sources;
• in the same period, the water should be renewed 2 times a day. After the arrows begin to grow, this action must be performed only once a day. If top dressing is introduced into the water, then the first should be replaced no more than 1 time in 7 days;
• it is advisable to periodically rinse the roots under running water. The container also needs to be rinsed when changing moisture;
• you can prevent onion decay if you take it out of the water from time to time and leave it in the air for 3 hours;
• in order to always have fresh onion shoots on the table, you need to put new bulbs for germination on the windowsill every 14 days.

Green onions on the windowsill - the benefits and subtleties of growing

Another way to grow in water

Rules for growing green onions in the ground

For forcing onion arrows with the placement of planting material in the ground, the following measures are required:

• selection of suitable onion heads;
• preparation of containers for growing - all kinds of containers and boxes, the height of which is more than 7 cm;
• planting onion seedlings in the soil with which the container is filled;
• installation of the container on the windowsill.

Landing in the ground

How to grow green onions on a windowsill

The method of germinating onion feathers in a container with soil differs from the uncomplicated method with planting in water.

1. First you need to properly prepare the ground. A universal soil is suitable for bulbs. You can prepare a substrate from sand mixed with expanded clay or gravel. In this case, the mixture must be doused with a heated solution of potassium permanganate, and then rinsed with water.

   Soil preparation

2. The next step is to fill the container with soil or substrate. In the first case, it is enough to pour a 4-cm layer, and in the second, you need to leave 1 cm above the level of the substrate for water.
3. Planting material is prepared in the same way as when landing in water. All husks are removed from the onion, the upper part is cut off and placed in water heated to + 40 ° C. The container with the bulbs in the water is placed on the battery or next to it so that the shoots hatch faster.
4. The seedlings are set in the ground so that they touch on their sides. This allows them to be held upright by relying on their neighbors. It is not recommended to deepen the bulbs by more than a third into the ground. There should be enough room in the soil for normal root development.
5. The seedlings must be kept warm for the first week after planting. It is undesirable to allow the temperature in this place to drop below + 25 ° C. When green arrows begin to appear, the bow can be placed on the windowsill.

Photo of onions on the windowsill

Lighting and temperature

Green onions love the sun's rays, but cannot stand the heat. Onion seedlings will thrive on well-lit windowsills when the windows face south, southeast or southwest.

Important! If it is not possible to put containers on the sunny side, then it is recommended to install phytolamps above them for additional light.

The success of green onion cultivation also depends on the indoor temperature. It is not recommended to place seedlings in a hot room where the air is heated above + 20 ° C.

For growing, window sills that face south, southeast or southwest are suitable.

Watering and fertilizing

For watering the bulbs, running water at room temperature is suitable. Water must first be defended. Water enough once every 48 hours to avoid flooding the roots. Excess moisture can lead to decay of the root system. Drying of the soil is also undesirable for the plant.

Onion seedlings do not need fertilization. But a little feeding can still improve the development of green shoots. To do this, the seedlings are watered with a solution of 5 g of ash per liter of water.

Growing green onions in water. How to grow onions on a windowsill

Additional recommendations

You should not rush to collect the first green shoots. Otherwise, the development of the plant may be slowed down. For the first time, it is advisable to trim onion feathers no earlier than after 3 weeks. The arrows in the middle do not need to be touched. The green onions are harvested by cutting off the side feathers.

The constant collection of green onions throughout the winter will ensure that new batches of seedlings are planted in separate containers every 2 weeks. The arrows of the onion will grow evenly if you expose each side of the container to the light in turn.

Growing onions for greens in winter at home

Step-by-step instructions for growing "onion cactus"

A new original way of forcing green onions - an invention of resourceful housewives. It allows you to free up space on the windowsill for other needs, as well as decorate the interior of the kitchen with the help of such "exotic".

You can grow a green onion for the winter table yourself in your apartment

You can not cut off the top of the bottle, then small bulbs will be needed for planting.

You will need bulbs, a 5 liter plastic bottle, a sharp hole punching tool, and all-purpose primer.

Preparing everything you need

Table. Step by step guide to planting.

Step 1	A plastic bottle and a tool for cutting circles are taken (here is a heated self-tapping screw, which must be held with pliers).
Step 2	3-cm round holes are cut in the container.
Step 3	The first layer of soil is poured into the container up to the holes. The bulbs are laid so that their tops go out into the holes, and the roots go deep into the jar.
Step 4	A new layer of soil is sprinkled on top. Steps 3 and 4 are repeated until complete.
Step 5	Several onion seedlings are planted vertically on the surface.

The bulb arrangement should be placed on a well-lit windowsill. In order for the arrows of greenery to grow evenly, it is recommended to periodically expose different sides of the container to the sun. The rules for watering and feeding should be the same as in the general case of planting bulbs in the ground. It is only necessary to ensure that the soil does not erode.

Green onions can also be grown in water

Hydroponic plant

For those who like to feast on a green onion from the garden on the windowsill in winter, special devices have been invented. They work hydroponically.

Hydroponic bed "Onion Happiness", a device for growing green onions

The box is filled with water, the bulbs are seated on top of the holes so that their lower surface hardly comes into contact with water. A special compressor forms a moisture suspension inside the container. Thus, the likelihood of root decay is excluded. It is noticed that with this method, the arrows of the bow grow much faster.

Growing green onions is not only healthy, but also convenient.

Video - Growing green onions in a package

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Who doesn't love greens? Each dish is not complete without the use of these products. But with the onset of winter, the problem in the extraction of greens increases. How to grow green onions at home? The answer to this question can solve many problems.

Growing green onions at home is quite easy.

Bow on the balcony

Everyone knows the facts about the medicinal properties of onions, especially we need its effect on our body in winter and early spring. Our body is exhausted in winter and did not have time to gain strength, so we need vitamins. But where to get these vitamins out of season? You will learn how to grow green onions at home later.

First of all, it should be noted that there is no problem in buying onions in the store all year round. But we constantly think about the quality of the product. Is it possible to compare the onion from your garden or the windowsill from the one we buy in the supermarket? Since the event for the removal of green onions at home and in winter and summer is not a difficult matter, then you should start.

There is nothing difficult in growing onions, but any business has its own difficulties and nuances, so you should pay attention to some points. The following types of bulbs are suitable for planting on arrows:

• Timiryazevsky.
• Spassky.
• Strigunovsky.
• Arzamassky.
• Pograsky.
• Union.

Strigunovsky onion gives good greens

The bulbs are used exclusively whole and healthy; they should be two centimeters in diameter. The selected elements are filled with hot water and exposed to the included battery. This event should continue for a day. At the end of the event, the upper brown layer from the onion is removed and the selected bulbs are examined for damage.

When everything is done, the top of the bulb is cut off. Choose a container that matches the expected event by eye. So that all the bulbs fit there evenly and there is a certain distance between them. The depth of the container must be at least seven centimeters.

Onions grow on the ground, or on gravel and sand. Decide on the right planting material. The substrate is washed with manganese and water.

Four centimeters of soil are poured into the box, and the substrate is poured with water. The bulbs are placed at a frequency of two centimeters so that each is upright. Make sure that the bulb is not deeply sunk. Only the roots can touch the water.

Green onions can be planted in soil, gravel or sand

Sowing care

The box is placed in a warm place for seven days. After the appearance of feathers of high-rise buildings of two centimeters, the box is transferred and placed on the window. Give it to the southern part of the windows. The bulbs should have enough light, if natural light is not enough, they are illuminated artificially.

Watering every other day so that the roots do not touch the water. Twenty-one days later, the first cut of the outermost part of the feathers can be carried out. Do not prune before to prevent growth stalling. Plant onions every ten or twelve days for a consistent harvest.

You can grow onions in a different way, which is no less popular. Select a shallow drawer and place the bulbs upright. Pre-process the selected onion in the same way. Water is poured into the box so that a fourth of the onion is filled with water. Refill as the water is absorbed. Many who have tried this technique say that in this case, feathers are formed faster.

Green onions grow well without fertilizers and stimulants

Growing green onions is not difficult. He does not need special feeding. In winter, without spending much effort, you can get a generous harvest of green onions. You can plant it at any time by choosing a more suitable variety.

Many farmers claim that Sevok is better suited for growing in all conditions, as Sevok is a hardy variety. Green onion sets can be planted in the same way.

Or planting and growing is done using seeds. Green onion sets are grown mainly from seeds, so the set grows correctly. Sevok does not require special care, as it is unpretentious in cultivation.

Onion variety and type, set or regular, you choose yourself. There is no significant difference in care and cultivation. Since all types are suitable for growing at home with minimal investment and time.

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Fresh herbs are healthy, and hardly anyone would argue with that. It can be on your table all year round if you learn how to grow it at home. The most unpretentious of them is green onions. If you know how to grow green onions on a windowsill in winter, then even a child can cope with this task. Moreover, this activity is fascinating, so this kind of "gardening" may even become a hobby of one of your family members.

Ways to grow green onions at home

In a country house or city apartment, there are three ways in which you can grow green onions in winter:

• on the water;
• on the substrate;
• in the ground.

In water, it is the most elementary, but not the most reliable. The most famous and time-tested method is in the ground, although in this case you will have to tinker a little longer. In the substrate, onions are grown in almost the same way as in the soil, but here it is necessary to ensure that the water always completely covers it. We will focus on two of the most well-known methods of growing green onions on a windowsill.

Growing on water

The easiest way to grow green onions on a windowsill is with water.

1. To do this, you need to take sprouted bulbs.If there are none, then take the usual ones, although some of them, most likely, will not start up the green arrows. If the bulb is not germinated, cut off the top of it with a sharp knife, stepping back about one and a half centimeters.
2. Peel the selected bulbs and immerse them in warm water for an hour, placing the container in a warm place. The water temperature at this time should be maintained at about 40 degrees.
3. Then pour water into the pallet, container, plastic box. A high capacity is not needed, because little water is needed: its level should reach only a third of the height of the bulbs.
4. Place the onions tightly in a container.
5. Place the container on the windowsill and wait for the harvest. Do not forget to add water and rotate the container along the axis so that there is enough light on all sides of the beam.

Despite its simplicity, this method has worked well. However, many believe that a truly useful product can be grown at home on a windowsill only in the ground.

How to grow green onions in winter in the ground

In order to grow a green onion on the windowsill in winter, you need to buy soil (or take it in the country and heat it or spill it with potassium permanganate). It is also necessary to prepare more containers, the depth of which exceeds 6 cm.

Then proceed like this:

1. Take an onion set, wash it in warm water, peel it, cut off the top of it, once again bathe well in warm water (about 40 degrees).
2. Fill the container with warm water (the same 40 degrees), put it on the battery and place the bulbs in it. Only the roots should be in the water, otherwise the onions may start to rot.
3. After a day, transplant the bulbs into the ground, deepening them by only a third. Put it warm. When the first sprouts appear, move the container with herbs to the windowsill.

You can harvest the crop in three weeks. At the same time, it is better to cut off the arrows located at the edges, without touching the central ones.

Onion tree

Children will especially like the idea of ​​growing an onion tree on the windowsill. Do you think this does not exist? Inventive agronomists have long refuted this statement, having learned how to grow such a tree on a windowsill (it is also called an onion "cactus"). In order to grow this at home, you will need onions, soil and a large plastic bottle.

1. Cut off the bottom and neck of the bottle, cut round holes around.
2. Place the bottle on a pallet, fill it with earth to the level of the lower holes, place the prepared bulbs in them so that they "look" into the hole.
3. Gradually filling the bottle with earth, plant other onions in the same way.
4. When the bottle is full, plant several bulbs upright.
5. Keep warm until the first greenery appears, then move to the windowsill. Do not forget to water and rotate, turning different sides to the light so that the "tree" is covered with green evenly.

Whichever method you prefer, you should plant onions in winter at intervals of 2 weeks. In this case, the supply of greenery to your kitchen will be uninterrupted.

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"Onion from seven ailments" - this phrase must have been heard by every person. Knowing how to grow green onions on a windowsill, you can provide households with a healthy product that is so necessary in winter. Green feathers are rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and phytoncides that can ward off colds. A home onion bed is a tempting idea.

Forcing methods

It is very easy to get a rich harvest of greenery in winter. There are two main techniques for forcing a feather:

• forcing onions in the substrate - involves planting the bulbs in the ground;
• forcing onions in water - the bottom of the onion head is placed in a container with water.

Indoor gardening lovers have improved their techniques by thinking of cultivating onions in plastic bottles and special hydroponic installations.

Advice

Get your toddler involved in green cultivation.Such an interesting activity will delight, and the harvested crop will become a source of pride for the crumbs.

Planting material

Vegetable crops are propagated by seed and vegetative methods. On the windowsill, stinging sprouts are obtained using various planting material:

• seeds (nigella);
• seeding of a large fraction (samples);
• small onion heads with a diameter of 4 cm.

Since seedlings are usually grown from seeds and the process takes a long time, nigella is used extremely rarely for obtaining green onions. Onion sets are ideal for forcing in the substrate. Sevka bulbs are less susceptible to spoilage, and greens can be removed along with the root crop.

Small onions can be distilled in any way. With proper care, the green onion crop is produced for about two months, after which the bulb depletes and dies.

Rules for the selection and preliminary preparation of planting material:

• select heads of the same size;
• when using turnips, it is better to take material with small seedlings;
• wash the bulbs with warm water;
• remove the top layer of integumentary scales;
• conduct a thorough examination of the onions for damage, areas of decay, pest activity;
• if there are no sprouts on the turnips, cut off 1.5 cm of the crown;
• soak the planting material in a light pink solution of potassium permanganate;
• place a container with bulbs for a day in a dark corner near the heater.

This treatment will awaken the bulbs and stimulate growth. A solution of potassium permanganate will destroy pathogens, extend the useful life of the planting material.

Forcing in the substrate

To harvest healthy greens using this method, you will need:

• prepared planting material;
• container for planting;
• suitable substrate;
• drainage.

Industrial enterprises cultivate greens in greenhouses with special equipment. Such a greenhouse is equipped with ridges, lighting, irrigation systems, and heating. The task of the indoor gardener is to recreate favorable conditions for the cultivation of green onions.

You don't have to worry about heating, because the batteries are on in winter. It is important to maintain a temperature background of 15-18 ⁰C for the normal development of greenery. You don't have to worry about a room-scale irrigation system either.

As for the selection of a container for planting a crop, here the gardener has relative freedom of choice. Onions on a feather can be grown in any container:

• a flower pot of a suitable size;
• plastic box for seedlings;
• a cut-off bottom from a plastic bottle;
• "Tetra pake" for food products - milk, juice, sour cream.

Be sure to make drainage holes to drain fluid, normal respiration of the roots. The height of the pots must be at least 10 cm.

Purchased soil, which includes vermicompost, is suitable for cultivation. You can use a sandy substrate for succulents. A mixture of fertile garden soil and sand is also suitable.

Advice

To prevent the development of pathogenic microorganisms, pour the garden soil with a hot solution of potassium permanganate or steam it.

The lack of light in winter adversely affects the quality of the product. So that the feathers do not grow too thin, they resort to additional lighting. Use a special phytolamp or cold glow illuminators (fluorescent, diode).

How to plant onions?

Instructions for planting onions and sets:

1. pour drainage into the bottom of the pot with a layer of 3 cm;
2. pour a layer of soil on top of the drainage, not reaching the edge of the container 3-4 cm;
3. moisten the ground with warm water;
4. tightly to each other set the bottom of the onions on the substrate layer. Planting material should not be pressed in, as this will slow down the growth of roots;
5. add the required amount of soil - two-thirds of the head should be above the surface of the substrate;
6. when planting the seed of the bulb, deepen it by 2 cm;
7. water the garden bed.

Take your time to put the bow on the window.The heads need to root in order to cast feathers. Let the pot stand in a dark, warm place for several days. When green sprouts appear, it's time to move the pots under the lamp, and lower the temperature to 15-18 ⁰C.

Room garden care

The first crop of green onions can be harvested 2-3 weeks after sprouting. During this time, the shoots will stretch 15-20 cm.

Caring for a room bed does not take much time.

• Water the soil every 3-4 days, trying to avoid getting water on the heads.
• Supplement the onions so that the daylight hours are at least 15-16 hours.
• Remember that feathers feed on juicy scales, so they don't need feeding.
• Sprinkling occasionally will make the green onions juicier.
• Cut off the outermost feathers first, otherwise the forcing of new foliage will stop.

To make a vertical bed, use a 3-5 liter plastic bottle. Cut off the top of the bottle. Cut out circles in the sides of such a diameter that a third of the head sticks out of them when planting. Cut the holes in tiers at a distance of 4-5 cm from each other.

For planting, fill in the drainage, and on top of it - a layer of soil. The soil should reach the bottom edge of the tier from the circles. Arrange the onions in a circle, pushing the tops of the tops into the holes. Fill in a layer of substrate up to the edge of the next tier. Fill the container layer by layer. This design will save space on the windowsill.

Advice

To get a real conveyor, form a new bed every week and a half.

Distillation in water

To grow feathers in this way, it is enough to place the prepared planting material in the bottom of the water. Do not completely dip the entire head, otherwise it will certainly rot from excess moisture.

Suitable containers for distillation:

• Plastic container;
• baby food jars;
• glass beaker.

Use only settled water, and the addition of an activated carbon tablet will help to avoid deterioration of the liquid. Growing and harvesting rules apply to this forcing method as well. Only instead of watering, the liquid level should be replenished.

Advice

If the onion falls through, cut a circle out of cardboard with a hole for the bottom, and place it on the neck of the container.

A home hydroponic plant can help prevent liquid deterioration and oxygenate the roots. It can be built using a plastic egg container.

1. Divide the container into two halves.
2. Cut holes about the size of the onion base at the bottom of the container.
3. Place the turnips in the egg trays.
4. Fill the top of the container with water.
5. Place the pieces on top of each other using wooden skewers.
6. Insert the hose from the aquarium compressor into a container with water.

Turn on the compressor periodically, add water if necessary.

Whichever method you choose to get a green feather on the windowsill, we wish you a rich harvest!