Planting onions on greens - tips and tricks

Not everyone knows that green onion feathers contain much more vitamins and minerals than bulbs. Green onions also have a more delicate taste, they are not as "poisonous" as bulbs.

Due to the fact that forcing onion arrows does not require abundant sunlight, onions can be planted on greens all year round. In the autumn-winter period, to obtain green onions, it can be grown even in basements, greenhouses with artificial lighting, or just on the windowsill of the house.

It is preferable to grow onions for greens if you use onion sets as planting material. This method is much faster in terms of harvest time, and also cheaper.

For planting, it is necessary to choose seed bulbs with a mass of about 30 g and a diameter of 3-4 cm. Multi-set varieties of onions and shallots have proven themselves well.

Planting onions on greens can be carried out either in very early spring, or before winter. In the second case, consider the fact that this must be done two weeks before the first frost.

A ribbon-planted onion feels good: 1-5 cm between bulbs in a row and about 10-20 cm for row spacing.

In the spring, for the fastest distillation of onion arrows, the dry neck of each onion is cut off, soaked for 24 hours in warm water. Forcing green onions with this method is reduced by almost a week.

In greenhouses and greenhouses in winter, forcing occurs under the influence of nutrients accumulated by the bulbs during the summer. In this case, the bulbs are planted almost without a gap (0.5-1.0 cm), slightly pressing into the ground.