How To Care Onion Plant For Good Growing

How To Care Onion Plant for Good Growing - The main use of onion is to food flavorings and generally limited to certain types of cuisine, the European and Chinese cuisine. How to care for this plant looks easy but requires patience.

Weeding

Weeding the grass should be done carefully so as not to damage the roots of onions. While weeding can be done at the same time tilling the soil to the surface of the bed does not compact. Beds in a landslide or damaged restyled. Also the channel and trench-trench. If the bulbs are starting to grow up by the roots seem to appear on the surface, should be addressed so that the position of tubers covered with soil.

Usually, weeding grass performed 2 times, ie at the age of 3 weeks and after 6 weeks of age. Often when weeding or tilling the soil in conjunction with subsequent fertilization, as well as to immerse supplementary fertilizer into the soil. Do not friable the beds while the soil is still wet as it can compact the soil. Watering plant should be done before bed so the soil is dry.

Fertilization

Chunk of land on the bed crushed while until smooth and evenly flattened. About a week before planting, given manure / compost as much as 10-15 old t / ha. This fertilizer is mixed in while friable soil and leveling the bed again. With this fertilizer will help improve soil structure, improve the capacity of water, soil fertility and friability.

After that the land should adequately wetted, using sprayer. Then about 2-3 days before planting fertilizers are fertilizers which again serves as a basic fertilizer. Once again flattened the soil bed, sinking into the soil fertilizer. Adequately wetted again the next bed.

Irrigation and Watering  Care

Onions require a lot of water, especially during tuber formation. Towards the old growth, diminishing the need for water and harvest better if not given water. With roots in the form of the condition of the root system is not very long fibers, irrigation should be able to achieve and can be absorbed by the roots. Meanwhile, planting of onions is generally done in the dry season is just not much available water. Therefore, the role of irrigation in the cultivation of onions become very important.

Watering can be done also with the system leb, by flooding the trenches and channels. This system requires a lot of water at planting, the water would be difficult to obtain (dry season). Some things to consider in the implementation of the irrigation system for watering leb is to try to reach the root system and can be absorbed. Once is enough water in irrigation ditches and channels need to be disposed of so as not to cause the land to be muddy.

Another way is better is by spraying water through the sprayer. Use of the sprayer is more suitable to irrigate land that is not so wide. For large estates, the use of sprinklers is more appropriate. Even so the use of these tools require special equipment, ie pumps and sprinkler water.

The first irrigation immediately after the seeds are planted. Land wetted sufficiently. After that, watering can be done every other day is done morning and evening. Noteworthy is the land of drought and land not to be not too muddy. Irrigation is supplied to tuber formation reaches a maximum size or already approaching old age.

That's the way to take care of onion plants to grow well, do not forget to take care of your plants well and of course you also have to control pests and diseases on these plants.