Onion-Batun: landing for the winter. Cultivation, planting and forcing of perennial onion-batoon

This species began to be cultivated in ancient times, it became the first of all known to mankind onion plants. For the first time it was learned to grow in the Far East, and from there the vegetable slowly spread all over the world. This unpretentious and very useful greenery, and in addition, a spectacular decorative garden decoration. Today we will talk about what a bow-baktun is. Landing for winter is most preferable for Russian latitudes.

General characteristics of the plant

This is a perennial plant of the lily family. It can grow in one place for 7 years and even more, which is very convenient. This is how you can explain how popular the onion is. Landing for the winter is another plus, because at this time in the garden area is not so much work.

This plant forms not a real, but a false bulb. Until the very end of the vegetation period , new shoots and leaves are formed from its bottom. Its leaves are tubular, hollow, covered with a wax coating. They have high taste qualities, and are also very useful. In our country, the Russian subspecies of this plant is mainly cultivated, it has dark green, sharp leaves, which very quickly coarsen, so if you are late with harvesting, then just cut them under the root, a new crop will soon grow.

Spring landing

If any of the plants is frost-hardy, it is the onion-butterfly. Landing for the winter does not threaten him even in the case of a very little and very cold season. However, if you have not managed to get a few bushes of plants that can be divided and planted, and purchased seeds, then wait until spring.

Best for this is May or the first week of June. As usual, make a bed, carefully clean off the weeds and insect larvae, rake the surface with rakes and apply fertilizers. It should not be watered that the solid crust formed does not prevent the planting. Seeds, pre-soak in warm water, slightly tinted with potassium permanganate.

If you are concerned about the germination of seeds, you can plant them more often, and then decay, but optimally 1 g per 1 m ² . The depth of embedding is relatively small, 1-3 cm. After about 10 days, the first shoots are expected. Collect the greens in this summer should not be, otherwise the plant will not be able to winter.

Correct landing scheme

In the case of planting seeds, it does not matter, because in this way we get seedlings, which are digged in autumn and transferred to the main place of residence. But then we need to start planning, because it's perennial, and it does not need to be touched for many years. To do this, outline the bed so that for each bush there is a square of about 25 * 25 cm.

In the beginning of September, dig out the young plants that you raised from seeds or bought in the store, and transfer them to the prepared bed.

Choosing the soil and location

Another important event that must be done before planting the onion-baton. Landing for the winter is made in September, when the entire crop is harvested, and the garden plot is put in order. It will grow almost on any site, unpretentious to the composition of the soil and lighting. The easier the soil (sandy), the more attention should be paid to watering. Sour and heavy, clay patches, and also a deep shadow are not suitable for growth.

The optimal location is a sunny ridge on which tomatoes or cucumbers used to grow. So you improve the soil, and then again you can return to it the old garden culture.

Summer Care

Today, almost everyone has onion in their garden lotus-batun. Growing and grooming do not take much time, and in the garden there are always juicy feathers that can be added to the salad, crumble into soup or borsch. Like any other garden plant, it needs to be fertilized, watered, weeded and loosen. And the younger the plant, the more attention it requires. The formed bush, which is 2-3 years old, will no longer be able to kill weeds, even if we forget about weeding for the whole summer, the main thing is to water it in time, because the grass is very eager to absorb moisture and nutrients from the soil.

Another point that you need to know the truckers, who planted the onion-batun. Growing and nursing include mandatory feeding if you want to see powerful shrubs with large, crunchy and succulent feathers. Summer seedlings can be fed with a solution of mullein or a complex of mineral fertilizers. In this case, 50 g of ammonium nitrate, 20 g of sodium chloride and 30 g of superphosphate are added to a bucket of water. This is a universal solution that is suitable for any onion, regardless of the year of life on your site.

Landing of onion-batoon in autumn also does not do without the introduction of fertilizers. It is necessary for the plant to move quickly to growth, as soon as the sun warms the earth. A very good option is a forest humus or leaves that have been scattered in the compost pile. The more active substances and trace elements should be left until the spring, so that they do not cause rapid growth when the plant needs to prepare for the winter.

Watering

The plant requires regular watering during the whole vegetation period. From the very first day, when the first growths appeared on the surface of the earth, and until September you need to constantly monitor the condition of the soil. Without watering, the leaves quickly coarsen, become bitter and unsuitable for food. It remains only to cut them off and wait until the new ones are grown. If you daily moisten the soil, you can significantly increase the shelf life of the onions of the onion soft and green. Landing of onion-batoon in autumn is carried out in a pre-moistened (on the eve of planting) beds, after that the need for watering disappears, since the phase of active vegetation is over. On the street it is much cooler, rains fall out more often.

There is one more point that should be mentioned. In the second or third year, the flax begins to produce fluffy inflorescence heads, in which the seeds ripen. They should not be cut off, as they are fine honey-plants. At the end of the ripening, the seeds can be harvested, they retain their germination for 2-3 years. If in the coming years you plan to refresh your landing of the baton, then they can come in handy. We remind you that onion in autumn can be planted. Every dug out bush is sorted into dozens of small plants, any of which will have a spine and several leaves.

Autumn, preparation for winter

The summer is coming to an end, and we need to take care of our bed so that next year she again pleased with the juicy greens. Inspect the landing carefully. If bushes grow too closely, it may be necessary to remove part of them. The most magnificent can be dug up and divided, if you are planning to expand the beds. If you are wondering when to plant onion, the answer is unambiguous - in September. For the warm autumn period, he will have time to take root and prepare for the winter.

This bow does not have the usual "turnip" for us, so the autumn harvest is no longer collected, all that he can give you is the summer greens. That plants have not undergone to various diseases, remove from them all damaged, withered or decayed leaves. The rest will dry up until the end of autumn, and with the onset of spring the false bulb will begin a new phase of leaf growth.

The second half of October - the beginning of November - the time of preparation for winter. Despite the fact that the bitumen is a rather frost-resistant crop, it is necessary to protect it from sudden temperature changes (thaws and a sharp cooling), as well as attacks of rodents, which in snowy winters become a real disaster of the garden plots.

For this, the garden bed with onion is mulched with forest humus, it is closed with sawdust, spruce paws and pressed with boards. If you want to surprise friends, then in the early spring remove all covering materials, carefully mark the sawdust and cover the bed with a film. By the time, as the rest will melt the snow, you will have a green onion-baton. The photo of the bed made at this time will be the most spectacular for the whole summer period.

Pests and diseases

Like all plants, the bow has its enemies. In order to protect yourself from the attack of rodents, it is best to close the bushes with old pots or buckets. Another way to combat these pests are ultrasonic devices that scare off mice. Much more diverse world of insect pests, as well as fungal diseases. There are more than 50 of them, but the most common are the rot of the bottom, the downy mildew, the smut. From insects-lovers of acute culture, it is necessary to distinguish the onion secretivist and thripsa.

To protect the planting from such a scourge, you need to treat them with special chemicals. In the spring it is preventive measures using a special preparation from phytophthora. But the most important rule is to change the place of growing culture no less than 7 years later.

How to keep the greens for a long time

As you know, the onion-baton is not preserved for the winter, it is a tender child of a sunny summer. But nevertheless there are two ways which it is possible to take advantage, that in the winter to take pleasure in greens. The first is the preparation of green feathers for future use. It can be salting: the cut leaves are piled into a jar and poured with salt. The bank is kept in the refrigerator. In addition, the greens can be frozen or marinated.

Another option is to transplant a few bushes into a pot in autumn and put it on the window. All winter they will give you fresh greens absolutely for free and at the same time decorate the interior of the room.

Nutritive value

Bow is not in vain considered a remedy for all diseases. Its unique composition includes many macro and microelements. These are calcium, sodium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium. In addition, there is an impressive set of vitamins. This C, E, K, PP, almost the entire group B. And this is with soft taste and the opportunity to decorate the table, which gives us a bow-batoon. How to grow it, you already know, and now you can enjoy yourself and your loved ones all year round with green feathers.