According to the gardener, there are several places where you definitely can’t plant winter onions.
“Not all gardeners know about these places and regularly make the same mistake, getting insignificant results,” said the blog author. “If you plant onions here for the winter, they will not survive until spring.”
The gardener noted that we are talking about a lowland where water accumulates during autumn rains and spring floods.
“The onion garden needs to be built on a hill,” she noted. “If your area is flooded, I advise you to build high beds with good drainage.”
Tree branches can be used as drainage. They will gradually rot, enriching the earth with nutrients.
The gardener also advised setting up a bed for winter onions out of the shade, otherwise the harvest will be very small.
“Always choose only well-lit places for planting,” the author of the video advised.
She recalled that the worst place to grow winter onions is in beds where beets, radishes, daikon, carrots, pumpkins, zucchini or watermelons had previously grown.
“Green green manure will be good predecessors. It’s good to plant onions after cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, and legumes,” she added.
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Proper fertilizing of the soil in the fall will contribute to a bountiful onion harvest next year.
