Experienced gardeners advise feeding onions three times a season. The first time is when the green feather is growing, the second time is 2-3 weeks later, when the head is filling, and the third time is a couple of weeks before harvesting, so that the onion is well stored. Let's look at the very first, very important feeding. It is usually done 10–14 days after the green feathers emerge from the ground. At this moment, the roots of the plant actively draw nutrients from the soil, and the main one is nitrogen. If the soil is low in nitrogen, feathers may grow poorly and appear pale or yellowish.
What to feed onions for the first time?
Suitable for the first feeding any nitrogen fertilizers. The main options that contain a loading dose of nitrogen: ammonium nitrate, urea, urea, ammonium sulfate, calcium nitrate. These are mineral fertilizers from the store; their nitrogen is excellent for onions for active feather growth. Take one and a half tablespoons of granules of any fertilizer from the list, dilute it in 10 liters of water, and you can water it either from a watering can or at the root.
“If you are a supporter of natural fertilizers, then you can feed with an infusion of grass, mullein, horse, rabbit or chicken droppings,” advises the author of the Zen channel “Garden Vegetable Garden Life. (Articles)” (12+).
There is only one drawback: unlike mineral fertilizers, you have to tinker with infusions. For mullein, horse or rabbit manure, take 2 kg of raw material, soak it in 10 liters of water and leave it warm for 5–7 days. Before watering, stir the mixture, dilute each liter of infusion in 10 liters of clean water and water it at the root. Chicken droppings are the strongest. Prepare in the same way, but before watering, dilute not a liter of water, but half a liter in a bucket of water, otherwise you can burn the roots.
For weed infusion Fill the bucket to the top with grass. It is best to take nettles or blooming dandelions, but in principle any weed will do. Fill them with water to the brim, cover with a lid and put in a warm place for 7 days. The solution is ready when it ferments, foams and begins to smell strongly. Dilute two liters of this “mash” into a bucket of clean water and water the onion at the root.
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