In this article the truck farmer from Jankoi N. Maksimov tells about how he manages to receive practically without watering a powerful crop of winter onions.
Many years ago learned that on Kuban Tugolukova’s spouses deduced a grade of winter onions of Ellan. Long looked for its seeds, many times ordered to the businessmen who are engaged in trade in seeds, but everything is vain. At last that in 2005 Ellan’s seeds was sent from Krasnodar by Nikolay Ivanovich Kurdyumov – the author of several books on effective maintaining a country economy.
In September Ellan to the condensed soil without perekopki and zamulchiroval humus the in thickness sew about 3-4 centimeters. Plants well ascended from the beginning of autumn rains and by winter increased on 4-5 strong leaves. Severe winter of 2005-2006 when the temperature decreased almost to 30 degrees of a frost, almost without a snow cover of a plant of onions transferred excellently – without uniform attack.
On spring the onions early got under way in growth, and by the end of May large, beautiful bulbs were created. In spite of the fact that on our dachas to the middle of June irrigation water didn’t give, some bulbs grew in size about a man’s fist! The moisture which has been saved up during the winter sufficed them to create a fine crop. Any plant didn’t form arrows.
Certainly, my experience can be useful only to fans – summer residents. About industrial technologies of cultivation of these winter onions in literature available to me any descriptions didn’t meet, though I try to look through the periodical press on garden and garden subject regularly. However the Russian sites of technology of cultivation of winter onions extend in the Internet very actively.
Inhabitants of Volgograd developed industrial technology of cultivation of winter onions on the big areas. They with success grow up foreign grades and hybrids of early ripe winter onions: Aldobo, Alik, Wolf, Radar, Swift and others. The Georgian vegetable growers with success grow up winter onions of HiKeeper.
It is necessary to hope only, as we in the land of plenty will have amateur truck farmers and farmers who will undertake this business and will provide delivery of fresh onions from the very beginning of summer. Also it is not necessary to deliver it from Greece or Turkey.
N. Maksimov, Jankoi ph. (06564) 3-56-97.