Before planting onions, it should be soaked in a special solution.
In the article we will tell you, what tools can be used for this purpose.
Why soak onions in salt before planting
Soaking onions in soda increases the yield and prevents bolting.
Before soaking, the bulbs need to be slightly freed from scales.
However, you should not completely peel the vegetable from the outer husk.
When planting in autumn, onions cannot be trimmed, because this provokes diseases.
What to soak onions in before planting
Dissolve 1 tablespoon of regular table salt in 1 liter of clean drinking water at room temperature.
Then soak the onions in salt water for three hours before planting, and then plant them in the garden.
Thus, the plant will not be attacked by pests.
In addition, a popular remedy among gardeners is potassium permanganate.
Before planting, the bulbs need to be soaked in a dark solution of potassium permanganate.
Moreover, during spring planting, the procedure lasts 2 hours, and during autumn planting, it lasts 5 minutes.
This is due to the fact that you need to plant the bulbs in the fall without letting them wake up, otherwise they will freeze in the winter.
In addition, to avoid arrows, the day before planting the onion, warm it up on the battery for 8-11 hours.
This will help him avoid the appearance of arrows on the bow.
After warming up, the bulbs must be disinfected. Place the onion in a solution of potassium permanganate or salt, or soak in an antifungal agent for at least half an hour.
You can buy soaking products in specialized stores.
Previously, we told you how to grow eggplant seedlings.
