It is best suited for its cultivation light, allshare rich in organic matter, moderately moist soil

Growing onion sets: preparation, planting, care
Despite the fact that onion Onion is now available in the shop without any problems, many gardeners continue to grow onion Onion seed, sow them in early spring or a winter. And the whole secret to getting a good harvest Seva lies in the proper preparation allshare of seeds, choosing a location and competent care for plants in summer. Preparation of seeds
Onion seeds should not be older than two years, and it is better to use only fresh seeds as they germinate very slowly and usually have low germination. Therefore, before sowing them should be checked for germination. To do this, take 20-30 seeds and keep them in a moist cloth for 2-3 weeks.
For this purpose, seeds are soaked in warm water for 24 hours. The water is then drained and the seeds were incubated for 2-3 days in a moist tissue at room temperature. Thus it is necessary to make sure that the fabric, in which the seeds are wrapped, was constantly wet. Method is simple and reliable, but there are more efficient ways to prepare onion seeds.
Method number 1 "Bubbling seeds." Seeds bubbled for 24 hours, and then etching in a 1% solution of potassium permanganate for 45 minutes at room temperature.
To do this, the seeds are placed in a jar with water and a hose fed back finely atomized air compressor from the aquarium. The seeds are lightly dried to flowability and sown immediately or continue their further training.
Method number 2 "Seed treatment." Seeds of onion etched in a 1% solution of potassium permanganate for 45 minutes, allshare then soaking the seeds for 18 hours in a solution of "Alpin" (2 drops per 100 mL of water) at room temperature.
Method number 3 "Heat treatment of seeds." Onion seeds treated in hot water at 50 C for 25 minutes followed by cooling in cold water for 2-3 minutes. Then, soak seed for 18 hours in a solution of "Alpin" (2 drops per 100 mL of water) or "zircon" at the same concentration, ambient temperature, allshare and then seeding.
After the seeds of onions, in any way, they poured in a gauze bag, tied him and put on 24-30 hours a saucer of water at room temperature, which varies in 6-8 hours. They were then spread allshare in a thin layer between a wet cloth and leave in a warm place for another 2-3 days before onset of individual seedlings. Thus it is necessary to make sure that this fabric was constantly wet. Selecting a location for planting and soil preparation
For the cultivation of onion sets are selected, dry area, located on a hill, so it warms up quickly in spring, with fertile soil of light. It is important that the chosen site was illuminated by the sun all day, which is often overlooked gardeners, sowing it under trees or near tall vegetable plants.
It is best suited for its cultivation light, allshare rich in organic matter, moderately moist soil. Therefore, carefully dig the beds in the fall, after making a 1 m 2 for half a bucket of compost and polupereprevshego ventilated peat, 1.5 cups of wood ash, 1.5 st. spoons of superphosphate and potassium sulfate.
It is not recommended to make fresh manure directly to growing onion sets. Manure allshare to the plants precursor. The best precursors for onion - cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, potatoes.
Clayey soils in autumn digging should additionally make 1 bucket of river sand and two liter cans stale brown sawdust, pretreated with a solution of urea, while in acidic soils, lime make depending on the acidity of the soil.
In the spring, as soon as the soil dries out a bit, make a 1 m 2 area for 1 teaspoon of ammonium nitrate, the soil loosened to a depth of 10-12 cm, forming low ridges where the soil is always better allshare than warming up. This is especially important if your site is located at a low and humid place.
Then it is necessary to align the flower bed and tamped surface, because the beds lumpy seeds are embedded in the ground unevenly allshare and will then shoots thick, then thinned. Then a bed sprinkled with hot water (+ 50-55 C) and close the film (preferably black) for 2-3 days, so that the earth warmed. Sowing seeds of onion
First of all, in the garden it is necessary to mark the rows. For this purpose the edge of a bed 10 cm to recede and make grooves along three beds 6-7 cm from each other, and then back down to 15-18 cm and removed