in late summer, prior to the onset of cool weather to prevent spoilage or damage from the direct sun. Bulb onions should be harvested approximately 100 to 125 days after planting. Unlike the green onions, bulb onions will communicate with you and let you know when they are ready for ...
Onion sets as planting material for seed production of three cultivars in UruguayOnion sets (small onion bulblets) may allow seed production with lower costs than the traditional biennial cycle. This research aimed to evaluate the seed-set-seed method for seed production of three onion cultivars ...
Combined effect of set size and planting distance on Kharif onion bulb The combined effect of onion mother sets and planting distance on growth, quality, storage weight loss and yield attributes of variety N-53 was studied during kharif 1998–99 and 1999–2000. The maximum number of leaves (...
Planting onion seeds by winter sowing means the plants are subjected to the natural day-night cycle right from the time of their germination. This means that bulb set is triggered at the correct time and the plants can form large bulbs before hot temperatures arrive. For more on growing great...
Onion sets are basically very small dormant onion bulbs that are sold for onion growing. Once you plant these tiny bulbs, they develop into a full-size bulb in about 90 days or so. A benefit of onion sets is that you don’t need to worry about frost damage after planting. Sets also ...
The maximum number of flowers per umbel (371.39), seed weight per umbel (0.80g) and 1000-seed weight (3.92g) were obtained from the largest bulb size (15±2g) with widest (30×20cm) planting spacing. Hence, large bulb size with closest plant spacing is suggested for onion seed ...
FIELD: agriculture.SUBSTANCE: method of planting bulb onion mother plantations comprises forming holes, planting bulb onion mother plantations to the holes with the collum downwards and long-term preservation them of the indicated position. To form compacted walls and bottom of the holes each basin ...
1. (Plants) an alliaceous plant, Allium cepa, having greenish-white flowers: cultivated for its rounded edible bulb 2. (Plants) the bulb of this plant, consisting of concentric layers of white succulent leaf bases with a pungent odour and taste 3. (Plants) any of several related plants ...
If an onion gets too many hours of daylight, it will begin to bulb before it is very big; if it gets too few hours, it might never even produce a bulb, so planting times may be critical... plant early! The soil should remain reasonably moist, so mulching is advisable. ...
Onion is an important vegetable crop, which has produced worldwide including of Ethiopia for its daily uses and economic benefits. The beginning of its production was traced back to the introduction of planting material from Sudanese and recently it has produced intensively and by now smallholder ...