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  1. Ekaterina Leonidovna DOBRUNOVA, Ivanovo region, the city of Kineshma

    I grow onions in the country every year, but the harvest began to delight only when I began to pay due attention to preparing the seed for planting. It takes a little time for these additional troubles, and the result is obvious: the sevka grows together, actively grows a lush leaf outlet, does not shoot, is not affected by the onion fly, and by mid-summer turns into weighty heads.

    The day before landing I spend culling, removing spoiled and too small specimens. In the rest of the conditioned seed, I cut dry tails, pour it into the basin and pour hot water (45-50 degrees). After 10 minutes, I take a colander and shift the sevok into a basin of cold water. After a couple of minutes, I drain the water, and planting material is placed in a solution of "sodium humate", prepared according to the instructions.
    The next day, having tracked the sowing, I take him to the cottage, where a bed has already been prepared. I make furrows on it and spill them first with water, and then with the Fitoslorin solution. Before starting to plant onions, I sprinkle furrows abundantly with tobacco dust. Such a procedure reliably protects the seeds from damage by the onion fly, the attacks of which turn out to be especially fatal in the early stages of development of this vegetable.
    I do not forget about tobacco dust during the period of onion growth, but then I mix it with sifted ash in a ratio of 1: 1 and dust the plantings every 10-14 days - this is onion fly prevention and top dressing.
    Another trick is bread kvass, which I fertilize onions in spring and early June. To do this, fill the bucket for a quarter with breadcrumbs (leftover from the table, spoiled bread), which I collected in the winter, pour water to the top and insist on the sun for about a week. Then I dilute the kvass with half clean water and water the onions over pre-moistened soil.
    If a cold snap occurs with prolonged rains, I recall a reliable means of protecting onions from peronosporosis - a solution of kefir (10 l of water, 1 l of skim milk product). I pour the onion from the watering can with such a cocktail every 4-5 days until warming is established.

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