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Experienced gardeners, who have been working with such a crop as onions for more than a year, are well versed not only in planting times and the technology for cultivating a healthy vegetable, but also in its timing. cleaning. The timing of digging onions from the garden depends on many conditions, including climate.
Gardeners living in the Urals do not lag behind residents of other regions. They are also successful grow onion, leek, batun. Beginners who are cultivating crops for the first time find it difficult to decide on the timing harvesting onions, because for this you need to know a number of secrets. About when remove onions and turnips in the Urals and will be discussed in the article.
Climate features and variety selection
It's no secret that the climate of the Urals does not spoil gardeners. In the northern regions, June is not yet summer, and August is more like autumn. It turns out that the growing season is very short, and it is difficult to call it comfortable. But despite this, gardeners in the Urals successfully grow a wide variety of cultivated plants, including onions.
It is clear that not every onion variety is suitable for the Urals. Considering that summer is short, you should not choose onion varieties with late ripening. It is best to use early and mid-season varieties.
In addition, it is better to plant plants adapted specifically for the Urals. Best suited:
- Bessonovsky local and Odintsovets;
- Cabo and Stuttgarden Riesen;
- Strigunovsky, Karantalsky and others.
The choice of varieties is the prerogative of every gardener. After all, the main thing is not just to grow the crop, but also to harvest it on time without losses both during digging and during storage.
Newbie mistakes
Novice gardeners in the Urals want to know when to dig up bulbs from the garden bed in order to save them until the next harvest. They intuitively understand that deadlines are important, but they can't always get everything right.
There are two most common mistakes to avoid. We will tell you more about them:
- Firstly, taking into account the factor of yellowing leaves as a signal for harvesting, inexperienced gardeners wait until the stems and leaves of all plants in the garden are completely yellow and dry. Therefore, they are not in a hurry with cleaning. This is a serious mistake, because each variety ripens at its own time. Even plants of the same variety do not ripen at the same time. What will happen? Overripe onions, remaining in the ground longer than they should, can re-grow roots and continue growing. In addition, the bulb will begin to rot.
- A vegetable harvested ahead of time will be soft, the scales will not have time to form, so a putrefactive process may begin during storage.
In order not to lose the harvest and not be upset about the effort and time spent on growing onions, you need to know how the time for harvesting is determined. After all, there are many signs by which you can determine the maturity of a vegetable. Moreover, they are practically the same for all regions of Russia, including the Urals.Although there are some peculiarities.
Deciding on deadlines
To find out when you can dig up onions from the garden, you need to take into account many parameters.
Mathematical calculations
The packages usually indicate that the onion ripening period is from 68 to 93 days. These figures are approximate; they do not take into account the climatic conditions of cultivation and weather conditions. As a rule, for a plant to ripen in any region, including the Urals, from the moment the seed is planted to technical maturity, 70-75 days are enough. This is the time frame you need to focus on.
To determine the time of harvesting, you need to record when the seedlings or seedlings were planted. To this number you need to add 70-75 days. If onions were planted on May 10, and this is the optimal time for the Urals, then it turns out that technical maturity will occur after July 20.
Weather
The weather in summer greatly affects the ripening of any garden crops. Onions are no exception. If there is a sunny summer in the Urals with moderate rains, then the readiness of the vegetable for harvesting will practically coincide with mathematical calculations.
In less comfortable weather conditions - cold, heavy rains, ripening will be extended, therefore, the time for digging the onions will be delayed.
External parameters
As you can see, mathematics cannot always give an accurate answer to the question of whether the time has come to dig up onions. What to do in this case? Experienced gardeners advise monitoring the external changes of the plant.
If the onion is almost ripe, then this can be determined by the following parameters:
- The leaves and stem are yellowish, with the yellowness coming from below. The tips of the upper leaves also change color. This change begins, as a rule, 2 months after planting the seeds or seedlings.
- The neck at the base of the bulb becomes soft, thin, it is not able to hold the stem in a vertical position, so the feathers lie on the ground.
- After pulling out the onion, examine the husk. If it rustles, can be removed without much difficulty, and the roots on the bottom have darkened, then the bulb is ready for harvesting.
So, we tried to answer the questions of beginning gardeners about when they can start harvesting onions in the Urals.
This is the second half of July or the beginning of August.
In the old days, our grandmothers tried to harvest vegetables before Ilyin’s day (August 2), because from that day the rains began. The onion does not need them at all at this time, they are even harmful.
Look at the photo what happens to the bulb that was not harvested before the rains. Due to the thinness of the neck, water penetrates into the head. The rotting process begins at the top and gradually deepens. Such onions cannot be preserved, and they are not suitable for food.
Time to dig up the onions:
Is it possible to speed up the ripening process?
In the Urals, especially in the northern regions, summer rarely brings good weather. Inclement weather can deprive gardeners of their harvest, because the ripening process is prolonged, and bulbs in damp soil can rot.
What can be done in this case? There are several options for accelerating the ripening of onions. If, according to your calculations, the time has come to remove the bulbs from the garden, and the stem and leaves remain green, the neck has hardly thinned:
- You can forcefully bend the stem to the ground.In this way, the flow of nutrients into the leaves is reduced, and they begin to turn yellow.
- Using a small shovel, dig up the soil and lift it slightly to cut off long roots. The plant will also begin to ripen faster as nutrients begin to flow from the green mass into the head.
Cleaning Features
Why else is it important to know when to start harvesting onions? The fact is that two weeks before the planned work, watering stops. This is necessary so that the vegetable ripens and slightly dries while still in the ground. Unfortunately, this is not always possible, because nature does not consult with us. It can rain at any time.
Once you have decided on the cleaning time, you can get to work. Select onions from the garden in sunny weather. If there is a slight breeze, even better. Experienced gardeners recommend using a pitchfork to dig up onions. But sometimes the onion can be easily removed if the soil is dry and loose and the bulbs are ripe (the roots have become small and break off easily).
The dug up onion is laid out in the sun so that it is saturated with its energy and “fried” well. It is easy to remove soil from such a bow. Advice! It is not advisable to cut the tops immediately after digging, because as they dry, they will continue to release nutrients into the bulb and improve the quality of the vegetable.
After a sunbath, the bulbs are removed for ripening in a well-ventilated room, where they should lie for at least 2-3 weeks. Then the vegetables are sorted and sent for storage.
Summary
Onions must be harvested in a timely manner in any region, including the Urals.That is why gardeners are interested in when to start harvesting vegetables. We advise gardeners in the Urals to use all options to determine the ripening of onions in combination. Add observation skills to mathematical calculations and the correct choice of variety. Bulbs harvested on time will last until the new harvest.
