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Onion peels for cucumbers have long been a known and proven way to increase crop yields and protect them from pests without resorting to chemicals. The vegetable is demanding to care for and often suffers from pests and is susceptible to diseases. An aqueous extract of onion peel contains useful substances that simultaneously kill pathogenic microflora, stimulate plant development and make them more resistant to diseases.
Composition and benefits of onion peels for cucumbers
Onion peels are covering scales that have undergone aging. They contain biological active substances, minerals, and vitamins. Infusions or decoctions made from this raw material are used for watering and spraying cucumbers and fertilizing the soil.
Onions have long been known for their bactericidal properties.
Substances in onion peels | Properties | Benefits for cucumbers |
Carotene | Strong antioxidant, immunostimulant. Onion scales contain almost as much as carrots. | Improves the survival rate of seedlings, activates metabolic processes in the leaves, helps fight diseases, fungus and rot. |
B vitamins | An element that promotes the production of cocarboxylase. It plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism. | Serve as growth activators for cucumber seedlings. When processed, its stems and leaves become more powerful and stronger. |
Phytoncides | Substances with disinfecting properties. They are found mainly in onion leaves and easily pass into water when the peels are infused. | Disinfect harmful environments. |
Vitamin PP | The trace element promotes the processing of oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur. | Helps make the root system of cucumbers more powerful, which is important when growing crops on heavy alumina. When treated with onion peels, plants do not suffer from a lack of lighting. |
Flavonoids | Substances affecting enzyme activity. | Improves fruit ripening and taste. |
In what form are onion peels used to feed cucumbers?
There are various ways to prepare onion peels for watering cucumbers in the garden. It can be used in dry form, prepare decoctions and infusions.
Decoctions
To prepare a decoction, the husks are collected and dried. Then perform the following procedure:
- Prepare dishes for large volume cooking. One handful of dry raw materials is poured into it.
- Then pour in 5 liters of cool water. Everything is mixed.
- Place the dishes on the stove, turn on medium heat and cook for 5 minutes after the water boils.
- The solution is allowed to cool, after which it is filtered.
A medical bandage, gauze, or sieve are suitable for straining.
This saturates the soil with microelements and disinfects it. You can apply the beneficial solution 2-3 times within 2 weeks. After such treatments, the fruits do not contain substances harmful to humans and can be safely eaten.
Another problem that can be solved with the help of a decoction of onion peels is feeding cucumber seedlings with useful substances and protecting them from pests and diseases.
Infusions
Preparing an infusion from onion skins is a simple procedure. To do this, take 100 g of dry raw materials and pour 5 liters of warm, clean water. In this form it is left for 5 days, then filtered.
The infusion is used to spray the stems and leaves of cucumbers. It is enough to repeat this action three times with an interval of 5 days. This treatment helps fight spider mite infestation of the crop.
Another way is to keep the dried raw materials in water for 2 days. The solution from onion peels prepared in this way for cucumbers has also found applications in vegetable gardens and greenhouses. The leaves of the crop are known to be prone to yellowing. This happens especially often in dry, hot weather. In addition, the vegetable is prone to rot. Experienced gardeners cope with these problems with the help of onion infusions. They are diluted with water in a ratio of 1:2 and used to spray stems and leaves 2-3 times during the growing season.
The diluted infusion is poured into a regular garden watering can.
Dry
Onion scales are beneficial not only in the form of liquid means for watering and spraying cucumbers. They can be used in dry form for various purposes:
- Feeding. Raw materials enrich the composition of the soil and help increase the yield and quality of the fruit. It serves as a natural organic supplement. It is applied to the soil in the spring, when the beds are dug up before planting. After this procedure, there is no need for additional watering or spraying of the crop during the season.
- Pest protection. To prevent the appearance of insects in a greenhouse or greenhouse, dry raw materials are scattered around the perimeter of the buildings.
- Soil enrichment. If you chop the husks and sprinkle them on the beds where cucumbers grow, then during watering, nutrients and disinfectants will get into the ground.
Many insects cannot tolerate the presence of onion peels.
How to feed cucumbers with a decoction of onion peels
Decoctions and infusions from onion skins should be prepared in accordance with the dosage. These products can be tasted carefully; they should taste bitter. Too low a concentration is ineffective and its use does not bring any benefit to the plants. It is difficult to oversaturate cucumbers by spraying them with broth. Plants take as much organic matter as they need for normal development and growth.
Purpose of processing | Facilities | Features of application |
Feeding cucumber seedlings | Infusion | To prepare, you need a handful of onion peels and 1 liter of water. The raw materials are poured with water, put on fire and wait until it boils.Then remove from the stove and leave to infuse for a day, then filter. Cucumbers are sprayed at weekly intervals. |
Feeding seedlings | Dry husk | Before planting seedlings in the soil, dig it up, adding dry plant materials. Young cucumbers can be planted in the beds the next day. |
Feeding adult plants | Hot or cold infusion, decoction | Solutions are used for spraying cucumbers every 5 days. This helps get rid of yellowing of leaves and revive wilted plants. |
Treatment of cucumbers from diseases and pests
If cucumber plantings look wilted, yellowed, or have pests, onions help to cope with the problems.
Diseases and pests | How to prepare the product | How to use |
Blackleg | For 1 liter, take 200 g of husks, leave for 24 hours, strain and dilute with clean water in a ratio of 1:3. | Pour the infusion at the root. |
Gray and black rot | Add 300 g of raw material to a bucket of warm water, boil, cool and strain. Before watering, dilute with water in a ratio of 1:5. | For prevention, the green mass is sprayed 3 times during the growing season. |
Thrips, spider mites | Take 3 cups of husks, combine with 2 liters of water, leave for 2 days, dilute in a ratio of 1:2. | Spray the above-ground parts of plants with infusion. Before the procedure, you can add a little liquid soap to the solution. |
Aphid | Pour 200 g of husks into a bucket of boiling water and leave overnight. | To combat aphids, treat leaf blades every 5 days. |
Advice from professionals
Professionals share their own experience of using onion peels when growing cucumbers:
- When signs of nitrogen or phosphorus deficiency appear, the beds are watered with onion solution and at the same time mineral fertilizers are applied.
- Spraying is carried out early in the morning or in cloudy weather.
- For treatment, use a spray bottle filled with onion decoction or infusion.
Before starting this procedure, planting is watered generously with water.
Conclusion
Onion peels for cucumbers are an effective means for maintaining the health of the vegetable crop, as well as preserving and improving the quality of the crop. Solutions prepared from it have a number of advantages: natural composition, harmless to humans, ease of use, low cost and availability.
