Candy Bow

Sweet onions are versatile in their purpose. An excellent variety that summer residents recommend is the Candy onion. It has excellent taste, good yield and easy maintenance.

Candy onions are a hybrid of the onion species. It can be grown both outdoors and through seedlings. The culture is unpretentious and resistant to a number of common fungal diseases. The shelf life of the bulbs is average, approximately 4 to 6 months.

The main advantage of this hybrid is that it ripens quickly. But this can also be attributed to the disadvantages, because if the crop is not harvested on time, it will start to deteriorate.

Other advantages include yield, taste, and easy maintenance. But the most important feature of the Candy bow is that it does not go into the arrow. For many, this is an important aspect when growing onions.

Among the minuses, only one is distinguished - the variety is a hybrid, so it will be impossible to breed a crop with seeds.

The rosette of leaves is low. The shape of the bulbs is broadly ovate. Their mass on average varies from 60 to 80 g. Dry scales are dark brown in color. The number of bulbs in the nest is 2 pieces. The variety is small.

The pulp is juicy and crispy, white in color.

The Candy variety is universal, it can be eaten fresh, used for preparing salads, hot dishes, and also for freezing. Less often, onions are canned or pickled.

In terms of ripening, the culture is mid-season. The growing season lasts from 107 to 109 days.

There is a high yield, from 1 hectare it is possible to collect an average of 178-355 centners. Ripeness of the variety is 100% after ripening.

Candy onions easily adapt to climatic conditions. Nevertheless, the best yield indicators are observed in regions with a moderately warm climate. Recommended growing regions:

• Ural;

• Nizhnevolzhsky;

• TsCHO;

• Far Eastern;

• East Siberian.

For a good harvest, it is necessary not only to properly grow a crop, but also to plant it on time. For sowing seedlings, it is best to choose mid to late March. Time must be tracked according to the weather conditions of the region.

If you plant seeds in open ground, then it is best to do this in May, when the soil temperature will be at least + 13 ... 16 ° С.

Sevk planting is carried out from the end of April to May.

Seeds are best purchased in specialty stores and trusted sellers. You should definitely pay attention to the date of production - the percentage of germination depends on this.

The seeds are pre-processed.

First, you need to select the material by removing all empty seeds. Then the seeds are soaked in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection. Everything is blotted with a dry napkin. After that, some summer residents recommend immersing the seeds in hot and then in cold water, or soaking them in a growth stimulator.

As soon as all procedures are carried out, the material is lightly blotted with a napkin, and then sown in seedling boxes.

A light and nutritious soil mixture should be placed in the cassettes, while it should be very loose.Seeds are sown in several pieces and covered with earth. After sowing, everything is spilled with water. It is best to use a spray bottle, it will not create "holes" or pits in the ground.

Before germination, onions are kept in a warm place at a temperature of 20-25 ° C. Usually, seedlings ripen amicably, so this moment should never be missed: as soon as the seedlings appear, the boxes should be removed to a cooler place.

The onion bed must be prepared in advance. It should be dug up and useful minerals added. The planting scheme should be 7x10 or 10x15 cm. Transplanting is carried out only on the condition that several leaves are formed in the seedlings, and the root system is strong and well-developed.

Care should include the following points.

• Watering. Some summer residents recommend using a drip irrigation system, since in this case the soil will be looser and not weighted, and the surface of the earth will always be slightly moistened and without a hard crust. It is also recommended to water through a watering can. Watering stops 14 days before harvest.

• Loosening. It is necessary to carry out the procedure 4-6 times per season. It is necessary to loosen the soil not only next to the bulbs, but also in the aisles. For relief, gardeners use peat or grass mulch.

• Top dressing is applied every 3 weeks. It can be complex fertilizers or organic matter.

• In order to prevent diseases, onions are examined each time before watering. From time to time the soil can be sprinkled with wood ash or tobacco dust.

The soil should be sandy loam. Onions grow worst of all on acidic soil. If the pH is too high, it can be lowered with lime or dolomite flour.