The use of ammonia for onions

The use of ammonia is an affordable and budgetary way to accelerate the development of onions. The pharmaceutical preparation is suitable not only as a fertilizer, but also quite successfully resists diseases and pests.

Ammonia, which is essentially 10 percent ammonia, rich in nitrogen, namely, this element is necessary for the development of almost any culture, including onions. Nitrogen deficiency leads to a slowdown in the growth of green mass and a weakening of the plant's immunity. This component plays an especially important role in early spring, immediately after the snow melts and the soil warms up. In addition, ammonia fumes scare away many insects: ants, aphids, onion flies and others. The plus is that the drug, taken in low concentration, will practically not be felt by a person, but for the pest, its effect will be unbearable. The clear, odorless liquid is very quickly absorbed by crops.

Onions treated with ammonia give out bright and strong feathers, and the taste of the fruits themselves becomes more intense. At the same time, the plants grow much faster and become thicker. Able to ten percent ammonia and a beneficial effect on the condition of the soil, making it less acidic, which is just necessary for onions. It should be mentioned that even a slight deviation from a weakly acidic or neutral indicator can significantly harm the culture. Ammonia is also capable of changing the condition of the soil for the better, increasing its fertility. The nitrogen contained in the aqueous ammonia solution penetrates well into the ground and is not washed out by rain.

Additional components increase the efficiency of using ammonia.

• Salt... Irrigation of the beds with a mixture of salt, ammonia and pure water allows you to cleanse the soil from pathogenic microbes that have found themselves there due to the vital activity of insects. In this case, you need to use 5 milliliters of a pharmaceutical preparation and 5 tablespoons of rock salt for a bucket of water. A well-mixed solution is suitable for watering onion heads.
• Soda... It is not customary for gardeners to combine baking soda and a nitrogen source in one recipe. At the stage of pre-planting preparation, the seed is soaked for half an hour in a solution in which soda and water are taken in a proportion of 1 teaspoon per liter of water. Then, when the onion begins to sprout in the garden, it can be fed with ammonia.
• Potassium permanganate and salt. For the preparation of a manganese-salt preparation, a special dosage is used. First, 40 milliliters of ammonia are diluted in 10 liters of water, and then potassium permanganate is added to them until the shade of the liquid becomes medium-saturated. Finally, the composition is enriched with 100 grams of edible salt, and the resulting mixture is used to treat the beds from diseases and pests.
• Iodine... A recipe involving the use of iodine allows you to create a drug that effectively fights onion flies. For its preparation, 5 milliliters of ammonia and 3 drops of iodine have to be diluted in 10 liters of water. After mixing, the solution is poured onto the beds from the watering can.By the way, ammonia can be supplemented with boric acid to enhance the antiseptic properties of the folk remedy. The resulting liquid prevents the development of putrefactive processes and promotes the formation of ovaries. It is necessary to dilute everything in the same bucket of water with 5 milliliters of ammonia and a couple of teaspoons of boric acid.

The treatment of onion plantings from pests may differ depending on which insect is attacking the crop. For example, onion flies, which feed on fruits and thereby ruin the harvest, often harm plants. Before pouring the onion with ammonia, the preparation in the amount of 1 tablespoon should be diluted in 10 liters of water. The ready-made mixture is used to soak the space between the beds, carried out from June to July (the months of active reproduction of the insect) and accompanied by loosening. This mixture is also suitable for foliar processing. Spraying onion plantings from aphids is carried out with a mixture of 4 tablespoons of ammonia and 20 liters of a liquid base. If necessary, soap shavings are added to the components, "fixing" the preparation on the surface, or another "sticky"... Spraying plants from midges will be in the same way.

Treatment of plants from the effects of bears living underground and gnawing on bulbs occurs by watering the onion roots or irrigating the holes before planting the crop. The solution is prepared from 10 milliliters of aqueous ammonia and 10 liters of ordinary water. To get rid of ants, it is enough to combine a liter of water and a whole bottle of ammonia, then pour the resulting mixture on the anthill. The expulsion from the plantings of the hidden proboscis, that is, the weevil beetle, occurs by daily watering the beds with a weakly concentrated mix of 10 liters of water and a tablespoon of ammonia. The drug is used regularly, starting from the second decade of June.

After harvesting, the area is necessarily cleared of the husk that attracts these insects. To get rid of worms, you have to process the beds with a universal solution of 10 liters of water and 3 tablespoons of a pharmacy product. It should be mentioned that for a deeper penetration of the active ingredients into the soil, it is recommended to accompany the treatment with abundant irrigation, the volume of which is almost 2 times higher than usual.

The fact that the culture requires feeding with ammonia can be determined by the state of the plantings... For example, yellowed tips and a pale color of the feather - light green or even yellow - may indicate this. You should be wary and if the stems completely turn white or turn yellow, in this case the plant needs immediate measures. Gardeners suggest spilling onion plantings with ammonia water in case of small feathers or slow growth of the plant. Folk remedies can also help in cases where the onion stalk, lacking in nutrients, begins to thin or break.

To properly feed the culture, it is extremely important to observe the dosage. It is allowed to fertilize plantings in open ground only in a highly diluted form, pouring liquid under the root or spraying greens. It is important not to forget that an excess of nitrogen will provoke the growth of the aerial part, but will delay the ripening of root crops and worsen their keeping quality. Too often carried out treatments can provoke the development of putrefactive processes. To avoid the appearance of yellowness or other problems with the culture, it makes sense to carry out preventive treatments with a weak solution. A mixture made from 3 tablespoons of a pharmaceutical preparation and a bucket of water is used to treat the root zone.The resulting amount is usually enough for 2 square meters of plantings. A more concentrated mixture of a liter of water and a tablespoon of ammonia should be applied for feeding. The liquid is poured onto all the aisles, which are then lightly sprinkled with soil.

Finally, foliar irrigation can also be nutritious. The solution is obtained from 5 tablespoons of ammonia and 10 liters of base, as well as a small amount of household or baby soap, grated on a fine grater. In the case when the culture is grown on a feather, the soap shavings are replaced with 2 tablespoons of mustard powder. It should be mentioned that dressings containing ammonia are always organized after abundant watering of the plantings. Spraying should be done early in the morning or late in the evening, waiting for a gloomy day without wind and precipitation.

You can fertilize onions in the garden according to one of the proven schemes.

Preventive treatment of the beds with an ammonia solution is carried out in the spring, as soon as the ground warms up. In the future, the use of ammonia continues in June and July with a frequency of approximately once a week. In addition, before leaving for the winter, loosening of the beds is supplemented by pouring a solution of weak concentration to a depth of about 15 centimeters. The main scheme for feeding is as follows: it all starts with the introduction of funds at the root. Approximately 7 days later, the crop is sprayed, and after another 10 days, another foliar application is carried out.

After that, the culture rests for 10 days, and everything ends with root feeding. You should start with weakly concentrated solutions, and then move on to more saturated mixtures. The result from such processing can be observed already on the fifth day: the culture grows, and the feathers become thicker. If you observe the dosage and other conditions for fertilizing, then the onion fruits can be eaten after thorough rinsing under warm running water.

It is worth emphasizing that, when the onion feathers become dark green, the application of nitrogen-containing fertilizer must be stopped... If the concentration of the drug has been exceeded, and there is a likelihood of a chemical burn, half an hour after the ammonia treatment, the onion should be sprayed with plain water.

Onions "Stuttgart" are watered with ammonia only in case of extreme need, since he does not particularly welcome additional processing, and also quite successfully itself resists pests.

Onion sets are processed with a mixture of ammonia and iodine only after soaking in boric acid. Ammonia in this case is mainly used to get rid of pests.

Since ammonia is a rather caustic chemical, its use must be in compliance with all protection rules. Children and pets should be kept away from the cultivated beds. The gardener carrying out the treatment is required to wear a special overalls. If there is no such one, then the respiratory organs are protected with a respirator or gas mask, the eyes are hidden under special glasses, and the rest of the face is covered with a mask, most of the closed clothes are removed under the apron, and rubber gloves are put on the hands. It also makes sense to wear a hat that will hide your hair.

In no case should work be carried out on a sunny day, otherwise the drops remaining on the feathers will transform into burns... Equally important is the absence of wind, the gusts of which can lead to contact with the skin.For watering onions, you will need a special watering can with holes of medium or small size, and for irrigation - a spray of suitable dimensions. In principle, it is considered more efficient to carry out foliar treatment with a watering can. For safety reasons, it is advised to dilute the maximum concentration of ammonia only in cases where the culture clearly demonstrates nitrogen starvation or it needs emergency intervention.

Besides, do not interact with ammonia for those people who suffer from hypervascular dystonia - this can cause a pressure surge. Refusal to use ammonia solution is also recommended for those who suffer from respiratory diseases.