How to make hydroponics for growing onion feathers?

In order to ensure the cultivation of a high-quality green onion crop, it is necessary not only to prepare the necessary tools in advance, but also to choose the right type of bulbs for planting and organize their care.

Preparing the bulbs for further planting

To achieve the fastest and highest quality result, you need to purchase the bulbs that were obtained during the autumn harvest. The diameter of the bulbs must be at least 2-3 cm. Most often, a good result of forcing green onions in hydroponics is shown by such varieties as Arzamassky, Bessonovsky, Soyuz, Spassky. In order to speed up the root formation process, it is recommended to carry out preliminary soaking with blowing the bulbs.

To carry out such preliminary preparation, you should purchase such tools in advance as:

• clean bucket;
• thermometer;
• aquarium compressor for oxygenation of water;
• 2 heating pads;
• water.

You can immediately soak in a bucket up to 1 kg of onions. For soaking, take warm water, the temperature of which is about 38 ° C. After filling the onions and turning on the blowdown pump, place 2 heating pads on the sides of the bucket and cover them with a terry towel. This will reduce the rate of water cooling, so germination will proceed more intensively. Bulb heads should be germinated in this way for at least 15 hours. If you want to get an ultra-fast harvest, germination can be continued for 21 hours.

After the onion is dipped into the water for its preliminary preparation, you should take care of the necessary container in which the green feather will actually be forged. It is best to purchase ready-made plastic containers, the length of which is at least 80 cm. The width of such containers should be at least 40 cm and the depth reach 20 cm. These containers also come with special lids, which have special holes for placing the bulbs.

The advantage of such containers is also the fact that in this case the roots of the bulbs are completely in the dark, and a cushion of humid air is formed between the lid and the water in the container, which is extremely important and prevents the roots from drying out. There are options for containers that are equipped with special pears and even compressors that allow you to saturate hydroponics with oxygen, preventing rotting of the roots of the bulbs.

Planting and caring for bulbs on the windowsill

If you wish, you can grow chives hydroponically in clean water, but in order for the feathers to be longer, you should add a small amount of soluble fertilizer mixtures to the water. After the water is poured into the prepared container, you can start "planting" the bulbs.

In most cases, trimming the tops of the bulbs is required before planting, since with this processing of the greens you will not have to break through the keratinized outer leaves. In this case, the bulbs that already have sprouted roots should be placed in the existing containers so that they reach the water with the tips of the roots.

After planting the onions, flush the roots of the bulbs for at least 30-45 minutes daily.

This will keep the water free from mold and will also improve the growth performance of the green feather. Despite the fact that the onion is a crop tolerant enough to the lack of bright light, you still need to take care of lighting to get a high-quality feather harvest. It should be noted that when forcing green onions on a heated balcony, it is quite possible to do without additional lighting.If the duration of natural daylight hours is clearly insufficient, you can make a backlight based on LED lamps.

The growth rate of a feather largely depends on the temperature of the water and air. The optimum temperature for growing onion feathers in hydroponics is about 25-27 ° C. At lower temperatures, the growth of greens will slow down significantly. Depending on the conditions created, ripe onion feathers can be obtained in the period from 15 to 21 days.

After cutting the feathers, care should be taken to plant a new bulb to replace the old one. Leaving old bulbs that have already grown the maximum number of feathers is not worth it, since the risk of their decay is extremely high.