Shetan's onion is popular among gardeners, as it has a high yield, and growing it is quite simple. This onion is rich in useful properties, not too whimsical to care for, so even a beginner will be able to grow a culture in his garden.
Shetan's Bow
Shetan's onion has white and juicy flesh
Shetan's bow tolerates frosts well
Description of Shetan's Bow
The variety was bred in the Czech Republic specifically for cultivation in the open field. Onions perfectly tolerates frosts, quickly ripens.
Appearance
Visually, it is easy to distinguish Shetan from other varieties of onion. It has a number of distinctive characteristics:
- The bulb has a round shape.
- The husk is painted in a characteristic yellow color. Inside, the color of the husk is whitish.
- The leaves are quite long. They have a greenish color with the addition of a bluish tint.
- The neck thickness is medium.
- The flesh of Shetan's onion is white and juicy.
- The approximate weight of one onion is 45 g. If a vegetable is grown from a set, then the onion weighs more - from 65 to 85 g.
Taste qualities
Shetan's bow is chosen by many gardeners due to its taste. The vegetable is characterized by a bright, semi-sharp taste, making it a universal plant product. Therefore, this onion is widely used in cooking for preparing first and second courses, cold appetizers, salads. It is used for pickling, baking and preservation.
Ripening dates and productivity
Shetan's onion belongs to mid-early varieties, therefore, approximately 2.5-3 months after planting, you can harvest the first crop. Such a ripening period is inherent in seed sowing. If planting occurs in the north, that is, small year-old onions are planted in the ground, the crop emerges much faster - after about 1-2.5 months.
Productivity directly depends on the region of cultivation of the variety. For example, if the central part of Russia became the place of onion cultivation, about 5,000-5,800 kg of product is collected from 1 ha. In the southern regions, from 1 hectare, much more is obtained - from 20,000 to 25,000 kg.
Composition and properties
Onion vegetable has a rich composition of nutrients and trace elements. It includes the following list of components:
- Saponins. These are complex compounds from glycosides of plant origin.
- Onion contains both glucose and fructose.
- Pectin substances.
- Iron.
- Potassium.
- Fluorine.
- Vitamins in the form of ascorbic acid and tocopherol.
- Essential oils. They give the vegetable a characteristic smell.
Shetan's onion helps to cure anemia, and also helps to prevent it. This property has a large amount of iron.
Potassium improves heart function, strengthens the heart muscle, and vitamins restore immunity. Among other things, onions are a natural antiseptic. It is used during colds.
Pros and cons
The variety is chosen by many summer residents because of the presence of positive aspects, which include the following:
- the vegetable can be planted with both seeds and sevk;
- early and high yield;
- onions are resistant to frost;
- It does not require special care;
- it is stored for a long time, retains its presentation and all useful properties even after several months of lying;
- can be grown for sale, as it withstands long-distance transportation.
Shetan's onion has only one minus - its main enemy is downy mildew.
Preparation for landing
In order to collect a healthy and rich harvest of Shetan onions, careful preparation is required before planting.
Soil preparation
Prepare the soil in the open ground in the fall. It is better to choose a place for a bed from the sunny side. It should not be flooded with groundwater, otherwise the entire crop may die.
Planting Shetan onions is required in places where nightshade crops grew. An excellent garden is where potatoes, cucumbers, greens, radishes and tomatoes, as well as early varieties of cabbage, were previously grown. It is forbidden to plant onions in the place where garlic, carrots, radishes and other varieties of onions grew.
Remember that the variety prefers to grow on loose, fertile soil with neutral acidity. If the soil is acidified, liming. This requires dolomite flour or regular ash.
To determine the acidity of the soil yourself, take a little soil, dissolve in a glass of water and lower the litmus paper. If it turns red, then the earth is acidified, and if it is green, the acidity of the soil is normal.
Before digging the ground, do the following:
- Pour compost or humus into the soil (using fresh manure is unacceptable).
- Next, mineral fertilizers are added, in the composition of which three components must be present: sulfate, potassium and complexes, for example, nitrophos.
Plus, to improve the quality of the soil add sand, turf land, peat.
Before planting seeds for future seedlings, also prepare the soil in advance:
- Take the earth and disinfect with potassium permanganate or a solution of fungicide. The solutions water the soil.
- Next, mix the earth with sand, peat and humus.
If desired, the soil can be pre-steamed before the seed planting procedure.
Seed selection and preparation
It is best to purchase seeds and seeds of Shetan onion in specialized stores, since it is in such establishments that high-quality seed is sold. But still, before buying, try to carefully examine the seeds and seedlings.
To choose a quality onion sevok, pay attention to the following:
- The seedlings must have all the characteristic features of the onion, that is, the yellowish color of the husk and white juicy pulp.
- Before you start buying, smell the onions. They should have a pronounced smell of onions. If they smell of mold, then such material is not suitable for planting, and it will not work to grow the crop.
- Sort the bulbs with your fingers. A quiet rustling sound should come from them. If it is absent, then the seedlings are wet, but this should not be.
- Refrain from buying sevka after winter. During frosts, seedlings freeze, and after defrosting, the bulbs will rot. Such planting material will not bring any result.
- If in the near future planting is not planned, then do not purchase bulbs with roots and leaves that have already appeared.
- Seedlings should be clean, without spots, scratches, whitish deposits.
- Ideal for planting bulbs are those that have a diameter of about 1-2 cm.
If after buying the planting material there is a lot of time before planting, it must be dried and placed in bags of cloth or paper and put away in a place where the air temperature does not rise above + 10-15 ° C. Humidity should be in the range of 70 to 75%. If the bulbs have already sprouted, put them in the refrigerator, preferably on the lower shelf or in the vegetable compartment.
Before planting, the seed should be prepared. They begin to do this two weeks before the landing:
- Step one. Dry the seedlings and transfer to a warm place. The temperature should be about + 20˚С.
- Step Two 8 hours before planting, seedlings must be kept at a temperature of +30 to + 35 ° C. Such a temperature regime can be arranged by installing a heater near the plant.
When choosing seeds, always pay attention to the expiration date of planting material. Do not buy one whose expiration date expires during or before landing. Remember that Shetan onion seeds are stored for a total of 3-4 years. If it is possible to count the seeds, then know that 1 g accounts for about 200-250 pieces.
Seeds are also prepared before planting. To do this, a number of the following manipulations are performed:
- Step one. Inspect the material and select the strongest, undamaged, light-colored seeds.
- Step Two Disinfect seeds with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Then they are placed in a liquid for no more than twenty minutes.
- Step Three Transfer onion seeds to a growth stimulator. For this, the Zircon agent is used.
Technologies and landing dates
Shetan's bow is suitable for planting both in spring and in winter. Each season has its own technology. Planting dates also affect the high yield; they must also be observed.
Winter landing
Before winter, onions are planted depending on the region. But the main condition is to have time to plant sowing 14 days before the onset of frost.
Pre-prepared bulbs are immersed in the ground to a depth of 4 cm. The diameter of the bulb should not exceed 1 cm.
The soil should be ready for landing two weeks before the landing procedure.
After planting seedlings has come to an end, the soil is mulched - covered with any organic material in the form of sawdust, wood shavings, dry leaves. Or inorganic - small pebbles, gravel.
Planting seed in spring
The spring planting of the Shetan onion sets slightly different from the winter. Vegetable is planted in May, when the soil is warming up enough. Shortly before this, soil and seedlings are being prepared. Two hours before planting, future beds are abundantly watered.
Bulbs with a diameter of 2 cm are required for spring planting. They are immersed in holes at a two-centimeter depth. After the hole is watered again. Soil mulch.
During spring and winter planting, make sure that between the holes there are about 5-7 cm, and the distance between the rows is from 15 to 20 cm. So the vegetable receives the necessary heat and the amount of sunlight required for healthy growth.
Care Rules
To get a large and healthy crop of onions, you need to carefully care for the vegetable.
Watering
Freshly planted sowing is watered in small portions of water as the soil dries. Once the weather is hot, the onions are irrigated 2 times a week. An already formed turnip requires one watering per week.
Onions are irrigated in the evening or in the morning, when the sun is not so active. Otherwise, the plant will receive severe burns. If it rains, then you can refuse to water the beds. Finish irrigating seedlings a couple of weeks before harvesting.
Loosening and weeding
As soon as the first seedlings appeared on the beds, you need to regularly loosen and weed the ground. Carefully weed the area between the holes, being careful not to hurt the shoots.
If weed grass appears between the beds and around the holes, remove it manually. Loosen the beds after watering or rain. Subject to this sequence, weeds will not grow and harm the future crop.
Fertilizer application
During the ripening period, it is necessary to fertilize the soil. There should be three top dressings for the growing season:
- The first feeding. It is carried out after the first shoots, 14 days after planting. Nitrogen fertilizers are introduced into the soil.
- Second feeding occurs 14 days after the first. Organic fertilizers in the form of bird droppings will be required. You can take a solution of mullein (cow manure).
- The third top dressing. It is committed already at the time of bulb formation. Take a mineral mixture that contains potassium and phosphorus in large proportions.
Pest and Disease Control
As already mentioned, Shetan's onion is not resistant to downy mildew. A disease affects a vegetable if there is a sharp change in temperature or humidity increases in the garden.
Among other things, onions are exposed to disease and pests due to a violation of the technology for preparing planting material and planting in the ground.
If signs of the disease have been detected, do not use fungicidal agents for spraying. After processing with such substances, it is dangerous to eat onions. Use folk methods. Effective whey in a ratio of 1:10. Serum bacteria kill any fungal diseases on plants and are absolutely safe for humans.
Vegetables can also damage onion flies. Not adult individuals are dangerous, but their larvae. Once in the ground, they eat the top of the onion. To prevent such a nuisance, spray the beds with products that have a pungent odor. For such purposes, a decoction of mint, valerian, coniferous infusion is suitable.
Harvesting and storage
Flat onion leaves are the main sign that it is time to go out into the garden and harvest. But do not put off this activity much, otherwise the bulbs will take root and the vegetable will be impossible to preserve.
Shetan's bow is well kept. But this should be promoted and a number of rules should be observed:
- Once the crop has been harvested, dry it in place in the open sun. You can spread the bow directly on the beds, spreading newspapers.
- Next, sort out the onion heads, discarding those that are flawed.
- Cut the leaves, leaving about 10 cm.
- Dry the vegetable for several days at a temperature of +25 to + 10˚С.
- Then harvest the crop at a permanent storage location by moving it to boxes. Or hang onions in nets. For this, a basement, cellar or balcony in the apartment is suitable.
In the room where the onion crop is stored, it is required to maintain a constant temperature from 0 to + 5 ° C. You can store at room temperature, but make sure that it does not have sharp fluctuations. The room with onions should be regularly ventilated.
Useful Tips
Shetan's onion is easy to grow and care for. But, despite this, pay attention to tips that help prevent disease, achieve a rich harvest and perfect taste.
The main problem when growing onions is yellowness on the leaves. If it manifested itself in July, you should not worry - this is a sign of early ripening. If the yellow color hit the leaves earlier than this month, this is no longer normal. Such a signal indicates several problems:
- Parasites. To protect the onion from parasites, regularly loosen and weed the soil in the beds. Forgetting pests once and for all helps carrots. Plant it next to Shetan's bow, and its smell will scare away any parasites. Wood ash also helps with solving the problem. Add it to the ground in addition to basic fertilizers.
- Lack of nitrogen in the soil. To do this, apply fertilizer containing this component. For nitrogen to be absorbed in the soil, regular watering is needed. But if the weather is rainy, nitrogen can sink very deep into the ground, and the root system of the onion will not get the component it needs.
- A little moisture. If the onion leaves turn yellow, water it a little more often than recommended. Do not allow the soil to dry out, especially in hot weather.
Also take note of the following helpful tips:
- A mixture made from table salt (half a cup is required), 1 ampoule of ammonia and 3 handfuls of ash helps eliminate yellow leaves. All components are poured with 10 liters of water and thoroughly mixed. Water once every 10 days until the yellow color disappears completely.
- You can prevent the appearance of pests by this means: iodine - 0.5 tablespoon, soda - 0.5 kg, manganese - 2 packs. All ingredients are poured with water (you need 5 l). Next, dilute the resulting mixture with a liquid in a proportion of 1:10 and pour onions.
- You can scare off parasites with sand and naphthalene. Sprinkle a mixture of them between the beds.
Often, Shetan's onion begins to bitter. This is due to insufficient watering. Do not forget to irrigate the future crop, otherwise the solids content in the soil increases, and this becomes the cause of an unpleasant taste. Also, for taste, fertilizers are needed that have phosphorus in their composition.
Reviews of gardeners
Vladimir, 67 years old. I like the variety of Shetan onions for their taste and ease of planting and care. Usually I plant this vegetable with sevk. I buy it from the manufacturer, sometimes in specialized vegetable shops. The fact that the variety is frost-resistant is a huge plus.After all, sometimes you want to treat yourself to a dish from Shetana in the spring.
Maria, 48 years old. Once I bought a set of onions Shetan in a store, dropped it off and was surprised how quickly the first crop appeared. Now I plant a vegetable every year. Onion is excellent, with a bright taste. Caring for him is a pleasure.
Gregory, 59 years old. For me, the Shetan variety is loved because it is resistant to disease, and it’s easy to care for it. I always plant this onion in my country house, and I will not exchange it for any other variety.
Eugene, 43 years old. I grow Shetan onions in my garden, as the variety is perfectly stored and does not lose its properties and qualities. This is important for me, as it promotes trade. Another important aspect for choosing this variety is its ability to tolerate frost. In the spring, you can harvest and send it for sale. There is nothing to talk about taste - it is magnificent and suitable for many culinary dishes.
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Onions Shetan - a wonderful variety of onions, which is popular among gardeners. Growing this vegetable is quite simple both in spring and in winter. To do this, you just need to properly prepare the seed and carry out further care. And useful tips from experts will help prevent disease and even improve the taste of onions.