Odintsovets onion

Onions Odintsovets is a vegetable crop with a long history, which is grown with pleasure by gardeners and farmers. It is even possible for inexperienced vegetable growers to cultivate and receive bountiful harvests, if they become familiar with the intricacies of planting and agricultural techniques of the culture of domestic selection.

The mid-ripening variety Odintsovets was obtained as a result of the work of a group of breeders of the Federal Research Center of Vegetable Growing in 1985. The authorship belongs to famous scientists - Veselova M.N., Ershov I.I., Kiseleva V.I., Vorobyova A.A. and Kuvshinova A.A. The vegetable was included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements of the Russian Federation in 1990. Recommended for growing onions in 4 regions: Central, Volgo-Vyatka, West Siberian and North-West. The plant is cultivated mainly in open ground, but onions are grown for greens in greenhouse-greenhouse conditions.

This onion species is a powerful plant with a semi-spreading rosette of feathers. The plant has a moderate thickening, a uniform emerald green color, a light waxy coating, as well as an average size of feathers, which stretch to a height of 35-45 cm. The feathers are quite juicy and fragrant, therefore ideal for consumption. During the growing season, the plant practically does not form arrows.

The bow stands out among its congeners for its evenness and attractive appearance. The variety belongs to the class of medium-fruited. Specimens weighing 55-80 grams are ripened. The shape of the bulbs is round-flat or slightly flattened. The skin of the vegetable is strong, thin, shiny, tight-fitting, consisting of dry outer 2-3 scales of a golden yellowish color. The inside of the bulbs is snow-white. Root crops are quite dense. In structure, specimens are small-sized, consist of 2-3 bulbs.

Dug out onions can be transported over long distances without significant losses, and also have a long shelf life - up to 7-8 months if the crop is stored in a cool and ventilated room.

Odintsovo is characterized as a tasty, aromatic and vitamin-rich vegetable. The snow-white pulp is endowed with medium density, meatiness, pleasant crunch and juiciness. The vegetable has a harmonious taste - semi-sharp, slightly sweet, with piquant notes, but without pronounced pungency. Onion pulp contains an increased amount of vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, and sugars.

The resulting onion is widely used in cooking - it is eaten fresh, added to vegetable salads, in the first and meat dishes, when canning vegetables. In addition, onions are pickled, frozen, and also grown as preparations for the winter.

This variety belongs to the mid-season group. From the moment of emergence of shoots to the beginning of digging onions, 100-110 days pass, from the moment of mass germination to full lodging of feathers - about 120 days. The germination and maturation of the culture is friendly. You can dig up the bulbs in August.

The variety is famous for its high productivity. On average, from 1 m2 of plantings, you can dig up to 3-3.6 kg of a juicy vegetable. Growing onions on an industrial scale, 195-410 centners are harvested from 1 hectare of plantings.

Planting times may vary by region. This is due to climatic conditions.

Sowing seeds for seedlings is carried out in February-March, and after 40-50 days the plants are transferred to a permanent place of growth. From November to December, you can plant onions on greens. Sevkom planting is carried out in the period from late April to early May, when the air warms up to 12-15 degrees, and the soil - up to 7-8 degrees.

Onions are cultivated using seedlings and sets. The seeds are preliminarily disinfected, checked for suitability, and then sown in a pre-prepared substrate. For this, grooves are cultivated with a depth of 1-1.5 cm.The sowing scheme is as follows: 7 / 10x15 cm.

When planting with sevka, there are also a number of subtleties: the bulbs are sorted, heated, planted in prepared grooves to a depth of 3 cm.A 25x9 / 10 cm scheme is considered optimal for planting sevka.

Onions are looked after according to standard rules: they water it every 7-8 days until July, apply fertilizer twice a season (stop feeding in July), loosen and weed the beds, carry out disease prevention, and also carry out light mulching using straw or hay, which inhibits the growth of weeds.

It is comfortable for a vegetable to grow and develop on light, nutritious, fluffy, well-breathing and moist soils with a neutral acidity index. Sandstones with a good drainage system are optimal.

The culture is quite stress-resistant - it tolerates cold snaps, heat, and drought. For cultivation, leveled areas are selected, abundantly illuminated by the sun.

Onion resistance to diseases is average, therefore it is often exposed to peronosporosis, and is also tolerant to cervical rot.