Onion seed production | onion seed farming :- Soil and climate requirements :- Well drained medium to heavy soil. PH range of 6.5 to 7.5 are good for onion seed production. Flowering initiation in onion takes place at a comparatively cooler temperature(15 - 25 degree celcius). Higer temperature are favourable only for seed ripening and maturity. Low temperature at the time of bulb planting (nov - dec). Moderate temperature during stalk development, flowering and seed setting (january - feb). Warm temperature at seed maturity and drying (march - april). Field preparation and planting :- A deep ploughing and incorporation of well decomposed FYM @ 20t per hectare creates good soil tilth. Ridges and furrows are common planting method. Selection of mother bulb :- The 5m distance should be maintain from other onion field for avoiding contamination of bulbs of another variety. Harvest of rabi season already catches enough resting period, but the bulb harvested in kharif need to give a resting...
All about onion production Watch now Onion and garlic are one of an important vegetable cultivated throughout the world for its culinary dietary, therapeutic and medicinal value. In india under short day condition onion is harvested during kharif (oct - nov,20%), late kharif or early rabi(feb - march,20%) and rabi (april -may,60%). Kharif and late kharif onion harvested early or quickly consumed with in one or two months as there is heavy demand so does not required to store. However, rabi harvest of april - may is in huge quantity creating surplus supply in the market and hence the surplus amount need to be stored, so as to make it available during price hike in market in october - november. Average productivity of onion is about 18t/ha in india which is very less compared to other onion growing nations. Generally 40%-50% of the produce failed to reach in the market due to huge post harvest losses in storage or poor quality of bulbs. There is need to promote kharif season onion ...