How to prepare onion nursery

    • Onions are sown in the nursery before being transplanted in the main field.
    • Dimensions of Nursery beds should be 3’x10’ and 10-15 cm in height while keeping a distance of about 70 cm between the two beds.
    • When onion nursery is being prepared, the ease of weeding, irrigation should be kept in mind.
    • In areas of heavy soil, the height of the bed should be kept high enough to avoid the problem of waterlogging.
    • Before sowing, treat onion seeds with CARBENDAZIM 12% + MANCOZEB 63% @ 2.5gram/ kg seed or CARBOXIN 17.5%+ THIRAM 17.5% @ 2.5gram / kg seed.
    • Soil treatment of nursery is very necessary before nursery sowing treatment is done for prevention of soil borne diseases. For this use FIPRONIL 0.3% GR @ 10 kg / nursery and TRICHODERMA VIRIDE @ 25 gram / nursery and seaweed + amino + Mycorrhiza @ 25gram / nursery
    • In this way, the seeds should be treated and the field should have sufficient moisture at the time of sowing.
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