GULMOHAR ONION SEEDS

🌱 Best Winter Onion with High Storage Capability

🧅 Key Features

🌿 Tips for Growing Onion

🧱 Soil

Well-drained sandy loam soil is ideal.

📅 Sowing Time

August to November

🌱 Transplanting

40 - 45 days after sowing.

📏 Spacing

• Row to Row: 10 cm
• Plant to Plant: 10 cm

🌾 Seed Rate

2.0 kg per acre

🛠️ Field Preparation

1. Deep plough the field followed by 1–2 harrowings.
2. Incorporate 7–8 tonnes of well-decomposed FYM per acre.
3. Apply basal fertilizer dose at the time of transplanting.
4. Irrigate the field and transplant seedlings at recommended spacing.

🧪 Fertilizer Management

• Basal Dose: 30:30:30 NPK kg/acre
• Top Dressing (20 Days): 25:25:25 NPK kg/acre
• Top Dressing (45–50 Days): 00:00:25 NPK kg/acre
• Sulphur (Bensulf): 10–15 kg/acre, applied 40–50 days after transplanting

🧺 Harvesting

• Stop irrigation two weeks before harvest.
• After harvesting, leave bulbs in the field for 5–6 days for curing with tops.
• Cover bulbs to avoid sun scalding.
• After drying, remove roots and trim the neck (do not cut close to the bulb).

🌼 Sowing Season

As per local regional recommendations.