How to grow onions step by step in Kenya

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STAGE ONE: 

NURSERY PREPARATION- prepare a good nursery

Add manure. (well-seasoned/decomposed)

-Prepare seed bed

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-Plant seeds

-Immediately after germination, put shade over the seed bed- 1M high using either shade net or dry grass.

(Onion normally takes 40 days in the nursery).

STAGE TWO:

LAND PREPARATION:

Dig and add manure-decomposed/well-seasoned

-make beds if you are doing drip irrigation

-use piping water if doing under basins

-Make furrows when depending on rains.

 Under irrigation and Basins-spray glyphocet 7 days before transplanting.

 For furrows/Rain-fed- spray selective herbicide 3-4 days after transplanting.

STAGE THREE:

• Transplanting:

-Use spacing of 5-7cm

-Add DAP on transplanting, but this depend on the soil organic matter(soil fertility)

     N/B this can be obtained by soil testing.

STAGE FOUR:

Vegetative growth- This is highly variable

N/B- Ask for agronomic guidance.

4-5 days after transplanting, use vegetative polyfeed- either by drip, piping or spray.

-On the 3rd and 4th week after transplanting, apply CAN, Polyfeed standard, Multi-K

-Week 12-13-Ready for harvesting.