Both onions and garlic are indispensable crops in vegetable growing. Plants are demanding on the agrophysical properties of soils, of the predecessors in the crop rotation, they respond better to cereals, worse to fodder and legumes, it’s strongly not recommended to plant after potatoes, tomatoes and other bulbs, since they have common diseases and pests.
Onion and garlic
Onion and garlic
Onion and garlic
Peculiarities
The own root system of bulbous plants is weak; therefore, a highly fertile layer of humus is needed for uniform seedling growth. SatoSoil® improvers have a beneficial effect on friability, moisture retention, reduce pathogenic environment and level the acid-base balance of the soil.
Regardless of the sowing method – sowing seeds or onion chive, air bulbs, garlic bulblets or cloves – seed treatment is necessary. For this purpose, growth regulator SatoHum® K is suggested, it inhibits spreading pathogens and promotes unanimous and even seedlings. Experts say that the larger the chive and cloves, the higher the potential yield of onions and garlic.
Both onions and garlic need systemic feeding with organo-mineral fertilizers, both crops are sensitive to nitrogen and potassium starvation. SatoHum® professional line of products Sato® Turbo was developed especially for intensive farming and contains the unbeatable combination of humic and fulvic acids inherited from the peat-sapropel mixture with macro, meso, and micro elements.
Bulbs are susceptible to deficiencies in boron, zinc, magnesium and other micronutrients during the plumping and ripening stage. Foliar nutrition with following humates: Sato® Turbo K-B, Sato® Turbo K-Mo, Sato® Turbo K-Mn, Sato® Turbo K-Zn corrects micronutrient deficiencies, promotes the synthesis of proteins and functional phytohormones, enhances the filling of bulbs, prolongs their shelf life.
Signs of nutrient deficiency
- slow growth, puny bulbs - lack of nitrogen and phosphorus;
- early wilting of old leaves, chlorosis and wrinkling - potassium starvation and a possible excess of nitrogen;
- yellowing along the entire length of the leaves - lack of magnesium;
- twisting of leaves and scapes - zinc deficiency;
- browning of the leaves, brittle scapes, bluish tints in the color of the leaves - a lack of boron.
4 Sato® Steps – recommendations for fertilization and top dressing for onion and garlic
| SOILS | SEEDS | GROWTH | HARVEST | ||
SatoSoil® Biome General recovery of soils Feeding of black fallows Land preparation for organic farming Incorporation to a depth up to 16 cm or single application with mulch SatoSoil® pHoenix Soil pH balancing Deep plowing up to 16-18 cm SatoHum® K or Watering the soil improver
| SatoHum® K Pre-sowing seed treatment of chives and garlic bulblets Soaking chive for seedlings (24 hours) Sato® Turbo NPK Gradual release of minerals Increasing the plant’s own immunity Top dressing | SatoHum® Complex Complex feeding of foliar system No more than 3 applications/cycle: SatoHum® K Active synthesis of functional phytohormones In organic farming, it’s used in any non-root irrigation no more than 3 times per growing cycle | Sato® Turbo micronutrients Correcting secondary nutrients deficiencies Increasing the bulbs caliber | SatoHum® Complex Treatment before drying bulbs | |
WARNING AND GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS: 4 Sato® Steps is a comprehensive crop care system that provides the basic crop needs for the main 12 macro, meso and micronutrients for an optimal growing cycle and unlocking the potential of each crop.
SOILS: In pre-sowing application of SatoSoil® improvers, the minimum rate is introduced; when autumn applying, the maximum rate is recommended. When applying Sato® Turbo organo-mineral fertilizers after SatoSoil® improvers, the minimum rate is applied; if the soil hasn’t been treated, the maximum rate is applied. For irrigation, it’s recommended to activate granulates (soil improvers) with SatoHum® K liquid formulation or Sato® Turbo NPK liquid organo-mineral product.
SEEDS/SEEDLINGS/VEGETATION BEGINNING: Treatment of seeds and seedlings with SatoHum® K formulation is compatible with treatment by classical protectants without reducing the rates of their application, and helps to increase the viability of seedlings, the development of the plant and its fruitfulness.
GROWTH: Our SatoHum® solutions have a guaranteed composition with high content of humic and fulvic acids with amino acids of plant origin. It is not recommended to exceed the total applying dose of SatoHum® liquid formulations over 6 l/ha/season, starting from the germination/seedlings phase. If SatoHum® K is used for prophylactic purposes, it is recommended to apply the minimum dose.
HARVEST: Simultaneous fertilization with several SatoHum® products is not expected, excepting the soil improver’s activation. It’s not recommended to exceed the specified application rates. For single, not systemic application of SatoHum® products, the maximum dosage of the product is recommended.
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