Scallion has always been to be one of the vegetables favored by some communities. This resulted in the scallion into one profitable business opportunity. Leek (Allium fistulosum) is a type of vegetable that is often used as a seasoning or flavoring ingredients cuisine. Shape rounded leaves a long, hollow like a pipe. Tapered while the white solid base. For other types such as Allium Porum flat leaf shape like a ribbon
Perhaps we do not know is that by planting scallion in pots or polybags are not much different from the cultivation in open fields. Planted the seeds and fertilizers needed are relatively the same. However, different types of cropping media that require special treatment.
To plant the leek is a plateau area with an altitude range of 900-1700 meters above sea level. With an ideal growth temperature range 19-24oC with 80-90% humidity. Nevertheless, scallion can still grow in temperate lowland heat.
On this occasion alamtani will review how to plant onion with planting medium is placed in pots or polybags. Here will be a little discussion about babaimana planting scallion.
prepare the seed
There are two types of seeds are usually used to perform the cultivation of onion Allium fistulosum or daffodil and the leek leek leek Allium Porum. Currently, grown in Indonesia is kind of leek daffodil.
Scallion dapatdiperbanyak in generative and vegetative. Generative Propagation is by seed propagation of plant seeds or seedlings. Whereas vegetative propagation is a propagation of plants by breaking the tillers of the main clump.
For seed multiplication in generative obtained by sowing seeds or seeds first. Before sowing seeds prepared beforehand seeding media, see how to create a media hotbed. As for how penyemaiannya are as follows:
When the nursery form leek seeds scatter beds in the groove that has been made as deep as 1 cm. The distance between the grooves 10 cm.
When the tray seedling nurseries form or polybag, put onion seeds in each container 1-2 seeds. Planting sedamal 10 cm.
Cover the seedbed with moistened burlap sacks or banana leaves. Once the seeds germinate, open the cover.
What we need to keep in mind is do the watering every day, morning and afternoon. Give also urea, ZA or organic liquid fertilizer. Provision of urea and ZA preferably dissolved in water. Then pour on seedling media. When using a liquid organic fertilizer, dilute before splashed.
Leek seedlings that had been aged 2 months or height reaches 10-15 cm, is ready to be moved into place enlargement.
Vegetative propagation of seeds can be taken from the plant leeks that have been outstanding for more than 2.5 months. The appearance of plants that will be taken should have a clump of many, looks fresh, not attacked by pests and diseases. Menyepihnya way is as follows:
Unloading hedge leek and its roots. Note that how to disassemble not be revoked, but dug by hand or kored.
Clean with a hand-tanag soil around the roots attached. Discard the leaves and roots that look wilted or older.
Chapped hedge into some plant seeds or seedlings. Each seedling should consist of 1-3 rod.
Papas upper leaves to reduce evaporation. Respiratory conducted approximately one-third of the upper part. Breathing will also stimulate the growth of new shoots.
Leek seedlings that had been prepared can be directly planted. When the seedlings are planted directly, storage time should not be more than 5-7 days with storage in the shade and moist.
Prepare the planting medium
The next step we need to do is prepare the planting medium. Planting medium can be potted or polybags for planting leeks together with plant other vegetables. Basically the planting medium must be shaft, lush, fertile and high in organic matter. Soil acidity levels for planting scallion pH range of 6.5-7.5.
Media planting pots or polybags consisting of soil, compost and rice husk with a ratio of 2: 1: 1, or land and pupu cage with a ratio of 2: 1. To know more details please reread the article on how to make vegetable planting medium.
Stir the planting medium is chosen it flat, then put in pots or polybags which has been prepared. Condense the planting medium with hand hand, do not step on because it would be too dense. To be able to use size polybag 0:08 x 30/15 x 30, while roughly the size of a pot of paint cans of five kilograms.
How to plant leeks
Planting organic leek can be done directly with leek seedlings. As for how non-organic seeds can be soaked first in a solution of fungicide before planting. Soaking is performed at low doses, 30-50% of the recommended dosage for 10-15 minutes. Its function is to avoid fungus attacks the roots.
Do not forget to make planting holes in the pots or polybags were prepared. In the planting hole about 10 cm. Put seeds, one container for one plant. Plants upright position. Then cover with planting medium to strong grip. Sprinkle the seeds to keep it moist.
The right time for planting in the early afternoon of data. When the sun is not too hot so that the air temperature and respiration rate is not too high. Put a pot or in a poly bag gets full sun exposure.
