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Onion peels for cucumbers are a long-known and proven way to increase crop yields and protect them from pests without resorting to chemicals. The vegetable is demanding to care for and often suffers from pests and is susceptible to disease. The water extract of onion peel contains useful substances that simultaneously kill pathogenic microflora, stimulate the development of plants and make them more resistant to diseases.
The composition and benefits of onion peel for cucumbers
Onion hulls are age-old integumentary scales. They contain biologically active substances, minerals, vitamins. Infusions or decoctions made on the basis of this raw material are used for watering and spraying cucumbers, fertilizing the soil.
Onions have long been known for their bactericidal properties.
Substances in the onion peel | Properties | Benefits for cucumbers |
Carotene | Strong antioxidant, immunostimulant. Onion scales contain almost the same amount as in carrots. | Improves the survival rate of seedlings, activates metabolic processes in the leaves, helps to fight diseases, fungus and rot. |
B vitamins | An element that promotes the production of cocarboxylase. It plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism. | They serve as activators of the growth of cucumber seedlings. Its stems and leaves, when processed, become more powerful and sturdy. |
Phytoncides | Substances with disinfecting properties. Contained mainly in onion leaves and easily pass into water when the husk is infused. | Disinfecting the harmful environment. |
Vitamin PP | The trace element promotes the processing of oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur. | Helps to make the root system of cucumbers more powerful, which is important when growing crops on heavy alumina. When processing with onion husks, plants do not suffer from a lack of lighting. |
Flavonoids | Substances affecting the activity of enzymes. | Improves fruit ripening and taste. |
In what form is onion peel used for feeding cucumbers
There are various ways to prepare onion skins for watering cucumbers in the garden. It can be used dry, prepare decoctions and infusions.
Decoctions
To prepare the broth, the husks are collected and dried. Then they perform the following procedure:
- Prepare large-volume cooking utensils. One handful of dry raw materials is poured into it.
- Then pour 5 liters of cool water. They all mix.
- Put the dishes on the stove, turn on medium heat and cook for 5 minutes after boiling the water.
- The solution is allowed to cool, after which it is filtered.
A medical bandage, gauze, sieve are suitable for filtering.
This saturates the soil with microelements, disinfects it. You can add a useful solution 2-3 times within 2 weeks. After such treatments, the fruits do not contain substances harmful to humans, they can be safely eaten.
Another task that can be solved with the help of a decoction of onion peels is feeding cucumber seedlings with useful substances and protecting against pests and diseases.
Infusions
Making an infusion from onion integumentary scales is a simple procedure. To do this, take 100 g of dry raw materials and pour 5 liters of warm, clean water. In this form, it is left for 5 days, then filtered.
The infusion is used to spray the stems and leaves of cucumbers. It is enough to repeat this action three times with an interval of 5 days. Such treatment helps to fight spider mite infestation of the culture.
Another way is keeping the dried raw materials in water for 2 days. The solution of onion husks prepared in this way for cucumbers has also found application in vegetable gardens and greenhouses. The leaves of the culture are known to be prone to yellowing. This happens especially often in dry, hot weather. In addition, the vegetable is prone to rot. Experienced gardeners cope with these problems with onion infusions. They are diluted with water in a 1: 2 ratio and used to spray the stems and leaves 2-3 times during the growing season.
The diluted infusion is poured into an ordinary garden watering can.
Dry
Onion scales are useful not only in the form of liquid watering and spraying agents for cucumbers. They can be used dry for a variety of purposes:
- Top dressing. Raw materials enrich the composition of the soil and contribute to an increase in yield, quality of fruits. It serves as a natural organic supplement. It is introduced into the soil in the spring, when the beds are dug up before planting. After such a procedure, there is no need for additional watering or spraying of the crop during the season.
- Protection from pests. To prevent the appearance of insects in a greenhouse or greenhouse, dry raw materials are scattered around the perimeter of buildings.
- Soil enrichment. If you grind the husk and sprinkle it on the beds on which cucumbers grow, then during watering, nutrients and disinfectants will get into the ground.
Many insects cannot stand the presence of onion peels.
How to feed cucumbers with onion peel decoction
Decoctions and infusions from the integumentary scales of onions should be prepared in accordance with the dosage. These products can be tasted carefully, they should be bitter. Too low a concentration is ineffective and does not benefit the plants. It is difficult to oversaturate cucumbers by spraying them with broth. Plants take as much organic matter as they need for normal development and growth.
Purpose of processing | Facilities | Application features |
Fertilizing cucumber seedlings | Infusion | For cooking, you need a handful of onion husks and 1 liter of water. Raw materials are poured with water, put on fire and boiled. Then they are removed from the stove and left to infuse for a day, then filtered. The cucumbers are sprayed at weekly intervals. |
Top dressing of seedlings | Dry husk | Before planting seedlings in the ground, they dig it up, adding dry plant materials. Young cucumbers can be planted in the garden the next day. |
Top dressing of adult plants | Hot or cold infusion, decoction | The solutions are used for spraying cucumbers at intervals of 5 days. This helps to get rid of yellowing of leaves, revive wilted plants. |
Treatment of cucumbers from diseases and pests
If the cucumber plantings look withered, yellowed, or pests have appeared on them, onions help to cope with the problems.
Diseases and pests | How to prepare the remedy | How to apply |
Blackleg | Take 200 g of husk for 1 liter, insist for a day, strain and dilute with clean water in a ratio of 1: 3. | Pour the infusion at the root. |
Gray and black rot | Add 300 g of raw materials to a bucket of warm water, boil, cool and strain.Before watering, dilute with water in a ratio of 1: 5. | For prevention, the green mass is sprayed 3 times during the growing season. |
Thrips, spider mite | Take 3 cups of husks, combine with 2 liters of water, leave for 2 days, dilute in a 1: 2 ratio. | Spray the ground parts of plants with infusion. Before the procedure, you can add a little liquid soap to the solution. |
Aphid | Pour 200 g of husk with a bucket of boiling water, leave overnight. | To combat aphids, process the leaf plates every 5 days. |
Professional advice
Professionals share their own experience of using onion husks when growing cucumbers:
- When signs of nitrogen or phosphorus deficiency appear, the beds are watered with an onion solution and at the same time mineral fertilizers are applied.
- Spraying is carried out early in the morning, or in cloudy weather.
- For processing, use a spray bottle filled with onion broth or infusion.
Before starting such a planting procedure, watered abundantly with water.
Conclusion
Onion peel for cucumbers is an effective tool for maintaining the health of vegetable crops, as well as maintaining and improving the quality of the crop. Solutions prepared from it have a number of advantages: natural composition, harmlessness to humans, ease of use, cheapness and availability.
