Monsoon Onion – बरसाती प्याज़ (10 Gm)

🧅🌧️ Monsoon Onion Growing Guide
🔹 Common name ➜ Monsoon Onion, Rainy Season Onion
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Allium cepa
🔹 Type ➜ Bulb vegetable crop 🌱
🔹 Special ➜ Suitable for Kharif (monsoon) cultivation with proper drainage
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Kitchen gardening
➜ Commercial onion cultivation

🌟 Why Grow Monsoon Onion?
✔️ Fresh onion harvest after the rainy season 🧅
✔️ Good market demand 💰
✔️ Suitable for organic cultivation 🌿
✔️ Can be grown for green onions or bulbs
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Home gardens
➜ Vegetable farming
➜ Market production

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
Nursery sowing:
➜ Late June To August
Transplanting:
➜ July – August – September
📍 Punjab:
➜ Best nursery sowing: • July – August
➜ Best transplanting: • August – September
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 20–30°C
🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Well-drained fertile loamy soil
➜ pH ➜ 6.0–7.5
✔️ Raised beds are recommended during the rainy season.

🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Monsoon onion seeds 🧅
➜ Organic onion seeds
➜ Open pollinated onion varieties
➜ Desi onion seeds
✔️ Use healthy, disease-free seed.

🌱 Nursery Preparation
➜ Sow seeds on raised nursery beds
Seed depth: ➜ 1–1.5 cm
✔️ Germination: ➜ 7–10 days
✔️ Seedlings ready for transplanting in: ➜ 45–50 days
🌿 Transplanting & Spacing
➜ Row ➜ 15 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 10 cm
✔️ Proper spacing helps develop uniform bulbs.

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before transplanting:
➜ FYM ➜ 8–10 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
➜ Neem cake
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Compost tea
✔️ Encourages healthy bulb formation.

💧 Irrigation
➜ Irrigate only when needed during monsoon
✔️ Ensure proper drainage after heavy rainfall.
❌ Avoid waterlogging to prevent bulb rot.

☀️ Sunlight Requirement
➜ Full sunlight
✔️ Minimum: ➜ 6–8 hours sunlight

🐛 Organic Pest & Disease Control
Common issues:
➜ Thrips
➜ Purple blotch
➜ Stem rot
Control:
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Good field drainage
➜ Crop rotation
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic onion farming

✂️ Harvesting
Green onions:
➜ Ready in 60–70 days
Bulb onions:
➜ Ready in 100–120 days
✔️ Harvest when tops bend and begin drying.

📦 Yield
➜ Average yield: 80–120 quintal/acre (variety and management dependent)
🌱 Special Benefits
✔️ Excellent kitchen vegetable 🧅
✔️ Good storage potential with suitable varieties
✔️ High consumer demand
✔️ Best for: ➜ Organic vegetable farming
➜ Home gardens
➜ Commercial cultivation

🪴 Growing Onion on Roof
✔️ Easy to grow in containers 👍
Container:
➜ Grow bag or pot ➜ 8–10 inch deep
Soil Mix
➜ 40% soil
➜ 30% compost
➜ 20% cocopeat
➜ 10% sand
Sunlight ☀️
➜ Full sunlight
Watering 💧
➜ Keep soil lightly moist