Onion peels can simply bring invaluable benefit when applied correctly. It can be used as organic fertilizer and as a remedy against pests. This is an absolutely environmentally friendly, economical and very useful product!
Onion husks are used as a decoction, infusion and as a natural mulch. We have already talked about in previous articles, and in this article, let's look at the options for using onion peel in the garden and vegetable garden:
- When planting seedlings, the husks can be mixed directly with the soil. Throw some dry husk into the hole. Thanks to its bactericidal properties, plants will gain additional immunity.
- If you scatter the husk in the greenhouse, then pests will not start in the ground. By the way, we have already told you.
- Prepare a decoction. Take 1 tbsp. husks, 2 l. water. Boil the water and fill it with boiling water for cleaning, then put everything back on the fire and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat and let the broth brew until it cools completely. Now strain. The concentrate can be diluted depending on the application.
- An infusion of onion peels can be prepared in the same way, with the same proportions, but you do not need to boil water this time. Just fill in the husk and let it brew for 2 days. Strain and dilute the resulting infusion depending on the area of its use.
When is it necessary to use onion peels in the garden and vegetable garden?
If you notice that the leaves of the zucchini and / or cucumbers have begun to turn yellow, you can feed the plants by the root method. In addition to cucumbers and zucchini, you can feed carrots, tomatoes and other crops.
The husk helps very well in the fight against aphids, spider mite, different types plant bugs, thrips, suckers and moths. To make the pest control solution better adhere to the leaves during processing, add literally a few drops of liquid or ordinary laundry soap to it.
Rules for using a decoction of husks in the garden
- If you need to water the seedlings, dilute the solution in the proportion: 1 part of the infusion to 2 parts of water.
- To decontaminate the soil before sowing seeds for seedlings, spill it with a strong husk solution.
- You should not store onion broth for a long time, it will lose its beneficial features... Therefore, before each planned use, you need to prepare a new one.
Don't throw away the husk onions, it will still be very useful to you!
Onion husks are able to saturate the soil with environmentally friendly substances useful for plants and at the same time protect them from diseases and pests.
Onion peel as a fertilizer is economical, effective, safe and beneficial for garden and horticultural crops, as well as for home flowers. For these purposes, onion peels are used not only in pure form, but as raw materials for infusions and decoctions.
Properties of onion husks
The anti-inflammatory, immunostimulating and regenerating properties of the husk are due to the contained in it biologically active organic, mineral and nutrients, including:
- B vitamins help to strengthen seeds, seedlings and adult plants and fruits, accelerate their germination and growth,
- vitamins of the PP group (nicotinic acid) ensure the complete assimilation of nitrogen and sulfur by plants, enhance the oxidative processes in plants, normalize the development of plants, their root system and fruits in any growing conditions;
- vitamin E protects against rot, strengthens plants;
- carotene - due to its powerful antioxidant, nutritional, immunostimulating and disinfecting properties, it can successfully fight plant diseases, achieve improved germination of seeds and seedlings, and in indoor, garden and garden plants enhances resistance to various diseases;
- Quercetin, a well-known antioxidant with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties;
- trace elements, including boron, iron, magnesium, manganese, copper, contribute to the resistance of garden and garden crops to diseases and an increase in their yield;
- phytoncides successfully fight plant diseases caused not only by microorganisms, but also by bacteria, rot and fungi.
The use of onions in the garden and vegetable garden
Today we will look at the beneficial properties of onion peels for:
- tomatoes;
- cucumbers;
- indoor flowers and not only
Onion peel for tomatoes
Dry onion skins promotes increasing the yield of tomatoes, strengthening the root system and stems, protecting against damage different kinds diseases.
To use the nourishing and healing properties of the husk, it is used several times during the life of the plant.
For the first application onion fertilizer prepared in the first days after planting seedlings. To prepare the nutritional composition, two glasses of husks are poured with a liter of boiling water. To obtain working fertilizer, the infusion is kept for two days in a cool shaded or dark place.
For application infusion dilute clean water in a ratio of one to three and add half a liter for each young plant. For one-month-old plants, one and a half liters of solution are poured into the near-stem hole. Action fertilizer it will manifest itself in three to four days, when the tomato bushes become obviously stronger, and all the leaves turn green.
In second once the tomatoes are fed during flowering. In the evening, the infusion prepared as described above is poured under the roots of the bushes.
Thanks to this procedure, the simultaneous prevention of infection with fungus and rot is carried out.
Normal watering spend the next day.
Onions for cucumbers
The first treatment is carried out by preparing the soil for planting cucumbers... To do this, the husk itself is crushed and brought in dry form into the beds when they are first dug up. You can also add the prepared broth along with the boiled husk.
Proportions - on square meter three liters of husk and / or solution. Such preliminary treatment of the beds will significantly reduce the risk of contamination of seedlings mold fungi and rot.
Next processing and feeding is carried out when planting cucumber seeds using a strong decoction according to the above recipe. To protect and strengthen the plants throughout the entire growth period, the process is repeated several times, starting with the emergence of seedlings. The composition is prepared according to the recipe described above, watering the plants themselves and spraying the ground part.
Plant feeding with onion peel infusion
Infusion will improve soil structure, enrich it with microelements and nutrients. To prepare it, take a densely packed husk liter jar... Pour this volume with eight liters of boiling water.
You can do this in three stages if there is no suitable container. Cover the container and set aside for 24 hours. For direct processing of plants and feeding, dilute the infusion at the rate of one to five. Water and spray plants, including squash, potatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and tomatoes.
Plant feeding with onion peel decoction
For feeding and processing zucchini, including zucchini, potatoes, squash, pumpkin and the like, a decoction is used. It is most convenient for application in advance. to cook concentrated broth, which is diluted as needed for watering and spraying.
To do this, take husks and pure water v following proportions: for a glass of raw materials one and a half to two liters of boiling water. The mixture is brought to a boil and removed to infuse and cool under the lid.
Received concentrate it is poorly stored, losing its healing and nutritional properties, therefore it is recommended to use it immediately, diluting as necessary at the rate of two liters of concentrated broth per ten liters warm water(one standard galvanized bucket filled to the very top).
The resulting solution is treated with a bed before planting vegetable crops, for example, carrots or tomatoes, and then watered and / or sprayed the garden at intervals of one to two weeks.
The use of onions in the care of indoor flowers
At home, onions will successfully cope with recovery, protection of flowering and deciduous plants except succulents and plants with fleshy leaves, including aloe, cactus, jerky and ficus.
For cooking fertilizers for domestic plants, a glass of husk is brewed with two liters of boiling water, boiled for five minutes over low heat and allowed to cool, covered with a lid. It is useful to squeeze the brewed husk and dig into the soil to enrich it.
Dry onion skins also can introduced into the ground when preparing planting containers for indoor flowers and seedlings.
The ready cooled broth is watered and sprayed with plants once or twice a week, this will strengthen the flowers and seedlings, protect them from damage by fungi, mold, bugs and rot.
Including dry crushed husks in the planting composition (3 liters per square meter), water the garden plain water room temperature. Usage additional liquid feed based on onion peel for fruit plants can change their taste.
As a preventive measure against pests, scatter husks around the perimeter of the garden.
Onion peel and its use in the cultivation of garden, vegetable and indoor crops
People have long noticed the beneficial properties of onion husks and began to use it for various purposes. In this article, we will talk about the benefits of onion husks for the garden and vegetable garden. Saturated earthen soil with all the necessary nutrients that promote plant growth, onion infusions and decoctions provide high yields and protect plantations from pests, acting as a natural fungicide.
Useful characteristics of onion scales and their composition
Onion husks contain all kinds of biologically active and mineral substances that tone and nourish crops, as well as save them from various harmful insects and diseases. Using onion peels, you provide plants with immunity, as well as anti-inflammatory and regenerative properties.
What are the main organic elements present in the onion shell?
Carotene
The beneficial properties of this substance have long been established. It is noticed that carrots are a source of carotene. However, onion husks also contain sufficient quantities of it. For most plants, it is a powerful antioxidant that helps care for seedlings and increases the resistance of horticultural plantings to all kinds of diseases and pests. Experts recommend that they process balcony flowers that are in a gas-polluted environment. Among other things, carotene is a natural immune stimulant that helps to cope with the formation of free radicals. He is able to get rid of harmful microorganisms: rot, fungus, and so on. This element is considered biologically active and is located in the superficial onion scales. Each plant is endowed with phytoncides, which are protective element... But onion peels are rich in them to a greater extent. For a garden or vegetable garden, this substance is needed in large quantities, as it effectively affects fungi and bacteria.
Vitamins "B"
The onion contains a large number of vitamins of group "B". Due to their high content, this vegetable is endowed with a healing effect. Therefore, infusions of onion scales are very useful. Gardeners and gardeners try to water plants with them at an early stage of growth, strengthening their stems, leaves, and also accelerating growth. Among other things, if the seedlings are watered with onion infusion, it will not be afraid of root rot.
Vitamins "PP" (nicotinic acid)
For good processing of sulfur and nitrogen, vitamins of this group cannot be dispensed with, since this process is necessary for plants at any stage of growth. Oxidative reactions in most cases cannot occur without nicotinic acid. This substance helps root formation. When growing crops on heavy soil, this is of great importance.
Growing tomatoes using onion peels
It has long been established that onions can protect tomatoes from rot, reduce brittleness and strengthen the stems. Due to the fact that it can tone up the plant, high yields are obtained. As a fertilizer, onion peels are used a few days after planting tomatoes. To prepare the infusion, you will need:
- onion peel - 2 cups;
- water - 1 liter
The prepared husk is poured with boiling water and left for 48 hours in a cool place. After the specified time, the infusion is filtered and diluted with water at a rate of one to three. It is necessary to pour half a liter of solution into each near-stem hole. For plants that are more than one month old, triple the portion. In less than a week, the plants will become strong after such watering.
The second feeding is done during flowering. It is better to water tomato bushes using infusion of onion husks in the evening. After this feeding, the plant should not be watered thoroughly. This procedure can be carried out the next day.
Growing cucumbers using onion peel infusion
The crops of the melons family are very often affected by rot. Moreover, this is possible at any stage of development. For this reason, processing must be done several times during the season. The onion infusion is prepared in the same way as for tomatoes, but instead of watering, cucumber leaves are treated with a grass broom. Thanks to this, yellowing of leaves and other negative processes can be avoided.
Onion husks as fertilizer for garden crops
Making spring digging of the soil, onion husks are introduced into the soil. For 1 m2 you need 3 liters natural fertilizer... Experienced gardeners have long applied to make onion peels when planting cucumbers. A strong broth helps to protect seedlings from fungus and mold.
Using onion peels as plant food
By using onion peel in the form of an aqueous extract, it is possible to improve the structure of the soil and enrich it with trace elements and nutrients. Top dressing is done by watering:
- 1 liter of onion husks is stirred in 8 liters of boiling water. The container with the contents is closed with a lid and left to stand for a day. After 24 hours, the infusion is filtered and diluted with water in a ratio of one to five. Thanks to this solution, you will replenish the plants with nutrients, and after a few days the yellowed leaves will turn green again.
Onion scales contain vitamins, magnesium, iron, boron, manganese and other elements, thanks to which the plant can resist various diseases. Aqueous extract from onion peels should be used for almost everyone garden plants: tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini, peppers, cucumbers and so on. If you carry out such feeding at the beginning of growth, crops will bear fruit longer.
Onion peel against plant pests
Very often, seedlings are susceptible to such a disease as black leg. Today there are many different chemicals that help to cope with it. However, experienced gardeners know that to overcome this attack, you can use a decoction of onion peel, which has an undeniable advantage - naturalness and safety for health. This tool can effectively provide relief without any chemicals. To do this, you need to add it to the soil.
A common disease among green spaces is false powdery mildew, which more often infects cucumber sprouts at any stage of growth. To prevent this from happening, you need to process the planting with an infusion of onion scales. Treatment with this natural remedy is also done when the primary signs of the disease are detected. Also, to fight infection, spraying should be done every 5 days.
Onion broth is also used for such a disease as bacteriosis, which occurs in cabbage or radish. When the first symptoms of this infection appear, you should immediately do the treatment of crops in the form of spraying.
Garden tomatoes may be at risk of bacterial cancer. To get rid of it will also help a solution of onion peel, which is used not only for spraying plants, but also for feeding.
In terms of their effectiveness, onion peels are in no way inferior to purchased chemicals that help in the fight against pests of horticultural and horticultural crops. It does not contain nitrates, which means that this tool saturates the beds with useful substances without causing any harm.
Gardeners use onion peels to rid green spaces of spider mites, aphids, common earwigs, apple stalks, and so on. Using her broths, you don't have to worry about the fruits. Plants are sprayed with infusion:
- one bucket of husk will need two buckets of water and laundry soap(several pieces). Onion scales are poured with boiling water and left for a while. Then it is filtered, mixed with soap shavings and stirred until it dissolves. You need to spray every week. In addition to processing the plant, the soil is also watered with infusion so that the agent gets under the root.
Spider mites can also be combated with onion peels:
- raw materials with a volume of one liter are poured warm water(2 liters) and let it brew for two days. Then it is filtered, diluted by half with water, adding a little liquid soap (a few drops are enough).
Often, all kinds of are used to combat the Colorado potato beetle chemicals when you can apply natural safe remedy made from onion skins. It can also be used for extermination aphids and stalks... Preparing the infusion is quite simple and quick:
- three handfuls of onion husks are poured with water and brought to a boil. The solution is kept on low heat for another 5 minutes. Then it is removed from the stove and infused for 4 hours. 2 liters of broth is diluted with 7-10 liters of water and the plants are treated.
Onion husks contain a bitter substance - quartztin. Depending on the type of onion, its quantity is different. For this reason, there are no strict dosages for infusions and decoctions. Dilute with water so that bitter taste is felt. Funds made from onion scales cannot stay in a warm room for a long time. Better to use them right away. In the remains of the husk, there are many nutrients, therefore, they should not be thrown away, but it is better to dig them under green spaces (shrubs, trees).
Onion peels help preserve crops. Thanks to this natural remedy you can destroy many problems:
- harvested fruits and vegetables will be stored long time in good condition if sprinkled with onion husks;
- dried flakes protect the crop from fungal infection, mold and decay.
Indoor plants, as well as garden and garden plants, will also benefit from onion peels, which are used to fertilize flowers. To do this, take 1 glass of onion scales, pour water (2 liters) and bring to a boil, keeping it on low heat for several minutes. When the broth cools down, it is watered with green spaces. It is not necessary to filter the infusion, since the husk particles that have got into the soil will enrich the soil with the necessary vitamins and microelements. This fertilizer is not suitable only for flowers with fleshy leaves: aloe, ficus, cactus and so on. These plants can slow down their growth if they are fed with onion skins.
Other Uses for Onion Flake Hulls
For a long time, onion peels have been used as a natural dye in cooking and confectionery.
It also has onion husks medicinal properties, therefore, various medicines are prepared from it.
Onion peels as fertilizer for indoor plants used since time immemorial... The main difference from minerals is the absence of a negative impact on crops. We can talk about a diametrically opposite effect - the yield and quality of the fruit increases.
Onion peel contains a large amount of trace elements and nutrients - phytoncides, carotene, salts, ascorbic acid, B vitamins, tocopherol. Due to such a rich composition, the husk saturates garden and agricultural crops with nutrients and disinfects them.
The residual products of onions contain quercetin, which is a special substance, the increased concentration of which is present in red onions. Quercetin is a representative of the group of flavonoids that can be obtained exclusively from plants.. Positive effect observed not only in relation to garden and indoor plants, but also on the human body.
Beneficial features
Broth based onion peel - fertilizer for indoor plants mainly intended for the root system. Its composition promotes anti-inflammatory action. It is used to strengthen and accelerate the growth of the plant's root system.
It is allowed to be used as a composition for soil. The husk contains phytoncides that protect the soil from insects, pests and improve it general structure... Due to this, the soil becomes looser. A decoction of onion peels as a fertilizer is great for areas where garden vegetation is grown annually. Experienced gardeners use it to feed bell pepper, tomatoes, cucumbers and potato dressing. Can also be used for indoor vegetation, watering strawberries.
Even our ancestors knew about the ability to "revive" yellowed and withered leaf plates of plants that develop under conditions open ground... This broth is no less useful for flowers cultivated indoors. Main condition - use onion peels as fertilizer for indoor plants exclusively in the form of a decoction.
The use of onion peel as a fertilizer for the garden
Experienced gardeners know about the tremendous benefits of onion peels. Above, we have already considered the main ways of using this tool in your own personal plot.
The use of a decoction for seedlings
The first method involves the use of onion peel as fertilizer when planting seedlings in the soil.... It can be placed directly into the ground, but in small quantities. This protection will protect the young crop from many diseases. Vegetable crops become many times more resistant to pests, diseases. Against this background, the yield increases.
To use this method, you should prepare a decoction based on onion peels, thanks to which it is possible to quickly save the yellow foliage from zucchini and cucumbers. The recipe for this broth is extremely simple. It is enough to prepare 3-4 glasses of onion peel, it is pre-dried and filled with 10 liters of water.
If you add the dry composition to the water, then it should be brought to a full boil, and then removed from the window, so that the consistency finally cools down and can be infused for some time. Taking into account the low concentration of the composition, this fertilization of onion peel flowers considered most preferred.
Home use
If you use a decoction of onion peels for homemade herbs that are on your home windowsills, they will actually begin to "come to life", especially if you use decoctions of onion peels as fertilizer for this. He is able to:
Advice! In this case, a decoction of husks can be used both for root watering and as a means for spraying leaves. This top dressing should be carried out in the form of a light spray on the plants..
The recipe for preparing such a miracle broth is extremely simple: a small handful of onion peel is enough to pour 1.5 liters of water and bring to a boil. Put on low heat and hold in this state for about 5 minutes. After that, the broth is removed from the heat and allowed to cool completely. The tool can be used absolutely freely.
Here is such an easy and simple way to get rid of all kinds of pests, strengthen vegetation, as well as stimulate and fully develop indoor crops. It is enough to use onion waste and the condition of homemade greens will improve significantly.
Some summer residents, not knowing what to do with a large amount of onion peel, often throw it away. And they do it in vain - firstly, an effective infusion for spraying against a wide variety of ailments and pests can be prepared from onion husks, and secondly, an excellent fertilizer is obtained from it!
The benefits of onion peel
Onion peels are very rich in all kinds of beneficial compounds. It contains the most powerful antioxidant quercetin, phytoncides, vitamins of the B group, as well as vitamins A, PP, E and C. There are many essential microelements and valuable organic acids in it.How is this waste product useful for plants? Onion peel actively stimulates their development, enhances growth, and also strengthens them and grants them immunity from a great variety of ailments. However, it is famous not only for its nutritional properties, but also for its powerful disinfecting effect - it is the onion husk that helps to protect growing crops from all kinds of pathogens that live in the soil. It is also widely used for spraying vegetation from various pests(remedies based on it are especially effective in the fight against the codling moth, Colorado potato beetle, aphids, thrips and spider mites) and from the causative agents of a number of ailments lurking on the surfaces of fruits, flowers, leaves and bark. And, of course, you can use the harvested husk as a valuable fertilizer.
What crops would be grateful for such a feeding?
It is allowed to feed onion skins absolutely any crops cultivated on the site. "Revitalizing" the plants that have begun to wither, she as soon as possible brings them into tone. If yellowed leaves were found on growing crops, you can immediately begin to prepare a saving infusion of onion peels.The most responsive to feeding with onion husks are carrots, peppers, tomatoes, as well as zucchini, pumpkin and cucumbers.
How to prepare onion skins?
The husk removed from the onion during the cleaning process is thoroughly dried (for this, it is laid out on a newspaper or on clean slate paper), and then put it in a box or cloth bag - it is there that it will be stored until the moment of use.How to fertilize a vegetable garden with onion peels?
For spraying, decoctions and infusions of onion husks are usually prepared, and pre-chopped raw materials are added immediately to the soil immediately before planting seedlings or adult plants.
You can also prepare a very effective infusion for feeding. To do this, a glass of onion husks is poured into a bucket filled almost to the brim with water, after which they put the container on the fire and bring its contents to a boil. Having removed from the heat, the resulting composition is insisted for about two to three hours, and after this time it is immediately filtered. The plants are watered with the ready-made infusion using a spacious watering can - both under the root and over the leaves. And the husks that remain after straining are suitable for adding to the compost.
And to prepare a solution for spraying against pests and diseases, two liters hot water pour four glasses of onion peel. When the mixture is infused for about two days, it is filtered and diluted with water (the amount of water in this case should be twice the amount of the solution). Treatments with such a solution are carried out at least three times, observing a weekly interval.