How are the onion fields doing?

The onion plots of the Boerenbusiness Crop tours have recently grown rapidly due to the growing weather. In some onion fields, yellow tips appear on the stems and the foliage begins to ripen. In other fields the crop is still upright and there is still sufficient growth in the onions. 

Feeling better than last year
The plot in Kortgene (Zeeland) is in better condition this year than last year. "In terms of appearance, the crop has improved a lot in recent weeks. It remains to be seen what will become of the onions, because they are still small." The grower from Kortgene sprays with Kalisalpeter every week to keep the foliage healthy and with nitrogen and potassium.The foliage begins to fall in the right places in the field.'My expectation is that the onions will start to iron in about 2 weeks'. 

The grower also has some spots in the plot that emerged later. 'Because I can't irrigate, I'm glad onions have arrived. We now have to wait and see what will become of these onions'. 

More equal than last year
On the plot in Kimswerd (Friesland) the position of the onions is more even than last year. 'Last year the turnout was spot on and this year I see an even, but not good turnout. As a result, we started irrigating earlier this year to help the onions," says the grower Boerenbusiness† The grower sprays weekly with liquid fertilizer to keep the onions busy. As a result, all onions stand upright.

Development in the beginning was better
On the plot in Heijen (North Brabant), the development of the onion was better than last year. "This year we started irrigating earlier than last year. As a result, the onions have emerged better than last year and there is a better distribution on the plot." The grower estimates that there was more foliage in 2019 than this year. "On the light areas the onions are already starting to iron and this is earlier than last year.

Feeling better than last year
The grower from Wezup (Drenthe) has a better feeling about this year than last year. "I think the onions are more developed than last year". The onions were sown in 2020 about a week earlier than in 2019. "The onions have been growing very fast in recent weeks due to the weather, I will try to harvest them earlier than last year. In 2019 we harvested them a bit late due to the weather. , which resulted in bare spots in the plot". 

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