Onion and Leek Tips

Use for the Allium family: onions, leeks, garlic, shallots, etc.

•  Alliums are cool season, medium feeders and like soil with lots of humus.
•  Germinate early starts in 2 parts Humisoil to 1 part sharp sand.
•  Add Humisoil and Soil Life Starter to the soil one week before seeding or transplanting.
•  Apply Bountea Compost Tea with M3 to the seedlings when their first true leaves appear.
•  Transplant into well composted soil with Bountea Compost Tea as you plant.
•  Make sure the plants have lots of space around them as they will grow larger with the Bountea System.
•  Trim roots of leek transplants and plant in slight depressions. Hill up as they grow using a bottomless pot filled with soil around the stem.
•  Plant onions on slightly raised narrow hills. Onions need to be unrestricted and have heat on their bulbs as they grow. Pull the soil away from the bulb as they grow until they have only their roots in the soil. In cool weather cover the bulbs with row covers or wrap pantyhose around the bulbs.
•  During the season, spray the leaves of the growing plants with Bountea Compost Tea diluted 10 to 1,   every three weeks. This will help protect the leaves from disease and pests.

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