Always Read Labels Before Using The Products
Always Read Labels Before Using The Products
Always Read Labels Before Using The Products
Seedbed seeding rate is about 10grams/sq metre which translate to about 3kgs/300 sq metres/ha
Direct seeding requires about 5 - 8 kgs/hectare, Plant spacing is 0.5 - 0.7m * 0.25 - 0.3m inter row & intra row respectively
Planting time is generally recommended from January - March, for some varieties from February to March, transplant seedlings that are pencil thick size in diameter
Time taken from sowing may be between 6 - 8 weeks upon which seedlings become suitable for transplanting, preferably when they are of pencil thickness in diameter
Cool conditions are favourable for bulb initiation and formation while warm conditions are favourable for physiological maturity
Yield target ranges from 20 - 40 tons per hectare depending on variety, fertilization and Good Agronomic Practices (GAPS)
Fertilizer requirements Product Rate/ha Nitrogen Phosphate Potash Sulphur Boron Comment
Base dressing Agricura Compound C 5:15:12 600 30 90 72 Apply all at or before planting
Top dressing Ammonium nitrate AN (34.5%N) 100 35 Apply at 3 - 4 weeks after planting
Top dressing MOP MOP 100 60 Top dress at 6 - 8 weeks after transplanting
Total 65 90 132
Herbicides, Insecticides & Fungicides
PHI
Problem Product Mixing rate Application / Comments
Grasses Only Trifluralin 48EC 1.1 - 1.6 litres per hectare Pre-plant incorperated targets mainly grasses & some b/l weeds, only for transplant onions
Agil 100EC 0.5 - 2 litres per hectare Apply early post emergence of grass and crop
Gallant super 0.5 - 2 litres per hectare Apply early post emergence of grass and crop
Cutworms Lambda cyhalithrin 200mls per hectare Apply immediately after transplanting
Chlopyrifos 400mls per hectare Apply immediately after transplanting
Fenvelerate 200mls per hectare Apply immediately after transplanting
Decis forte 120mls per hectare Apply immediately after transplanting
Alternaria Tebuconazole 25EC 150mls/100 litres of water Apply when signs are noticed Repeat as necessary at 7-10 day intervals Don’t use on spring onion
Dithane M45 400grams per hectare F.C.S Repeat as necessary at 7 - 10 day intervals 3 days
Caterpillars Carbaryl 85WP 400grams per hectare Apply as a F.C.S in 200 litres of water 15 days
Downy Mildew Azoxystrobin 200 - 400mls per hectare Apply as a F.C.S in 500 litres of water per hectare & repeat as necessary 21 days
Dithane M45 400grams per hectare F.C.S Repeat as necessary at 7 - 10 day intervals, add wetter 3 days
Metalaxyl + Mancozeb 250grams/100 litres of water Spray untill run-off. Maximum of 3 sprays/season/crop at 10 day intervals
Leaf Hoppers Malathion 25WP 200grams/100 litres of water F.C.S Repeat as necessary 7 days
Neck Rot Dithane M45 2kgs per hectare F.C.S Repeat 7 - 10 day intervals add wetting agent 14 days
Purple Blotch Tebuconazole 25EC 150mls/100 litres of water F.C.S when symptoms are noticed. Don’t use on spring onions, don’t exceed 4 applications/season
Thrips Cartap hydrochloride 400grams/100 litres of water F.C.S apply when thrips are noticed, repeat at 7 - 10 day intervals, don’t exceed 2kgs/ha in a season 14 days
Malathion 25WP 500grams/100 litres of water F.C.S repeat as necessary at 7 - 10 day intervals 7 days
Thunder 300mls per hectare F.C.S alternate with other products, apply two sprays per season
Malathion 50EC 180mls/100 litres of water F.C.S repeat as necessary at 7 - 10 day intervals 7 days
White Rot Dicloran 400grams/100 litres of water Direct seeding: Work into top 40mm of soil & then seed, Setts/bulbs spray into furrow before covering
Approximately 12.5 x 16 litre knapsacks will cover 1 hectare and apply 200 litres of water ALWAYS READ LABELS BEFORE USING THE PRODUCTS
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