Several years ago, the Sakhalin JSC Sovkhoz Teplichny began to master the technology of growing onions.
At first, onions were planted using a cabbage planting machine. It was a very labor-intensive and ineffective technology, requiring a lot of time and human resources, characterized by low planting density and low yield.
We were looking for a more productive cultivation method for a long time and found it from our Japanese colleagues from Hokkaido. Having tested their seed material and technology in a small volume, we got an excellent result. We signed an agreement with a Japanese company, purchased equipment for sowing seeds, planting seedlings in the field, washing cassettes after planting. It is a modern, high-performance, economical, mobile and compact equipment.
For several seasons, the agronomists of the enterprise have adapted the proposed technology to the climatic conditions of the south of Sakhalin, obtaining a yield of 400 to 500 c / ha.
The farm notes the advantages - a specialized complex of equipment with associated equipment and working technology adapted to the climatic conditions of Sakhalin made it possible: 5-6 times reducing labor and fuel costs.
In the seedling greenhouses of the State Farm "Teplichny" JSC, onion seedlings are already suitable for planting in the field. Onions occupy 5 hectares of the entire area of the enterprise occupied by open field vegetables. In 2020, 200 tons of useful vitamin products were harvested, and it is planned to harvest no less a crop this year.