Two farms in the Batyrevsky district of the Republic of Chuvashia have prepared and sent export batches of onion sets of 40 and 20 tons of Sturon, Stuttgarter Riesen and Carmen varieties, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture reports.
According to the conclusions issued by the Chuvash branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "CNMVL", all products comply with the quarantine phytosanitary requirements of the importing countries. The Department of Rosselkhoznadzor issued the relevant phytosanitary certificates.
The production of onion sets is one of the most labor-intensive areas in agriculture, says the head of the peasant farm Leonid Kuznetsov. Onions are among the plants that are very demanding on temperature and soil moisture.
Onions give a good harvest only on fertile soils that retain moisture well. Light chernozems are the most suitable for it.
“In order to get a good onion set, planting in the spring should begin as early as possible, especially since the plant is cold-resistant and is not afraid of spring frosts. Such conditions correspond to the southern regions of the republic,” the farmer emphasizes.
The Chuvash Republic produces 68,8% of Russian onion sets. The largest number of its producers is located in the Batyrevsky district. 53 farms are currently cultivating this crop.