Onion cultivation starts in the Netherlands and Belgium

The last weeks of March have arrived, spring has arrived. Onion cultivation is on the rise on land. After a relatively wet winter, the plots are already drying up after the sun and wind. Even though this is drying up a little too quickly in some places, writes De Groot and Slot. As is so often the case in the south of the Netherlands and Belgium, sowing onions are the first to start. Then the rest of the Netherlands follows. Normally there is a difference of three weeks between the sowing time in the north and the south. This year, that period seems a lot shorter. The light soils are now being plowed so that the land can then be prepared for sowing onions. On heavier soils, irrigation has already been done here and there. Fortunately, there is no reason for most growers to water yet. It is indicated that the soil looks good despite the fact that there has been little frost. At this point, you can sow almost anywhere in moist soil for an ideal start. If the soil becomes too dry, it ...