Get high returns from one acre of Onions in 3 months

Onions are among the most consumed vegetables in the country and offer higher profit margins than most other horticultural crops. They also have a longer shelf life (up to three months) than crops like tomatoes and potatoes.
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000104379/looking-for-high-returns-in-horticulture-think-onions

Onions are among the most consumed vegetables in the country and offer higher profit margins than most other horticultural crops. They also have a longer shelf life (up to three months) than crops like tomatoes and potatoes.
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000104379/looking-for-high-returns-in-horticulture-think-onions

Onions are among the most consumed vegetables in the country and offer higher profit margins than most other horticultural crops. They also have a longer shelf life (up to three months) than crops like tomatoes and potatoes.
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000104379/looking-for-high-returns-in-horticulture-think-onions

Onions are among the most consumed vegetables in the country and offer higher profit margins than most other horticultural crops. They also have a longer shelf life (up to three months) than crops like tomatoes and potatoes.
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000104379/looking-for-high-returns-in-horticulture-think-onions

Onions are among the most consumed vegetables in the country and offer higher profit margins than most other horticultural crops. They also have a longer shelf life (up to three months) than crops like tomatoes and potatoes.
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000104379/looking-for-high-returns-in-horticulture-think-onionsv

Onions are among the most consumed vegetables in the country and offer higher profit margins than most other horticultural crops. They also have a longer shelf life (up to three months) than crops like tomatoes and potatoes.
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000104379/looking-for-high-returns-in-horticulture-think-onions

Onions are among the most consumed vegetables in the country and offer higher profit margins than most other horticultural crops. They also have a longer shelf life (up to three months) than crops like tomatoes and potatoes.
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000104379/looking-for-high-returns-in-horticulture-think-onion

 Nearly every meal of the average

Kenyan has to have onions as part of the

Onions are among the most consumed vegetables in the country and offer higher profit margins than most other horticultural crops.They also have a longer shelf life (up to three months) than crops like potatoes and tomatoes. and the best part being that Kenyan onion market is not saturated,a larger percentage of onions consumed imported from neighbouring countries like Tanzania.

onions ready for planting

This tells you something about the
market out there. There is a high demand for
onions. Here is how you can tap into that demand
and make a profit from it.

In 3 months an acre of Hybrid bulb onions will give
you an income of Ksh 800,000. After 3 months of
transplanting the onions it can produce a yield of
20,000 Kgs bulbs.

High yielding varieties in Kenya today include,
Jambar F1, Red Pinoy F1, Red Comet F1, Red
passion F1.

How to Plant onions

To get the best results with onions you need to
start them in a Nusery. Here is how to do this;

1. Make a raised nursery bed 1 metre wide and
any desired length. Apply well decomposed
manure at a rate of 15kg per square metre.

2. Mix and Apply DAP fertilizer at a rate of 20
grams per metre square

3. Make shallow furrows 15 cm apart. Mix the
seeds with dry ash, sand or soil at a ratio of
1:3 to help spread the small seeds. Plant the
seeds and cover lightly with soil and apply
mulches ( Grass or Polythene cover spread
over the soil on the nursery bed).

4. After planting irrigate the nursery bed
liberally for the first 10 days and continue
watering regularly.

5. Germination of seeds will take about 7-10 days
after which the mulches are removed and
used to make a shade above the tender plants
which have not fully developed.

6. Transplanting of the seedlings takes place 6
weeks after planting seeds in the nursery.
Transplant when the seedlings have pencil
thick base and a height of approximately
15cm. Seedlings should have 3 to 5 well formed
leaves at transplanting time. Two weeks before
transplanting reduce the shade to improve
seedling survival rate in the field.

7. It takes about 4 months for onions to mature
Onion farming in Kenya can be done in
greenhouses and open gardens.

NB: Before you begin onion farming you need to
check and confirm Market availability, Price of
the onions and the variety of the plant.

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