Knowledge for Onion Grower
| Maturity: | For long term storage the onions should be mature: Harvesting onions on time. |
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| Suitability: | Not all onions are suitable to be stored: How to store onions. |
| Temperature: | The storage temperature of onions is determined by local climate conditions:Onions can be stored at two temperatures (ranges). |
| Humidity: | The relative humidity should be between 74 and 80%. If relative humidity gets above the 80% level all kinds of fungi and bacteria will propagate: Storage and fungi |
| Light: | Onions should be stored in total and constant darkness. |
| Ventilation: | Once dry, ventilation should be moderate to remove surplus of CO2 generated by the live onions in the storage. |
| Cleaning: | Before entering into to storage onions should field topped during harvesting (The field topper ), be culled and excessive amounts of loose skin should be removed. Preferably onions should enter the storage as dry as possible.Preparing onions for storage. |
| Systems: | Because of the loose skins of the onion and the required dryness during storage onions can only be stored in systems that allow forced ventilation through the product.
1. Box storage with a suction wall or a pressure wall. For these systems well constructed wooden boxes are required: storage boxes or storage bins. 2. Bulk storage: bulk storage forced floor ventilation complete climate control. |
Company Profile
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