Published Mar 7, 2025
ONION PROGRAM
Nursery:
· At sowing: Confidor 10g/20l (soil drench)
· After 7 days: Confidor 5g/20 + Ridomil 40g/20l
· After 10 days: Confidor 5g/20 + Ridomil 40g/20l
· After 10 days: Confidor 5g/20 + Ridomil 40g/20l
· After 10 days: Confidor 5g/20l + Miravis Duo 15ml/20l
· Mazao Plenty Starter Plus foliar fertilizer should be applied in between the above sprays at 40ml/20l
· For more information on nursery establishment and management, refer to https://agropests.co.ke/blog/how-to-prepare-and-manage-seedling-nursery
Seedbed:
Oxyfen 24%EC is a selective herbicide that takes care of weeds in onion. It's recommended to be sprayed at about 10th-14th day after transplanting at 50ml/20l of water. Here is an ideal planting guide for other farm inputs:
Time | Application | Target |
After transplanting | · DAP/Yara Power (150kg/acre) · Pearl (20ml/20l) + Confidor (10g/20l)- soil drench | · Aid in root formation · Dumping off, root rot · Crickets, cutworms |
After 7 days | · Mazao Plenty Starter Plus (40ml/20l) + Orbea Opti (10ml/20l) | · Early crop establishment · Aphids, thrips, whitefly |
After 7 days | · Luna Sensation (10ml/20l) + Orbea Opti (10ml/20ml) | · Purple blotch, downy mildew, powdery mildew, white tip · Aphids, thrips, whitefly |
After 7 days | · Emmaron (15ml/20l) + Twigalaxyl (50g/20l) +Mazao Plenty Vegetative Plus · CAN (150kg/acre) | · Thrips, red spidermites · White tip, downy mildew |
After 7 days | · Emmaron (15ml/20l) + Uster Top (10ml/20l) | · Thrips, red spidermites · Purple blotch, downy mildew |
After 7 days | · Pegasus (25ml/20l) + Miravis Duo (15ml/20l) + Mazao Plenty Macro Pro | · Thrips, red spidermites, aphids · Powdery Mildew, Downy Mildew, White Tip |
After 7 days | · Twigalaxyl (50g/20l) + Summit (10ml/20l) | · White tip, downy mildew · Thrips, red spidermites, aphids
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After 7 days | · NPK 17.17.17/ Yara Winner (150kg/acre) · Mazao Plenty Calmagzinc (40ml/20l) + Orbea Opti (10ml/20l) + Luna Sensation (10ml/20l) | · Facilitate bulb formation and expansion · Purple blotch, rust, downey mildew · Aphids, thrips, whitefly |
After 10 days | · Mazao Plenty Sure K (40g/20l) + Pegasus (25ml/20ml) + | · Facilitate bulb formation and expansion · Aphids, thrips, whitefly |
After 10 days | · Thiovit Jet (80g/20l) | · Neck rot, repel pests |
NOTE:
1. The spraying intervals may vary depending on disease and pests pressure.
2. Feeding regime may also change depending on the general outlook of your crops/ soil test results.
3. It is also recommended to also include adjuvants/sticker in your sprays to enhance effectiveness, especially during rainy seasons. Aquastick, Aquawet or Integra may be used