Desi Onion: This plant of Desi onion is very special, it yields up to 200 maunds in one bigha
Desi Onion: In Karauli, Rajasthan, local farmers and home gardeners who cultivate vegetables these days choose a particular seedling of Desi onion. This unique sapling is being sold by dozens of MP dealers who are parked by the side of the road in Karauli near Bhatta Chowk.
This Desi sapling is being purchased in bulk by the local farmers in order to produce onions. The marketplaces only carry this sapling for a period of one to one and a half months. Farmers from Madhya Pradesh’s Vijaypur city visit Karauli each year to sell these young saplings.
Madhya Pradesh is home to this Desi sapling, which is renowned for producing an enormous amount of red onions. Only during this season is this unique onion seedling sent to Karauli from Madhya Pradesh. Additionally, the onion produced from this seedling has a great flavor.
In a single bigha, the yield may reach 200 maunds.
This sapling has been sold in Karauli by Madhya Pradesh traders for a number of days. This sapling’s uniqueness is that it produces 200 maunds of onions in a single bigha. According to him, this plant produces Desi red onions, which are particularly good for salads. Hari Singh, a farmer dealer in Karauli who sells this plant from Madhya Pradesh, claims to have grown it from hybrid seeds in the fields. This plant is grown by first sowing the seed in the field, then watering the area and weeding it. After around forty-five days of seeding, this Desi plant is prepared for market sale.
The market is booming with demand.
Ten to twelve vendors from the MP city of Vijaypur are now traveling to Karauli to market this Desi onion plant. The dealers claim that there is a significant level of market demand for this plant. In Karauli, this plant is now being sold for Rs 60 per kilogram. Because of the Desi red onion output, many people are purchasing it. The vendors that offer onion plants claim that this plant produces about 20 kg of onions for every kilogram of weight.
This sapling has just recently begun to appear on the market and will be there for a period of one and a half months. According to Amar, a local farmer, this is excellent for the cultivation of red onions in the area. Since seeds are pricey, this sapling is less costly than seeds. He claims that the single red onion produced by the plant cultivated from this sapling has a great flavor and can be used to season other vegetables.
