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Describe how onion seedlings are transplanted.

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  • Water the nursery bed before transplanting
  • Selecting healthy and vigorous growing seedlings
  • Lift the seedlings using a garden frame
  • Put them into a container for transporting to the seedbed/ transport carefully to the main field
  • Plant one seedling per hole at the same height as was in the nursery
  • Firm the soil around the base
  • This should be done preferably late evening or during a cloudy day
  • Mulch the seedlings
  • Water them regularly/ when necessary
  • Put appropriate amount of fertilizer / manure into planting
  • Apply phosphatic fertilizer/ manure for planting
  • Mix phosphate fertilizer/ manure with soil in the hole
  • Transplant when seedlings are about one month old
  • Plant at spacing of 30cm between rows by 8-10cm between the plants
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