Onion (Allium ascalonicum) is a seasonal horticultural crop that has high economic value. But at certain times often experience a flood of production so that the price plummeted. Compounded by the government's applied import policies that often exacerbate the fall of the price of onion in the market.
To avoid price fluctuations that are very detrimental to farmers, efforts should be made to cultivate onion outside the season. Along with restrictions on cultivation activities in peak seasons.
Red onion cultivation requires sun exposure for more than 12 hours a day. This plant is suitable cultivated in the lowlands with an altitude of 0 to 900 meters above sea level. Optimum temperature for the development of onion plants ranges from 25-32 degrees Celsius. While the desired acidity of the soil around pH 5.6-7.
This time alamtani try to describe the technical steps that need to be prepared to conduct onion cultivation business. How to plant shallots is extracted from the experience of the onion farmers in Brebes, Central Java. Berebes is one of the largest onion cultivation centers in Indonesia
