When drying and peeling onions, a lot of husks remain. I always collect it… even in winter, when I peel onions for food, I put the dry husks in a box. When planting seedlings of tomatoes and peppers, I put a good handful of husks and humus in each hole, mix, top with a small layer of soil, then put the seedlings taken out of the cup with a lump of earth in the hole. Onion husk prevents the development of many diseases of nightshade crops.

It turns out that onion husks are universal, they can be used more than once. After making a decoction, infusion or dye, do not throw away the husk, but use it as an organic fertilizer and you will definitely get a good harvest of vegetables. Husk is not only a fertility stimulant, but also an antiseptic that helps in pest control.

The used husks can be put into compost.

It is also known from popular experience that to combat the Colorado potato beetle, which destroys potato plantings, onion husks are buried next to plants — beetles cannot stand its smell.

I soak the onion husks and then put them under the eggplant bushes… the bushes are clean, no Colorado beetles)) Put a handful of husks in the hole when planting tomatoes, cabbage, potatoes.

Many of us throw away onion husks, but in vain… because it is a very valuable thing.

Here, to destroy the spider mite, many have tried everything… but you only need 10 g of onion husks, pour warm water, insist for five days and sprinkle the necessary plants. It is known that three liters of infusion is enough to replace dozens of pesticides.

I tried to add onion husks to the ground in which I plant seedlings, some summer residents claim that this saves seedlings from the «black leg» disease.

Onion infusion is also good for watering cucumbers. Especially when the leaves begin to turn yellow, you need to add two large handfuls of husks to a bucket of warm water, bring to a boil and leave it to cool. When the infusion cools down, take 2 liters of this infusion per bucket of water and pour cucumbers and zucchini from a watering can.

Last year I conducted an experiment… I put a lot of onion husks in a bucket and filled it with water (ordinary, not boiling water) and put it in a greenhouse. I noticed that there are no aphids on the plants and other different midges. Sometimes I put a broom in this explosive mixture and sprinkle cucumbers and peppers on the leaves.

Tomatoes, cucumbers and carrots, poured with an infusion of husks, respond well. The yield increases noticeably.