Greens on the table all year round! Growing Secrets

15.03.2019 Greens and herbs

Chives can be had on the table all year round. Feathers can be grown both in the garden and in your home. It is enough to know simple secrets and make a little work.

Content

1 The benefits of green onions
2 How to prepare and germinate seeds
3 Growing onions in water and sawdust
4 Last tip

The benefits of green onions

From the earliest times people knew about the benefits of green onions, primarily as a medicinal plant. It is good for colds, with cardiovascular diseases, strengthens the immune system. It improves appetite, helps prevent diarrhea. And recently, scientists have discovered another property of green onions.

Interesting!

It turns out that there is a lot of flavonoid in it, a substance that prevents the development of a cancerous tumor. So, eating onions is not only delicious, but also beneficial.

How to prepare and germinate seeds

Onions can be planted in the ground, in sawdust, and sprouted in jars of water. The principle of seed preparation and planting is almost the same.

First you need to prepare the onions. They should not be large and thick, an example the size of a thimble. It is important that they are healthy. Therefore, diseased onions should be sorted.

Next, the seeds are poured with water, tinted with potassium permanganate at night. And only after that, literally before planting, you need to cut off the tops of the onions. Then the pen will break through faster.

If planted in the ground - then in the fertile. It is better to prepare containers ten centimeters high in advance. Cover the ground with a third and gently push the onions into it. It must be placed tightly to each other.

Advice!

Some gardeners stack seeds in a row and sprinkle with earth so as not to damage the roots. It’s time to water abundantly. It is advisable to put the containers in a warm place until the feathers hatch.

Green sprouts will appear in a week. And only after that the seedlings can be transferred to a cool room. The optimum temperature for them is + 18-22 degrees.

For a good harvest, it means a lot from watering - twice a week. So that the roots and bulbs do not begin to rot, it is necessary to loosen the ground. It is important that there is more air in the ground.

Growing onions in water and sawdust

It is very convenient to grow in a jar or a glass of water. Watering is not necessary, on the other hand - the windowsill will be clean, as there is no contact with the ground. But there are two minuses with this method of landing.

Advice!

First, you need to make sure that there are only roots in the water and from time to time add water to the water “drunk” by the plant. That is, you must ensure that it does not dry out. Secondly, you need to change the water, otherwise the bulb can rot. Fresh water contains more oxygen, which is necessary for the plant.

Another one landing method - into sawdust. Pre-sawdust should be doused with boiling water. Lay the container, box or box with polyethylene, lay out a layer of sawdust 10-12 centimeters high and plant the onion. To water. Than sawdust is good, they hold moisture for a long time.

Last tip

Harvest is ready in 25-30 days. You can calculate the number of containers and planting time so that every day there is fresh onion on the table. For a family of three, five six onions are enough.

If in a week you plant the same amount in another container, the fresh crop will grow. And so it is possible plant onions ad infinitum with an interval of seven to ten days. Bon Appetit!