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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.
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.
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.
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!