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Batun onions belong to the category of beneficial plants, as it does not require a special relationship. It needs to be sown only once, and the rest of the time it will rise cyclically. Since the onset of the warm period, he regularly pleases gardeners with succulent greens, which can be eaten, or used with the funds prescribed by traditional medicine.
The bow batun is sometimes jokingly called “immortal” because of the fact that after each cut he quickly grows feathers anew. This continues until late autumn. And when cold weather comes, you should not worry about its endurance in relation to the frosty weather. Even with a significant sub-zero temperature and the absence of a stable snow cover, one should not worry, hiding it with a film, or digging it into sawdust.
Relatively fastidious, he is only in terms of nutrition. It requires a really wet soil that is well fertilized. Otherwise, with dry ground, it will cease to bear fruit.
Distinctive features
The main varieties of this culture are called three options: Long Tokyo (which, to simplify, is simply called Japanese), Chinese, Russian. The latest version is ideal for growing in the countries of the former USSR. He easily survives a temperature of minus ten without loss of fertility. The remaining species survive too cold winter is not so good, losing some of the “fighters”.
Russian variation is not used for eating the bulb itself. Instead, they prefer to plant it for the sake of succulent stems, because the underground part practically does not develop. But the twigs delight him with pomp, making a kind of bouquets of up to four dozen stems on one bush. The picture is completed by a miniature shoot with white flowers that are collected in a fluffy ball.
Initially, the plant grew exclusively in Asian countries such as Mongolia, China. But travelers-gourmets highly appreciated its nutritional value, wishing to transplant a typical inhabitant of oriental gardens closer to his native habitat. But in its historic homeland such a gift of nature can still be found in untouched nature.
The perennial representative of the flora has many subspecies, which differ in color, size, branching. But in taste, they are almost identical, as well as energy value. The difference lies only in the sharpness, since the classic type of batun is actually more piquant than the bulbous “fellow”. This could partly explain why many dishes familiar to Slavs in Asia seem sharper.
From a medical point of view, these varieties have a higher disinfecting effect. This allows the weakened body to fight against pathogens, and also acts as a prevention of cold seasonal diseases. To obtain significant support in the season of ARVI, you need to harvest in the autumn, freezing the natural treasure until better times.
Even easier – to organize sowing at home. For this fit pots placed on the balcony. And at the end of the cold period, the workpiece will only be re-sent to the open ground.
This can be done annually, using the ability of the plant to multiply in two ways:
- bushes;
- seeds.
The first point became possible due to the fact that the gardener has no pronounced onions, but is famous for its powerful root system. But if you don’t want to tinker with the separation, you can collect seeds for a future landing.
Energy value
For those who put in the first place not care for small agricultural holdings, but focus on nutrition, there is good news. The secret king of the onion family is characterized by low calorie content, barely exceeding 30 kcal per hundred grams. At the same time, the winter harvest made from it will delight with a rich useful composition, among which are:
- vegetable protein;
- carbohydrates;
- minimum fat with fatty acids;
- alimentary fiber;
- carotene;
- vitamins of group B, C, PP, K, E;
- macronutrients;
- sodium, zinc, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, manganese, selenium, copper.
The main secret of utility is the age of the stem. The older he is, the more there are various vitamins, minerals and sugars. There are even volatile with essential oil.
Since cultivation is usually not particularly difficult, people prefer to have several varieties of popular energy in the backyard composition. To do this, they prefer to plant on different parts of the land holding varieties of onions, bringing the harvest in different periods. Among the early variations, which are distinguished by moderate severity, it is accepted to call the record breakers in popularity:
- April;
- salad 35.
They are perfect for growth in open areas, even without significant snow cover, and on the windowsill. But it is necessary to prepare for the fact that their bush belongs to the group of strongly branching. Because of this, the house will have to clear for him a large area not only in width, but also in height.
Early “birds” are highly valued for good juiciness, because almost the leaves almost under 50, see for a long time, do not grow coarse if cut correctly. And here the accumulative system works. The first years the bush pleases only with a few massive branches, and in the third year their number reaches a dozen. The most fruitful – the fourth year, where you can wait up to two dozen green branches.
But the most important trump card of the early proposals is their consistently high resistance to various diseases.
Those who prefer sharper decisions will like late-ripe counterparts. The most popular option is the May variety, which is so tenacious that it survives in 40-degree frost. His business card is called a rich composition containing:
- more than 13% dry matter;
- 3% sugars;
- almost 90 mg of vitamin C.
Characteristic features are the outer “scales” that have dark brown shades. Compared with early analogues, it has increased branching, which quickly makes itself felt if it is done correctly.
There are many other varieties that are also in high demand among fans to spend time in the ground. Many people like “Pierrot”, “Tenderness” and “Parade”, which will delight gourmets with piquancy.
Tips for novice gardeners
The landing of the rod is made approximately every three years. Experts advise planting it for the first time in the place where tomatoes, potatoes, or cabbage used to grow. So the seedlings will receive a lot of trace elements necessary for a large crop. It only remains to survive the winter, and earlier in the spring to receive the first fruits of their own labor.
In order to successfully multiply stocks, you will need to adhere to a simple schedule of planting, excluding seed sowing:
- in early spring;
- summer.
And in the second case it should be only the first part of August. Direct pre-sowing should be done either at the beginning of the spring season, or even at sunset in February, focusing on current weather conditions. If in time to feed the future vitamin storehouse, then the first greens will appear on the table already in the area of July.
Aces gardening prefer to remove the last leaves in mid-August. This allows you to guarantee the receipt of greenery for the next spring race, which will provide the owner with an early supply of vitamins. Just do not forget about a number of post-harvest measures, which include:
- watering;
- fertilizer;
- the need to rake the ground – to loosen.
Such a precaution allows the plant to accumulate nutritional reserves in order to successfully cope with even the most severe frosts.
Vegetative reproduction methods will not be difficult. First, the bushes are divided into three to five equal parts, sending in a pre-prepared soil.
Quite simply with care, which consists of constant watering. If you ignore this only weighty rule, then the greens will repay with bitterness and rigidity. You should also carefully consider the rules of wintering. In the first year you should not cut feathers, as this may adversely affect the bulb, which is significantly weakened.
If industrial cultivation is thought, then it is better to send the seedlings to greenhouse conditions. Grown in artificial environment feathers are tender, juicy.
A relatively complicated procedure is considered only the choice of the best place. If someone just wants to experiment with garden novelties, then you can simply select a place not on sour soil. But if you want to achieve high performance, you should be puzzled by periodic organic dressings, and make the soil permeable.
Penumbra is ideal for this. If you choose the sunny side, the arrows will constantly fade. Because of this, it will be more profitable to plant all the green “wealth” along the fence, or next to garden trees. If the future crop turns yellow, then he does not particularly like the selected conditions. It is better to plant it at the place of growth of carrots and cruciferous. But the territory from under the onion plantations should be avoided, since there are many typical pathogens.
It is also worth avoiding the beds, which are constantly flooded after rain, the disappearance of the snow cover. It is especially important to avoid bumpy areas, slopes, so that the seeds are not drifted by water during heavy rains.
Useful Properties
Like any other crop representative, batun has two sides of the coin. Its benefits and harms are due to biologically active ingredients. And people learned about the healing qualities of the plant in antiquity.
The chefs did not ignore him, trying to find sharp grass that would have a pleasant juicy structure without bitterness.
Despite the fact that doctors insist on the use of dishes based on it throughout the year, the stems are most valuable in the spring. This is explained by the fact that most people suffer from vitamin deficiency just after a long “hibernation”. If you regularly eat around 150 g of this onion daily, you can provide for yourself:
- daily intake of vitamin A;
- daily intake of vitamin C;
- one fifth norm of potassium with calcium.
The latter components are responsible for stabilizing the functioning of the circulatory system. The extract of these gifts of nature is used to create medicines that increase the flexibility of blood vessels. She also successfully copes with lowering blood pressure levels.
Another advantage of the number of carotene, which has a positive effect on the mucous membranes, skin. Adherents of eastern medicine in old times used the properties of the plant for:
- excessive sweating during intoxication;
- toning;
- pain relief;
- treatment of diseases of the stomach.
Nutritionists advise to include it in the diet of patients who are trying to restore the natural metabolism, at the same time getting rid of small kidney stones. Mandatory presence on the table is also explained to those who help the composition of the product in the functioning of the liver, weaken gouty attacks, reduce the risk of hypertension. He even saves people suffering from rheumatism.
Traditional recipes
To the usual tenant of garden beds turned into a healer, you will need to use the knowledge of herbalists. Depending on the specific ailment, the instruction for the preparation of the main ingredient will vary. Most often, patients who experience difficulties with the normal functioning of the gastrointestinal tract or with blood diseases resort to his help. For such patients there is a special recipe:
- onions crushed together with false stems;
- sent in a glass container;
- pour alcohol at a ratio of 1: 4 (it is better to take seventy percent);
- cork a cover;
- sent to a dark place for a week;
- filter tincture.
Reception provides from 15 to 20 drops, added to 50 ml of cold water. The number of approaches varies from two to three times a day. It all depends on the degree of damage to the body by the disease, as well as the weight of the victim.
A similar recipe for tools designed to help with bronchitis and cough. To make an effective medicine, you will need to chop finely 40 succulent stems, filling 1,5 gruel with liters of pure alcohol.
Insisting and filtering repeats the procedures from the previous instruction, as well as the reception mode. Only the dosage changes: one teaspoon of tincture per three tablespoons of water.
If, for some reason, the use of alcohol-containing liquids is forbidden to the patient, it is possible to do without heating components. Non-alcoholic recipe provides:
- 15 g finely chopped batun;
- a glass of milk.
First, the mixture is brought to a boil, and then boil over low heat for a couple of minutes. Next, the workpiece is sent to settle for about two hours in a warm place. At the end of its filter, taking when coughing one teaspoon every three hours. But before starting treatment, it is still better to consult a doctor.
Culinary Dedicated
In addition to the inclusion of various healing tinctures, onions are readily used by experienced chefs, using only greens. Her ideal partner can be called green peas. Tandem fits perfectly into the spring diet, providing for a lot of fresh salads.
Many recipes for Oriental dishes provide for the use of only this type due to its characteristic sharpness. This is especially true of traditional Asian soups. But Russian-speaking national craftsmen have long adapted to make savory marinades for barbecues, or just classic kebabs.
With its help it is possible to maintain good juiciness, without turning the meat delicacy into an ancient papyrus to taste. And some connoisseurs of sharp little do not imagine okroshka without such an unusual addition.
If the hostess froze many stems in advance, then in winter they can be used in simple salads, combining other greens with pickled cucumbers. Some add green peas there, making the dish more festive.
So culinary delight is closely intertwined with medicinal herbs, which made the batun almost universal plant.