Onion-speed - a herbaceous perennial plant, which is appreciated for the dark green delicate fragrant aromatic leaves - a real storehouse of useful trace elements and vitamins. Translated from German means "plant for cutting." Therefore, the people have a more common name - “chives” or “chives”.
Chives grow (as they call it) in the temperate climate zone: Central Asia, South, Western and
Central Europe, the Far East, North America, Eastern Siberia, Kamchatka, Primorsky and Khabarovsk Territories, and the North Caucasus. This culture is able to adapt to a variety of conditions and is easily grown in a home environment: both in the open ground and in boxes on the windowsill.
Bow of Speed: Description
The onion stems are thick, smooth to the touch, about 60 centimeters high. Bulbs are thickened ovoid slightly conical in shape, about 1 centimeter in size. On the outside are covered with paper-like flakes of purple color. In economic activity are not used. Flowering of such a crop begins in May and lasts until the end of August. Leaf cutting is carried out in May (when they reach a length of 20-25 centimeters) and is repeated several times throughout the flowering.
Care Features
Onion-speed with lilac flowers is a frost-resistant plant: its shoots are able to withstand small frosts.
A high yield of succulent and delicate leaves can be obtained by providing the plant with regular and timely watering. The lack of moisture will cause coarsening of the leaves and their loss of consumer and commercial qualities. The plant is quite responsive to feeding. For digging (or plowing) per 1 square. It is recommended to add 4-6 kg of manure or 2-3 kg of humus, as well as
potassium salt - 20-30 grams. In the
pre-sowing tillage, carried out in the spring, fertilizing with nitrogen preparations is carried out (15-20 grams of ammonium nitrate per 1 sq. M).
Growing Onions
Bow-speed (photos are presented in the article) is prone to branching, which begins in the first year of planting. In biennial plants, from 12 to 30 shoots are observed, 80-100 in a three-year-old specimen, 150-200 feathers in the fourth year of planting.
Excessive branching leads to thickening of the shoots, which, in turn, makes it difficult to care for them, reduces yield and negatively affects its quality: the leaves coarsen and become small. By the onset of the winter season, this culture forms a powerful root system that allows the plant to easily tolerate even the most severe colds. The roots are intertwined, branched, turning the site into a continuous turf. Onions can be propagated by the vegetative method, if the roots of the sod are cut and the shoots are separated from each other.
Sowing onions
When propagating by seeds, soil preparation is an important factor. Seeds of onion-pans are very small (much smaller than onions). Crops sprout weak, in the form of thin loops that need to be protected in a timely manner from weeds. Sowing should be done early in the spring to a depth of 2-2.5 cm with a row spacing of 35-45 cm. Consumption per 1 sq. meter - 1-1.5 kg of seeds. For crops it is important to apply mulching with peat, sawdust, humus; it is also required to loosen aisles in a timely manner. Thinning is carried out in the first year, observing the distance between the bushes of 10-12 cm.
Application in traditional medicine
Onion-speed is a real find for traditional medicine. It contains almost the entire set of components useful for the body: these are mineral salts containing zinc, iron, molybdenum, potassium, manganese, calcium. Also in this culture more than in other types of onions, carotene and vitamin C. The use of onion-cutter is effective in raw and steamed form.
Great benefit for the body determines the juice of the plant. It is worth remembering that volatile, contained in its composition, tend to evaporate quickly, so chopped onion-speed for the body will be useful literally in the first 10-15 minutes. Then its healing properties fall.
Bow speed is effective for:
- Atherosclerosis and hypertension. A tablespoon of finely chopped product in combination with honey is recommended to be consumed several times a day before meals.
- Constipation and diabetes. Use fresh.
- Coughing. Finely chopped product in the evening you need to pour a few tablespoons of honey. Juice excreted in the morning is recommended to take a teaspoon several times a day.
- Hair strengthening. Onion juice is recommended to rub into the roots.
- Removing warts and removing blackheads. With a cotton swab dipped in onion juice, you need to wipe the affected area.
Chopped bow as an element of garden decor
Thanks to the original spherical inflorescences (lilac, purple and pink), slightly rising above the emerald green leaves, onion-speed is often used as an ornamental plant. It looks spectacular among stunted flowers, along garden paths and along the perimeter of lawns. Cut inflorescences practically do not change color, therefore, they are often used in the preparation of winter compositions.