Onion-ansur is a plant of early ripening, characterized by attractive appearance and healing properties, appreciated by doctors of antiquity.
In the wild, such a wonderful culture is found in the mountainous areas of Central Asia, where it is actively eaten. Perhaps this is why people living in this area are distinguished by good health and enviable longevity.
Varieties of Mountain Onions
Onion ansur, the useful properties of which have been appreciated by more than one generation, combines 3 types:
- Stalked. It is characterized by round, somewhat flat bulbs, covered with thin scales of grayish or white color and ranging in diameter from 4 to 8 cm. Broad leaves well pubescent, flat, collected in a rosette; in height are about half a meter. The stem is thin and flexible enough. Inflorescences are spherical umbrellas of lilac color with a diameter of about 10-15 cm.
- Giant. It has a bulb of round or ovoid shape, flat broad leaves and a powerful, dark green stem, about 150-160 cm high. The inflorescence is large enough, spherical in shape, with beautiful purple flowers.
- Suvorov. The bulb is round, 6-8 cm in diameter. Often, daughter bulbs are formed from the sides, covered with white-silver scales. The leaves are bluish, pubescent along the edges. The height of the stem is 80-140 cm. The diameter of the inflorescences (spherical and hemispherical) is from 10 to 12 cm. The flowers are pink-purple in color, dark veins are clearly visible on the petals.
Onion-ansur: use in folk medicine
The healing properties of onion-anzur were tried by the army of Suvorov. Warriors managed to recover from scurvy and maintain their fighting ability precisely thanks to this plant with a high stalk and spherical purple inflorescences. Bulbs contain biologically active substances such as volatile, mineral salts, carotenoids, saponins, ascorbic acid, vitamin E, D, C (the content of the latter is several times higher than in onions). It is believed that such a plant is able to slow down the aging process and helps older people get rid of a “bunch of diseases” that has fallen on them. Onion-ansur - a healing plant that helps in improving hearing and vision, can relieve dizziness. In baked form, in combination with honey and milk, it solves the problems of colds and stomach diseases. Squeezed juice is used in the treatment of rheumatism; effective for hair loss (rubbed into the scalp). The healing plant has a positive effect not only pointwise, but also on the whole organism as a whole, increasing its immunity and purifying it from harmful substances.
Characteristics of mountain culture
Luk-anzur - a native of mountainous regions, is characterized by a short life span, which fits in the spring season, and a long rest period. Young feathers of the plant appear in early spring, almost from under the snow. This is the very first vitamin green, and therefore it is important not to miss the moment of its consumption. After all, the leaves are suitable for food only during the first weeks, then they become yellow and coarse. The taste is similar to garlic; used in the preparation of salads, appetizers, first and second courses. In the early spring, in the absence of a full complex of vitamins, a sandwich consisting of a piece of bread and a green onion feather placed on it will be very useful and beautiful.
Anzur on the dining table
In a marinated form, onions (garlic) anzur are often served with barbecue and pilaf in Shakhrisabz, Samarkand and other cities of the Samarkand region. We can say that in the ranking of snacks for alcohol, such a culture faces pickles.
To taste,
pickled onion anzur, the recipes for which are well known to mountain residents, resembles sour-salty cabbage stalks of yellow and milky white color. And this divine aroma: garlic, delicate, unforgettable.
Anzur in the household
Such a culture, characterized by rounded bulbs of small size and bluish leaves pubescent along the edges, can be easily, effortlessly grown on your own site as a decorative and medicinal crop, the chic purple balls of which will become a worthy decoration of any, even the most modest, flower garden.
When cut, they are able to stand for about 2 weeks. The flowering arrows of anzur, which are about 1.5 meters high, are wonderful honey plants; on one purple ball, sometimes you can count up to 20 bees.
The plant is highly resistant to pests and diseases and is very winter-hardy; planted for the winter, it preserves the quality of vitality even after freezing the soil and grows well with the advent of spring. Do not plant bulbs in places with stagnant water; anzur onion painfully refers to increased soil moisture and may die.
Seed propagation method
Propagated onion ansur seeds and cloves. The seed method is quite long, the period of development of the bulb to the consumer stage is from 4 to 5 years. Sowing seeds, which are much larger in size than seeds of onion, is carried out in October – November to a shallow depth: 1.5–2 cm.
The emergence of green shoots can be observed in early spring: in late March - early April. In the first year of growth, ansur forms cotyledonous leaves and bulbs, but they are very small, up to 2 cm in diameter. During the dormant period (end of May), they need to be dug up, dried and stored until autumn planting. Bulbs can not be dug up and left until the next season, but then, for better development of the plant, be sure to plant less often. With the advent of autumn, anzur is required to be planted in the ground, having maintained a distance between plants of at least 5 cm, between rows of 25-30 cm. Depth of incorporation is 5-7 cm. Next year, real leaves grow and bulbs grow by almost 3 times. Growing from seeds is a very long process: a large marketable bulb can only be obtained for the 4th year.
Clipping
Anzur onions can be propagated with cloves - a method more common and taking less time. Digging them out is when the leaves of the plant are completely dry. The depth of planting depends on the size of the lobules: for large specimens it is 15-20 cm, for medium ones 10-12 cm, for small 5-7 cm. Unlike garlic, which immediately forms lobes, onion anzura is added gradually in size every year .
It should be borne in mind that with early planting, the bulbs tend to divide into 4-6 lobules, at a later date (October-November), the division is minimal and the yield of whole bulbs is much greater. In May, shooting occurs, the formation of lilac balls of flowers; seed ripening occurs in June-July. To grow a large bulb, arrows need to break off. After the end of the growing season, onion anzur passes into a dormant period.
Care Features
In the care of onion anzur, the cultivation of which even a novice in agricultural business can do, the plant is absolutely not capricious. For normal development, a temperature of + 15-25 ° C is enough for him. Watering is recommended moderate; the plant reacts negatively to any stagnation of water.
Such a garden culture recommends periodic top-dressing: with nitrogen-containing fertilizers after emergence (1-2 times), twice with ash and
potassium sulfate during the growing season.