Asparagus beans - beautiful, tasty, useful

Asparagus beans, also called "Vigna", are a beautiful, delicious and very useful vegetable. In addition, it has the ability to fertilize the soil on which it grows, enriching it with nitrogen. This vegetable is not only delicious, but also very useful product, it contains vitamins A, B, C, E, a lot of useful minerals and trace elements. Regular consumption of asparagus beans reduces the risk of heart attack. In addition, asparagus beans are a dietary and easily digestible product.

Currently, in the garden culture are equally common as clustered and curly species of this delicious vegetable. The latter additionally carry a decorative function, decorating the garden with its beautiful flowers, flexible lashes and longer colored pods. Bush species of asparagus beans also begin to curl with time, but their fruits are smaller.

Asparagus bean is a rather unpretentious plant, the cultivation of which can be carried out by everyone, even beginners. Best of all, this plant feels on an acidic, fertile, loose soil. The area on which the asparagus beans will grow must be well lit and warm, and in a cool climate it is best to grow this plant in greenhouses, as it is very thermophilic and dies of frost. It is very good, if on the site to the asparagus beans grew roots. From year to year plant this plant on the same site is not recommended.

Planting of asparagus beans is similar to other legumes - seeds are pre-soaked or planted in well-moistened soil. In addition, it is recommended that they be kept in a thick manganese solution before planting for 15-20 minutes. Seeds that germinate within 8 to 10 days are planted to a depth of 4 centimeters, the distance between grooves is 25-30 centimeters. If the site is small and there is a need to save space, the asparagus beans can be planted in staggered order three circles around a pole up to three meters high.

This plant requires regular watering, although it is sufficiently resistant to over-dried air. With insufficient watering, the development of the stems is poor, and the fruits are small. After reaching the height of 2.5 meters, they need to be pinched in order to limit further growth and stimulate fruiting. The flowering period of the plant begins 35-40 days after the seeds germinate, and the appearance of the ovaries occurs after another 20 days. About 10 days have elapsed since the appearance of the ovaries and until the onset of their maturity.

Harvesting of asparagus beans is selective in nature - fruits that reach milky ripeness are broken, and hardening of grains is not allowed. Regular and timely cutting of fruits stimulates the activation of the process of formation of fresh ovaries. The period of fruiting the asparagus beans is long and lasts until the frosts.

Despite the fact that in recent years, asparagus beans are very popular, many housewives do not know how to cook asparagus beans correctly. There is nothing complicated here, cooking asparagus beans, as well as recipes for asparagus dishes, are very simple and accessible. For example, to prepare the asparagus beans with eggs, you will spend only 12-15 minutes. To do this, 400 grams of asparagus beans (naturally, in the stage of wax ripeness) should be washed, cut off the tips and cut into pieces of 3 cm, and pour into boiling water, boil for 8-10 minutes. Then the beans need to be thrown back to the colander and, while the water flows down, melt 1-2 tablespoons of butter on a heated frying pan. After the glasses are water, the beans are fried 2-3 minutes in a frying pan and 3-4 eggs and spices are added to it.