Onions-slizun - to plant necessarily!

Onions-slizun - a plant perennial spicy, belonging to the family Onions. An unusual name was given for the abundant secretion of mucus that occurs when the leaves are cracked. It is also known under other names: drooping, mangyr, glandular, Allium nutans (lat.). In the wild it occurs in Altai, Central Asia, Siberia. On household plots is grown, unfortunately, infrequently.

Onions-slizun compared with the bulb is less sharp, the taste is pleasant, the smell is slightly garlic. It contains in large quantities iron, carotene, vitamins C and B1. In addition, it has organic acids and sugars. It can be used to treat beriberi and anemia. Very useful in its raw form, especially for older people and children.

This plant with flat dark and light green narrow leaves about 25 cm long, very juicy. The stem of his is an underdeveloped rhizome, on which around a diameter of about 27 cm are located false bulbs. To grow in the middle of April, the onion slug begins. The photo is well demonstrated by its branching. Over the summer, you can make up to 5 cuts without compromising growth.

The slug-onion blooms in the second, rarely the third year of life, throwing out an arrow with an umbellate inflorescence of lilac or light pink small flowers. The flowers unfold gradually, the seeds ripen unfavorably.

The plant is resistant to frost and cold, even in the north of the Non-Black Earth region it practically does not freeze. Onion slizun, the cultivation of which is simple, demanding only to moisture. Otherwise, the taste of its leaves deteriorates, they become coarse-fiber and not tasty. Rusty can be on various soils, except for sour.

Planting onion slug is desirable on clean areas of weeds, well-seasoned with organic. In one place it is grown up to 7 years. Propagate this wonderful plant by seed and dividing bushes. The excavated bush should be divided into separate bulbs and immediately put on a prepared place. To place on the beds of a part of the bush or seedlings is better in line, with a distance of 25 cm. The seeds will need 2 grams per square meter, the depth of their embedding is about 1 cm.

Autumn crops should be covered with a film. In spring, under the film shelters, the onion slug reaches ripeness 10 days earlier than without them. In winter, from old plants, you can drive green on the windowsill.

Care of this plant is in loosening, watering, weeding. He responds well to fertilizing with various organic fertilizers. In this case, commodity ripeness will be achieved a week earlier, and an increase to the yield will be 10%. A month before frosts, it is desirable to feed the onion slug with fertilizers containing phosphorus and potassium. Before wintering, the leaves should be removed, so that they do not interfere with the planting in the spring.

The taste of this vitamin product allows you to use it fresh with sour cream or butter. You can add it along with the young bulbs in salads and various ready-made meals, and also use for canning.

Bow-slizun - a plant that is undemanding, very useful, tasty and highly decorative. It simply needs to be planted on the backyard.