Green onions - a useful plant

Onion as an edible plant is known since ancient times. Green parts of it were eaten by the nomads of Asia. In ancient Egypt, golden fruit-turnips were worshiped and brought to the gods, warriors in ancient Greece ate a lot of onions in order to be stronger and more enduring in battle.

Everyone knows about the healing properties of this vegetable. Perhaps, the most accessible and effective remedy for beriberi is the green onion. In addition to vitamins E, C, B2, B1, A, PP, the plant contains 10 microelements vital to humans, the antioxidant quartzetin, which successfully fights against cancer cells. Even in the most acute varieties contain up to 14% of sugar. Onions help to successfully combat atherosclerosis, because Has the property of producing "bad" cholesterol. About fitontsidah, banishing from the body of all kinds of parasites, you can not even mention.

Cultivation

This miracle plant is quite comfortable on the windowsill. Growing green onions at home is not difficult and even for children. You can do this in several ways: in solution or soil mixture, seeds or turnip. To prepare a nutrient solution in water add boric acid and manganese on the tip of the knife. Then sprouted bulbs are taken, a longitudinal incision is made from above and soaked for a day. The container with a solution is tightened with a film, holes are cut and planted. To grow a green onion in a soil mixture, take the land from the garden or buy a ready-made composition in the store. The land is watered and planted pre-soaked bulbs at a distance of about a centimeter from each other. When planting with seeds, they soak, give them a push-through, lay them on the soil mixture, sprinkle them with earth. Pots are put in a warm place, with the emergence of shoots are transferred to the windowsill.

After about a month and a half, the green onion will grow an excellent seedling with a good root system. It should be placed in boxes, leaving about 10 cm between plants. Every 2-3 weeks you can sow the onion seeds on the greens to provide your diet with an inexpensive and useful product. You can grow onions not only from the usual bulb. Excellent results are achieved by the planting of perennial varieties: baton, slug, shnitt, shallot and multi-tiered.

It should be noted that the agricultural technology of cultivating different varieties is not very different, but the harvest will be pleasing with a variety of taste sensations and appearance. So, chive-onion is very decorative. Its purple inflorescences are able to decorate any flower garden. Baton has an increased content of provitamin A, slime-C, shallots are more spicy than sharp taste. In addition, having all the useful properties of onions, each of the varieties will give its own unique taste and taste, and it will become a pleasant addition to the usual dishes.

Application in cosmetology

The portrait of our hero will be incomplete, if not to mention that the green onion has proved to be an excellent cosmetologist. Due to the high content of zinc, it is used to strengthen hair and nails, in the form of masks, compresses. Antibacterial properties are used in the treatment of acne, warts and calluses, and the ability to whiten the skin makes the plant attractive to beauties, even despite its sharp odor.