Onion or Shallot Onion
Family - onion. This bow is often considered a cultural variety of onions, propagated in a vegetative way. In contrast to onions, the shallot has a more tender feather and has a less acute taste, rarely forms arrows.
The shallot is a frost-resistant plant, withstands a temperature drop of -10 -15 ° C.The technology of growing in room conditions is the same as that of onions.
Shallots( Allium ascalonicum) form an accumulation of bulbs and multiply by their division. Shallot is not exacting to the conditions of growth, it has a specific taste, and it is well kept. Onions winter practically does not form new bulbs, it is grown for the sake of tender greens. Winter onion varieties sow in the autumn( for example, "Hiberna" or "Augusta") and clean before the onion grown from bulbs. Pearl onion( Allium sativum subsp. Ophioscoro-don) is a species that forms shiny white small bulbs, which reproduces. This onion is very good for canning.
The most famous varieties - Russian, Violet, Kuschevka, Kharkiv. Depending on the variety in the nests contain up to 10 - 20 onions.
♦ Pests - onion fly. The leaves are affected, they turn yellow and dry up, and the bulb rot. Onion fly hits all bows. Onion root mite also affects all bows. These pests penetrate into the rooms, balconies, terraces and settle on plants.
♦ Diseases - downy mildew, leaf mosaic and onion onion rot.
♦ Reproduction. Onions are propagated by bulbs. Perennial bows - by dividing bushes and bulbs.
Application of
All bows are used fresh, because many qualities are lost during cooking.
Onions are widely used in medical practice. This application is related to the chemical composition of onions. It contains a large number of vitamins, enzymes, nitrogenous substances, glucosides.
Onions stimulate a person's appetite, improves digestion.
Therefore, it is widely used in various snacks, as well as as a seasoning for the first and second dishes. Doctors recommend using onions in hypertensive diseases, diabetes, bowel diseases. Onions contain a significant amount of antimicrobial substances - phytoncides, which are effective in the prevention and treatment of colds.