PLANTING ROCKAMBLE - DESCRIPTION AND CULTIVATION

This plant has many nicknames: hair bow, garlic onion, Egyptian onion, Spanish and elephant garlic, botanical name - rokambol.

This wild plant has long been cultivated in Asia, especially in China and Korea. Egyptian onions could get to the Slavs from Byzantium, from there it spread to the north of Europe. This unusual vegetable is very rare in our summer residents. And in vain.

A chamomile can weigh up to 80 g. This is a lot compared to high-quality garlic and shallots.

ROCKAMBALL - DESCRIPTION

Many consider it to be a type of rhubarb garlic, and rockambol is a variety. This is a misconception. Rocambole, of course, is onion, but has the same head as garlic, which is divided into several cloves.

Its leaves are light green, non-smooth to the touch, with a waxy coating. Already the first sprouts signal us about a small botanical phenomenon: a thick stem neck with wide leaves will appear soon ... The plant grows up to half a meter in height and has a strong peduncle ("pipe"), and the bulb grows underground.

Three varieties are known - Pearl, Janissary and White Elephant. The latter was bred in our country and has a lot of advantages: it is not susceptible to fusarium, high productivity, soft taste. The reader should also pay attention to the Pearl variety. It was bred for cultivation in private households. The variety is winter-hardy, mid-season, darting (the flower arrow ends with a lush umbrella-shaped inflorescence). The taste, however, is quite spicy.

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PECULIARITIES OF GROWING A ROAMBALL

The plant prefers open areas with adequate lighting. Rocambole is frost-resistant, and in this it resembles ordinary garlic. The best predecessors are legumes, cucumbers, cabbage, zucchini, under which organic matter was introduced. After potatoes and tomatoes, you can not plant a rockambol.

Spring and winter forms of onion-garlic are known, but podzimny landing in our area is risky: the culture sometimes freezes, therefore plants need to be carefully covered. After all, rokambol, with all its endurance, is thermophilic.

Therefore, I prefer the spring form. Ridge cook in the fall, placing them from north to south. I bring in the soil on 30-40 g / sq. m of superphosphate and potassium salt. The soil at the site is sour, therefore I add wood ash (at the rate of 130 g / sq. M). Those who have a heavy loam on the site should be diluted with sand.

Council

If possible, pre-sow siderata in a selected area (for example, white mustard, oil radish, fatseliya, oats). This improves the structure of the soil, enriches it with nitrogen and inhibits the growth of weeds. Manure or humus is best made a year before planting - under cucumbers, cabbage, pumpkin.

ROCKAMBLE: AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES

Rokamball propagated by bulbs-kids. Of these, in the first year, large one-teeth are formed, which in the second year turn into real bulbs.

Peduncles rokambolya do not have pollen and therefore do not give seeds. This means that when arrows appear, they should be immediately broken off so that the power of the plant goes to the development of the bulbs.

Rockambol has a considerable appetite. At the start of planting, in early spring, I bring wood ash into the soil at the rate of 400 g per square meter. m. I make the row spacing - about 25-30, and the spacing between the cloves in the row is -15-20 cm, with a planting depth of 8-10 cm. The larger the teeth, the landing is deeper and less frequent (optimally - plant large and small teeth separately each other from friend). I use horse peat as a mulch, rotted compost or a humus layer of 1-3 cm.

Before planting, the teeth should be hardened: just a week in the fridge or a couple of evening hours outdoors. Immediately before planting, it is necessary to disinfect the bulbs. To do this, they should be cleaned of excess scales, remove the old bottom and soak overnight in a weak solution of potassium permanganate.

Rokambol moisture-loving. Therefore, the drying of the soil should not be allowed, with the appearance of the first shoots, it should be moistened and then necessarily loosened.

Council

If the land has not been prepared enough, this is fixable: as soon as the seedlings appear, fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers is required, and phosphorus-potash during bulb formation.

CLEANING AND STORAGE OF ROCKAMBLE

When the leaves begin to turn yellow and dry, it means it's time to harvest. This usually happens at the end.

September By the way, the feather at the rocballball does not lie, which can be considered an important advantage. The bulbs are easily cut off, so the remnants of the soil should be removed from them with care. After cleaning, it is worth making loose “braids”, leaving the tops, and hang them in a dry, ventilated (without drafts) place. After drying, the bulbs are kept for a couple of weeks in the light, which contributes to long-term storage and reduced losses. Then the roots and stems are cut to penechki. The rokambol is stored just like regular onions and garlic, until the next harvest.

FOOD AND MEDICAL VALUE OF ROCKBALL

Elephant garlic is very useful. The bulbs are rich in sugars, raw protein, valuable amino acids, pectins, carotene (there are more of them in green leaves), vitamins C, D, PP, group B. Essential oils phytoncides kill harmful microorganisms and antioxidants slow down cell aging.

Of mineral substances, iodine and selenium are of particular importance: the lack of the latter, among other things, leads to sexual dysfunction.

Rocambole is a wonderful seasoning. With us, he successfully replaces onions and garlic in fried potatoes, salads, meat and poultry dishes. Young leaves are eaten fresh, pickled, frozen, kvasim with cabbage.

Note

Rockball is not recommended for food if installed:

• • gallbladder disease;
• • peptic ulcer of the stomach or intestines;
• • pathology of the kidneys. Restrictions - for pregnant women, a complete ban for children under 3 years.

Victor Naumovich RUSSIAN, Minsk

Baked rokamble

Such a pasty seasoning can be used to make a sauce, add to salads, pasta, mashed potatoes, spread on bread, making savory sandwiches. It is best to prepare such pasta for future use, just by freezing, and then use it for various dishes. Here is what you need to do.

From the heads of the rocambol completely cut off the top, so that the cuts of all the teeth are visible. Prepared onions put on the foil, sprinkle with salt, ground black pepper and pour over olive oil. Fresh or dry sprigs of rosemary or thyme can be put on top. Wrap the foil tightly and bake for about an hour until the garlic is soft. After that, the pulp of garlic should be squeezed out of the scales with your fingers and mash with a fork.

Here's a recipe for a salad made from a rocamball: take on 1 tsp. pasta and honey, 1 Art. l rice vinegar, 2 Art. l olive oil, a pinch of salt and black pepper, mix everything well.

Anastasia L. SARATOVTSEVA, Kaliningrad region, Bagrationovsk

Rock pickle marinated "Pink Elephant"

This appetizer is from the same “opera” as regular pickled garlic. True, he turns out not so sharp. But most importantly, this workpiece has an unusual appearance: huge cloves, and even pink. This will undoubtedly surprise guests.

Required: 5 heads of rocket ball, 1 liters of water, 50 g of coarse salt and sugar, 100 ml 6% apple or 9% table vinegar (in the second case it will be sharper), 1 beets, allspice-peas.

Cook the marinade out of water, salt and vinegar and boil for a very small 2 fire for minutes. Rokambol clean into slices, scalded with boiling water. Beets cut into thin strips, put on the bottom of a three-liter jar, then put the slices of rocket and allspice. After that, pour boiling marinade. Banks sterilized 10-15 minutes.

Zinaida ROGULINA, Chelyabinsk

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