Luk Suvorov (photo) - cultivation, feeding and benefits (Vologda)
ONION Suvorov is USEFUL - RICH IN VITAMINS AND HAS BACTERICIDAL PROPERTIES
A few years ago, the famous gardener Aristarkh Fedorovich Shulgin, a great lover of plant curiosities, presented me with unusual bulbs. They looked like huge peeled cloves of garlic - the same white, smooth, convex on one side and flat on the other. In early autumn, along with tulip bulbs, I planted them in the garden. The spring of the next year was friendly, the snow quickly melted, and, having visited our site on the next weekend, my husband and I were amazed by the quarter-meter-high “palm trees” that came from nowhere, cheerfully green against the backdrop of empty ridges and last year's grass. Not right away
Suvorov's bow looks like a tulip, and when it blooms, a lilac ball burns, they remembered that it was here that the teeth given to us were planted.
The leaves of the "palms" are wide, almost like those of tulips, but much longer; there were quite a few of them. The taste is pleasant: slightly spicy, rather tender, with a slight smell of garlic. But the main thing is that it was the very first dacha greenery that grew under the snow, without any watering and shelters!
The “palm trees” grew quickly and by the time an avalanche of summer residents swept in, they reached a height of half a meter, forcing everyone passing by in amazement to stop and ask what kind of miracle grew in our garden.
The miracle was called Suvorov's bow. Unfortunately, the information in the literature about this plant is not so extensive, and I don’t even have a firm belief that this is Suvorov’s onion, and not some other species (perhaps it’s a giant onion). Here is what we managed to clarify about him on the Internet: his homeland is Central Asia, more precisely, the mountainous regions of the Tien Shan.
The plant has medicinal properties comparable to the effect on the human body of ginseng, especially the leaves that the local population eats. The bulb is not edible, but after special processing it is suitable for the manufacture of medicines. Like other onions, Suvorov's onions are rich in vitamins and have bactericidal properties.
In the first year, we almost did not pluck the leaves in order to get good bulbs for propagation. Simultaneously with the tulips, the onion threw out meter arrows and bloomed with beautiful large purple balls. Bees and other insects willingly visited the new "dining room". When the heads faded, boxes formed, I cut and dried them for a winter bouquet. And she left one head to ripen on the plant in order to get seeds.
They ripened and, sown the next year, sprouted, but the plants developed very slowly - perhaps they began to be shaded by the chrysanthemums that had grown nearby.
In addition, I read somewhere that when sown with seeds, these plants bloom only after a few years; it means that the bulbs grow slowly, and you won’t wait for the harvest of leaves soon, so I didn’t clean up the tiny onions in the fall, and subsequently dug up the bed, and they, of course, disappeared.
Well, this plant reproduces well with adult bulbs, they all germinate together in the spring and did not notice any diseases on them. The only pity is that only two (rarely three) new ones are formed from each planted bulb, so there is nothing special to share with friends and acquaintances.
In early spring, we add the leaves of this onion to salads and soups, or even just put a leaf on a piece of bread - and a sandwich is ready. The main advantage, in my opinion, of this onion is that its greens grow much earlier than those of batun, multi-tiered or chives, which means that we get our first vitamins from it.
Of course, all the leaves cannot be cut off, so as not to deplete the bulb.
Ripe bulbs after yellowing and wilting of the leaves, it is advisable to dig, dry and remove before planting in a dry place. I plant, like tulip bulbs, but, of course, deeper - 15-20 cm, at a distance of 30-40 cm.
ROCAMBOLLE AND BOW Suvorov OR Anzur DON'T confuse THEM - VIDEO
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Without digging and planting in a new place, plants may not bloom; Perhaps they lack nutrition in cramped quarters? Well, a flowering onion will decorate any flower bed, and even at a time when there are not so many other flowers. With one elephant, despite the slight bitterness, Suvorov's bow is a delight to both the soul and the body.
In addition to this onion, I also have spring garlic, the description of which I have not seen in the literature, therefore I don’t know the name of the variety. With good care, its heads grow up to 10 cm in diameter; teeth, respectively, are also very large, arranged in several rows. The outer integumentary scales are pure white, as are the covering scales of individual teeth; their taste is quite spicy.
But the main feature of this garlic is that, like gladioli, it gives children, however, in a small amount. The integumentary scales of the baby differ sharply from the scales of the teeth: it is brownish-yellow in color, very dense, it cannot even be removed without a knife. Over the summer, large single-toothed teeth grow out of the baby, which are convenient to use for pickling cucumbers and tomatoes, when canning. And from ordinary teeth a large head grows, around which, again, children sit. Sometimes babies are formed near the single tooth. The largest heads also give an arrow with bulbs.
Spring garlic freezes during autumn planting. It should be planted in the spring, and as early as possible, because the growing season is quite long. It is necessary to dig it out already in September, when it is Indian summer. I think this garlic comes from southern places, so I plant it in a place well lit by the sun.
Like other varieties of garlic, it really needs moisture in the first half of summer. I water infrequently, but plentifully, and after that I mulch the ground. At the beginning of growth, if the land is not very fertile, you can feed it with urea, and before the formation of the head - with superphosphate and ash.
After I dig up the garlic, I dry it in the sun, if the capricious autumn allows. In any case, it has to be dried at home, after which the op is well stored in the room, especially the children, so that in the spring the owners will probably not be left without planting material.
See also: Luk Suvorov (photo) planting, cultivation and use
© Author: N. Sycheva, Vologda
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