Fragrant onion, also garlic, wild, mountain

Allium is a perennial onion herb that has a pleasant taste. If you hear the name “garlic onion,” then you know that we are talking about fragrant onions. It is also called Chinese, fragrant, wild and mountain onions. Its homeland is the Altai Mountains, Mongolia and China. The taste is reminiscent of both onion and garlic, one and the other are weakly expressed.

The fragrant onion bulb is very small, 1.5 - 2 cm in diameter. Onion feathers reach a length of up to 40 cm and a thickness of 1 cm, color from light green to dark green.

In the first year of sowing, it produces up to 6 arrows, and in the second year a daughter bulb is formed, from which arrows also grow. Thus, the fragrant onion branches.

The flowering arrow appears in the second year, up to 40 cm long. The flower consists of many inflorescences, up to 150 pieces, and exudes a pleasant aroma. Thanks to which the plant received the name “fragrant”. Honey is made from onion nectar. Its taste is incredibly tasty and does not at all resemble onions.

It is best to plant fragrant onions after legumes and pumpkin plants. Not recommended after potatoes and cabbage. It can grow in one place for about 5 years, after which the place on the site should be changed.

The best time for sowing is early April. Before sowing, the seeds are soaked in water for a day, and the water must be changed at least three times. Then remove from the water and dry. Then they are sown in furrows, the distance between them is about 30 cm. When the seeds germinate and 2-3 leaves appear, they are thinned out.Removed plants can also be planted or eaten.

Sweet onion has a bad tendency to reproduce by self-sowing. If you don't take care of it, it will spread throughout the garden. Put him in a separate box, he will have his own place. And cut off the inflorescences in time so that the seeds do not scatter.