Shnitt-luk - the family representative onions, the native of the North Chinese lands. As soon as do not call him, onions-rezanets, rezun, tribulka, skoroda. In Europe these long-term onions are loved and widely used. At us it is provided by two subspecies - shnitt Russian and shnitt Siberian. On the Russian beds it meets not so often. Though advantages at it great variety.
Shnitt-luk belongs to long-term onions and on one place it can be cultivated up to 5-6 years. It extremely frost-resistant will also grow even in the most northern areas of the country.
As soon as the soil early thaws in the spring, shnitt-onions are ready to share the gentle, fragrant, not sharp and nutritious leaves. For summer season it is possible to cut off greens 3-4 times, it grows very quickly. Shnitt-luk cultivate only on greens, turnip it does not form.
In the leaves shnitt-onions accumulate great variety of minerals, vitamins, salts, phytoncides that exceeds even onions turnip. It is considered the doctor in fight against avitaminosis, ateroskleroza, gastrointestinal diseases, scurvy, helminths.
In winter time the shnitt-onions landed in house capacity will provide family with vitamin greens.
On beds shnitt-onions act as the defender of vegetable cultures from ""big-bellied trifle"" - plant louses, cruciferous flea beetles, carrot fly and other sucking wreckers.
Shnitt-luk during the blossoming it is very beautiful and decorative. Its shaggy gray violet hats attract not only look, but also attract on the site of bees.
Plants of shnitt-onions use in registration of garden sites. They well look along paths, in frame of flower beds.
How to grow up shnitt-onions?
Shnitt-luk it is not difficult in cultivation. It is possible to part it having seeded seeds in the spring, on depth 1.5-2sm. Between plants among leave not less than 5 cm, between ranks - 20 cm. The expanded bushes can be divided and seated further.
The agrotechnology of cultivation is similar to cultivation of all onions. The cultivated lands with humus addition will be suitable for landing. The soil before landing should be deoxidated, to shoots on bed to support soil moisture. Initially small shoots should be helped, to contain bed without weeds. Further onions, expanding the roots itself will exempt the territory from weed ""guests"". With insufficient growth to feed up full mineral fertilizer, for example nitrophoska. Unlike others onions, shnitt more drought-resistant can also grow in the semi-shady place.