Jusai, description and useful properties of a perennial plant, use in cooking and medicine, how to grow.
The chemical composition of allspice
The Jusai plant is of great value for the human body, and this is due to its chemical and energy composition.
The calorie content of branched onions is low, it is only 40-41 kcal per 100 g, of which:
- Carbohydrates - 8, 2-8, 4 g;
- Proteins - 1, 4-1, 5 g;
- Fats - 0.2 g.
The nutritional value has the following description:
- Water - 91-92 g;
- Dietary fiber - 0.8-0.9 g;
- Ash substances - 0.3-0.35 g.
Vitamin composition:
- Beta carotene - about 1 mg;
- Ascorbic acid - 4.8 mg;
- Vitamin B5 - 0.1 mg.
- Vitamin B3 - 0.28 mg;
- Alpha-tocopherol - 0.02 mg;
- Vitamin B6 - 0.13 mg;
To a lesser extent, branch onions also contain Vitamin K, B1, B2 and B9.
Mineral composition:
- Potassium - 120-123 mg;
- Sodium - 27-29 mg;
- Calcium - 19-22 mg;
- Magnesium - 8, 5-9, 5 mg;
- Iron - 0.26-0.28 mg;
- Zinc - 0, 12-0, 15 mg;
- Manganese - 0.08 mg;
- Selenium - 0.5 mcg;
- Copper - 0.06 mcg.
How are branched onions used
Branched onions are considered an excellent food product, therefore they are often used in cooking as a component of many dishes. Dzhusai onions are edible as leaves, arrows, flowers, and bulbs. It is eaten raw as an independent dish, considering the product to be self-sufficient.
As an additional ingredient, it is used in meat, fish, hot dishes, salads, sometimes added to pies, canning. The arrows are pickled. It is noteworthy that if you freeze the leaves of this plant, then they will retain almost all the taste and useful qualities.
The healing properties of field garlic make it possible to use this plant as a medicine.
For many gardeners, Dzhusay performs decorative functions, decorating the backyard with thick branches and numerous inflorescences. Photos of branchy onions clearly demonstrate the beauty of a flowering plant.
Despite the useful composition, sweet onion has a number of contraindications associated with the nature of the effect of this food on the body. These include gallstone disease, pancreatitis, cholecystitis, nephrosis, nephritis, acidity, individual intolerance. A relative prohibition is pregnancy, epilepsy, hemorrhoids, diabetes mellitus.
Features of growing garlic onions
Based on the many useful properties, the relative unpretentiousness of the plant, it can be assumed that many gardeners have a desire to plant it in their beds. Therefore, we will describe in more detail the basic principles of growing Jusai onions:
- The soil … There are no special requirements for the composition of the soil for growing Jusai onions. However, you should not plant the plant in areas where potatoes or cabbage have previously grown. The best predecessors are pumpkin and legumes.
- Seed preparation for sowing … The seeds are soaked in clean water at room temperature for a day, while changing the liquid is carried out 3-4 times. Then it is dried.
- Sowing … Seeds are sown in April. Two sowing methods are used. The first is ribbon, the distance between the ribbons should be 30-50 cm. The second is nest, 2-3 seeds are sown in each nest. Planting depth - 1, 5 cm. The second option gives faster shoots.
- Vegetative propagation … After the emergence of seedlings, the beds are thinned out. Removed rhizomes can be replanted. However, it is better to use the method of dividing the bush. It is applicable from the second year of plant life. The whole bush dug out is divided into parts of 3-4 bulbs, which are planted to the same depth.
- Harvesting … For an earlier appearance of leaves, the area with Dzhusai is covered with a film at the first spring sun to create greenhouse conditions. The harvest period begins in early spring of the second year of cultivation and ends in late autumn. During this time, it is recommended to cut the leaves no more than 4 times. In the first year, it is better to avoid harvesting, so as not to disrupt the development of the plant and allow the root system to gain a foothold in the soil.
- Plant feeding … It should be done every time after harvest.
- Basic care methods … Frequent watering, weeding, thinning, fertilization is used.
- Winter period … No shelter required in the presence of snow.
What a branched onion looks like - watch the video:
On the Internet, you can buy Jusai in seeds for self-breeding at a fairly low price. So, about 200 seeds in a package costs 30 rubles. This product is not often found in the markets, because ordinary green onions and garlic are more accustomed to eating in our country. In some private advertisements, gardeners offer to buy greens at a price of 100 rubles per kilogram, the cost of seedlings (greens with rhizomes) is 25 rubles for 2 pcs.
