The birthplace of this spicy, dosage, vegetable and decorative plant consider Asia and South Europe. Sorry to see lovers far from all gardens I. groats.
Cultivated he simply, and benefits brings more.
In a wild form lovers grow On the slopes of the Caucasian Mountains, therefore it has a different name - mining multimeter celery. Frequently lubber is famous in Russia. Legends are composed of him, he was attributed to the miraculous properties, he was especially loved and counted in the south of the country, where they called affectionate names: a love, a dosage, a lingerie, love-grass. The girls "hit love stock guys.
Going married, sewn lomies in the hem of wedding dress so that the husband loves his husband all his life. It was believed that the happiness of the lomies should grow in every garden.
Why and where does such a respectful attitude towards this plant? Maybe because lovers gives man strength, cheerfulness? Even in ancient times, people knew about its food and therapeutic properties. This vegetable is rich in potassium salts, vitamins, mineral and essential oils.
Lovers are widely used In folk medicine. Decorations and infusions of the root, leaves and seeds are used in heart disease, they improve its activities, soothe pain and abdominal pain. The root decoction is used for respiratory diseases. It cleans the skin well, contributes to the healing of purulent wounds. Improves the condition of patients with rheumatism and gout. The decoction of the roots and leaves helps' eliminate pigment spots on the skin. Lovers - a good diuretic. A decoction or tincture strengthen the hair, and with fresh leaves remove the headache. Here you have an affordable medicine with beds, and do not go to the pharmacy. Lovers are non-toxic, and you can use it all.
He has Strong and resistant aroma, reminding the smell of celery. Many gardeners consider it one of the best spinning plants. Sometimes used for this purpose and roots, but usually fresh and dried leaves are added to salads, mince, sauces, gravy to hot, vegetables and rice. And how delicious becomes meat broth! I definitely add lovers when sickling and picking cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini and patissons, when preparing seasoning from tomato and pepper (I skip everything through the meat grinder and please). Since lovers are very aromaten, it is added quite a bit in dishes (as a spice use and seeds of lovers).
The root of lovers edible, it is good in the fresh, boiled and baked form; You can fry it, with it stew meat (more convenient in powder), they make cutlets, add to soups and vegetables. They dig a co-neck in October, cleaned from the ground, wash in cold water, dry and cut into strips, which are dried on the battery or in a non-tech stove to fragility.
The digging root can be used to pasture greens in winter. For the same purpose, seed and seeds.
Lovese leaves Early grow up, and in early May you can cut the leaves (from the second year of life). For the season, they cut them 3-4 times, and in subsequent years - up to five times. Use leaves fresh or dried, and then crushed into powder. From large, juicy, cuffs and young stems, cutting them on the mugs and suacharics, get a chunks for cakes, casserole and pies. What is lovers from himself and how to grow it in the garden and in the garden? This is a perennial plant. His rhizoma is thick, brown. Large leaves, dissected on a share. When flowering, the hollow stem high to 2 m is formed. Flowers are small, yellow, collected into large inflorescences - umbrellas. Blooms until mid-July. This is a good decorative plant. And the older the bush, the more he grows in the width. Everyone who comes to me in the garden will certainly notice him and ask what kind of dicks.
Seeds in lovelist Large, ripen in 30 days from the beginning of flowering, spoke well in the middle strip. Umbrellas are cut, dried and thunder. Seeds retain the germination of 3 to 4 years.
In the first year listeners Forms a large outlet of the leaves, and it grows very early, giving the first greens in April with the Schitt-Luk. For the second year blooms and forms seeds.
The plant is cold-resistant, frost-resistant, unpretentious to the soil, gives a high crop of leaves, seeds and roots. I noticed that with increased application of nitrogen, the organications are obtained a very large plant, the root is strong, but it becomes less dense, juicy and when cooking can darken. Therefore, nitrogen should be made limited, giving potassium and trace elements (ash). To grow a good root, you need to remove the flowerons on time, without letting them rise. Do not cut a lot of greenery right away, which will affect the root. Leave one plant on the seeds. In the spring, the seeds falling on the ground give good shoots. From Samosv, seedlings can be transferred to the bed and eat in the food. In one place, it can grow 5-6 years, and it grows better in a half.
Multiplies multiplied Sowing seeds in the ground, seeding, dividing the bush and root.
When growing on greens, sow early in spring. Before sowing, seeds are soaked in warm water (40-50 °) for 1-2 days, during the same time changing water. Then, in a wet cloth, hold up to shut, before the sowing is slightly dried. To get an early greenery, it is better to sow houses in pots, dairy packages for seedlings in early April, but you can sow straight into the soil. Sowing depth 1-1.5 cm (about 2-3 g of seeds will be required for 1 m2). From the swollen and sprouted seeds, shoots will appear after 10-12 days, from dry - after 20-25. Sail with rows, after 4- 5 cm in a row, rows after 10-15 cm. When the plant reaches 10-15 cm, they are thinned and Use like a young greens. In the future, it is thinned after 30-40 cm. In the garden for a small family, it is enough to have 2-3 plants. At a permanent place, they are better grown, placing in the garden in different places in a half.
Caring for loves Normal, as for perennials, - soil loosening, watering time, feeding early in the spring of mineral fertilizers (1 tbsp. Spoon on 10 liters of water), or diluted and wandering cowboy (1:10), or bird litter (1:15) . In case of annual culture, sowing is spent early in the spring, and at the end of September the plant is removed entirely (the harvest is about 2 kg / m2).
Perennial root When digging in the fall of the second year, they give a mass to 10 kg / m. Plugs lovers and division of plants and roots in September or early spring. Part of the root with the kidneys are again planted. Soil better feel mineral or organic fertilizers.
Can sow loves Under the winter, shoots will appear next year.
What can be prepared from lovers?
Spring Salad: finely outdoor list leafles, dandelion (to remove bitter twist for 2 hours in salted water), Schitt-bow or bobber, you can add a grated carrot, Celery's root (if you have been wintering in the soil), Topinambur, parsley, small boiled potatoes and fill with mayonnaise, vegetable Oil, sour cream, kefir or robust.
Potato soup with spicy greenery: finely cut potatoes, carrots, pour water, add salt, pepper, cumin and cook until readiness. Before serving, cut the greenery of lovers, a shnitt-bow, mint.
Cutlets from lovelist: Wear root, clean and skip through a meat grinder, add a raw egg, a little flour. Make cutlets and fry them in oil or cook for a couple. 0.5 kg of the root 1 - 2 eggs, 3 tbsp. Spoons of flour.
Stewed meat with loves: Stewed meat to semi-readiness, to put peeled peeled, sliced \u200b\u200band sprinkled with vinegar roots of lovers, add a little onion and stew until readiness. 0.5 kg of meat 1 kg of the root of lovers, 1 bulbs.
Spicy pepper: dry leaves seeds loversa, parsley, mint leaf, basil, seeds of cumin, coriander (cilantro). Skip everything through the meat grinder, ready to peer.
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Lovers -Bellic plant. It is a vegetable, and spice, and medicine, and besides he decorative.