Siberian garlic Chives "Leader"

Siberian garlic Chives "Lider" - Allium nutans.
Pleasant taste with a garlic aroma.
Contains iron salts. Useful for anaemia. Perennial herbaceous spicy plant.
Mid-season (the period from the beginning of leaf regrowth to cutting for greens is 38-40 days) and a very productive salad variety with delicate leaves.
The leaves are flat, lanceolate, juicy, slightly sharp, 28-30 cm long and 1.5-2 cm wide. The mass of leaves in the first year reaches 20-30 g/plant, in the second year 200-250 g per plant.
The flower arrow appears in the 2-3rd year.
Value of the variety: high winter hardiness (up to -35°C), friendly growth of tender juicy leaves that do not become coarse until late autumn, early vitamin production, multiple cutting of greens. 
Used fresh as a seasoning for soups, meat dishes, for freezing, drying and pickling.

In the wild, it is found in Siberia, Altai, Central Asia, Kazakhstan and the southeast of the European part of Russia.
Recently grown in suburban areas.
A plant with flat linear light green very juicy leaves 20-27 cm long. Its stem is an underdeveloped rhizome, on which bulbs sit in a circle with a diameter of 25-30 cm.
The Siberian garlic chives begin to grow early: in mid-April - early May. During the summer, 2-5 cuts are made. Throughout the summer, the slime branches. His arrow is hard, inedible. Inflorescence - a simple umbrella with a diameter of 3-4 cm, with light lilac flowers that have a pink tint.
The Siberian garlic chives, compared to green onions, is less spicy and have a pleasant taste and a slightly garlicky aroma.
The leaves of this chives contain a large amount of vitamin C, carotene and vitamin B1, and the content of iron is very high.
The Siberian garlic chives is very frost-hardy and winter-hardy. It is moisture-loving - with a lack of moisture, the leaves coarsen and acquire a sharp, unpleasant taste.
In one place, the garlic chives is grown for 6-7 years. Well-moistened, neutral, weed-free, well-fertilized areas are taken under it. In acidic, poorly-moistened areas, the garlic chives forms hard leaves with an unpleasant taste.
Seeds are sown in summer no later than July. You can plant a slime with seedlings or propagate by dividing the bush. It is placed on ridges in 3-4 rows, with a distance between them of 20-25 cm. The seeding rate is 1.5-2 g / m2. Seedlings or parts of a bush are planted in a row after 20-25 cm.
The Siberian garlic chives is a perennial cross-pollinating plant. It does not cross with other types of onions.
Plants are squat. The false bulb is very short. Branches throughout the growing season. The leaves remain tender until late autumn. Arrows appear in the second year of life. The duration of the period from regrowth of leaves to wax ripeness of seeds is 100-150 days.
The Siberian garlic chives is a light-loving plant. It works well on sufficiently moist, fertile and weed-free soils. The optimal reaction of the soil environment is pH 6.7.
The mass of 1000 seeds is 1.8-2.9 g, which remain viable for three to four years. There are no zoned varieties.
The Siberian garlic chives loves fertile soil, is responsive to fertilizing and watering. If the soil lacks the elements it needs, the onion rosette thins out and a “well-fed” bunch of leaves is replaced by a few pale leaves. But, if you feed it and water it abundantly, then the slug will cheerfully respond with the growth of a powerful “bump” of new leaves.
Its natural enemies are dandelions. As for the weeds, he himself survives them from his garden. The leaves of the slime, under favourable conditions, grow to a height of 30-40 cm, are 2-3 cm wide, juicy and fleshy.
The Siberian garlic chives are very rich in mineral salts, especially iron. Therefore, be sure to get at least a few this onion plants on your site. This is a recognized leader in the content of iron absorbed by our body: very useful for children and adults who are prone to anaemia.

Siberian Garlic Chives.