Plant a pot of onions at home, they are delicious and can prevent colds

How to Plant Onions

Planting sprouted onions

People who love onions often buy a bag of them and keep them at home. Then some of them will secretly sprout and grow small green stems and leaves. Don’t throw away the onions. The best way is to plant them in a pot, let them grow and then eat them slowly.

Planting method:

1. First, you need to have sprouted onions. If you are itching to try growing them, you can buy a few and leave them to germinate.

2. Just like we usually peel onions, first remove the thin paper-like skin on the outside, being careful not to damage the roots underneath.

3. Cut the sprouted onions carefully and try not to damage the sprouting part in the center.

4. Remove the excess onion and leave only the center part. The peeled onions are still edible, so don't waste them.

5. Plant the onion with the roots facing downwards in the potting soil.

6. Water the onions, expose them to the sun and observe their growth. You can see the onion sprouts growing vigorously!

Planting onions in a mineral water bottle

Do you all know? Onion leaves are edible, and although the taste is a little lighter, their function is the same as that of scallions. It is also very easy to grow, not picky about location, and has a high survival rate. All you need is a mineral water bottle and place it on the balcony in the kitchen! Let's take a look at the specific steps below:

1. Tools and materials required:

5-liter mineral water bottle, potting soil, onion

2. Steps to grow onions in a mineral water bottle:

1. Clean the mineral water bottle.

2. Cut off the bottleneck of the bottle and cut round holes slightly smaller than the diameter of the onion around the bottle body. You can use scissors to cut these holes, but be careful.

3. Spread a layer of soil inside, and then add a circle of onions according to the position of the round holes. (The quantity can be adjusted according to your needs, not necessarily as much as shown in the picture)

4. Then water it to keep the soil moist.

5. Place the onion on the windowsill so that you can observe it every day and experience its vitality.

6. Soon, the onion will grow leaves.

7. Then, it will be so lush, like a ball of green fire. Whenever you need chopped green onions, just cut a few onion leaves, they are fresh and non-toxic.

The secret of onion benefits

1. Kill bacteria and prevent colds. Onions contain phytoncide such as allicin, which has strong bactericidal ability and can effectively resist influenza virus and prevent colds. At the same time, it has the effects of expectorant, diuretic, sweating, antibacterial and antiseptic.

2. Promote gastrointestinal motility and help digestion. Onions can stimulate the appetite and have a significant effect on loss of appetite caused by gastritis, insufficient gastric motility, indigestion, etc.

3. Prevent cancer. A survey shows that people who eat onions regularly have a 25% lower risk of developing stomach cancer and 30% fewer deaths from stomach cancer than those who do not eat onions.

4. Lower blood pressure. Regular consumption of onions has health benefits for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

5. Lower blood sugar. Eating 25 to 50 grams of onion per meal can effectively lower blood sugar and promote diuresis in diabetic patients.

6. Improve constipation. Eating onions regularly can effectively improve common constipation symptoms.

Okay, that’s all for today. Do you suddenly feel like eating onions?

What are you waiting for? Let’s start planting!

ps: Recently, the temperature has dropped sharply and many people have caught colds. Babies, please wear more clothes and don’t catch a cold! Love you!