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A hybrid of Tien Shan sorrel with English spinach received the exotic name of comfort. In the common people it was christened spinach sorrel. In terms of the amount of protein, the culture is on a par with legumes

Mineral composition

Spinach culture is especially rich in nutrients:

• vitamins (the whole set of B-groups, K, PP, P, A, C, D, E);

• salts of an easily assimilable form of iron;

• organic compounds: phosphorus, potassium, sulfur;

• proteins (protein);

• acids (malic, folic, succinic, citric).

Unlike ordinary sorrel, there is no oxalic acid in the consolation, which is harmful to the stomach of people suffering from cholelithiasis.

Application

Young green leaves are eaten. Spring soups, cabbage soup, borscht, salads, garnish for meat, mashed potatoes, baking fillings, casseroles are prepared from them. From sweet dishes - jelly, jam. Freshly squeezed juice is useful for any organism. Suitable for preservation for winter consumption.

Some of the products are washed, slightly dried, cut into small pieces, and frozen. Thaw as needed, use as fresh herbs.

Adding comfort to the diet of animals contributes to rapid growth, an increase in milk yield; in poultry, the yolk is distinguished by a rich orange color.

Medicinal properties

Spinach sorrel has a number of medicinal properties that can help people with ailments such as:

• anemia;

• avitaminosis;

• diseases of the nervous system;

• diabetes mellitus;

• hypertension;

• growth retardation in children;

• violation of hematopoiesis;

• with mental increased stress.

If you are going to use comfort for treatment, first consult a doctor.

Indispensable for spinach sorrel in early spring, when there is little fresh vitamin food. It begins to grow back under the snow. At the end of April, 10 cm leaves, rolled in the form of tubes, emerge from under the cover.

Biology

The taproot reaches a depth of two meters, helping the plant to survive dry periods. Leaves are narrow, elongated 30 cm, together with petioles, more like spinach, form a powerful rosette in the first year. Seed arrows in the amount of 3 to 6 pieces on each bush appear in the second and subsequent seasons. Their height reaches 2 meters. Bloom in early June. By the middle of summer, seeds ripen in the form of a triangular nut.

Differs in the rapid growth of the vegetative mass of 7-9 cm per day. The regrowth rate is higher only in bamboo.

Accommodation conditions

Light-loving culture, easy to put up with a little shading. Little demanding on soil fertility. Grows on loam, sandy loam with weak acidity. Poorly tolerates the close standing of groundwater, the roots rot.

Winter hardy. Withstands light frosts in spring. Does not require shelter for the winter. Drought-resistant, due to the presence of a powerful root. It grows on one site for up to 10 years, without losing the quality of the finished product.

Harvest

As fresh leaves grow back, harvesting begins from the second year of life. If you cut off the green mass in the first season, then the plant will go to wintering weakened, with severe frosts the probability of freezing increases.

Pluck out carefully one leaf at a time, leaving petioles 5 cm. With the other hand, hold the rosette so as not to pull out the whole plant. The central shoots are not touched, allowing them to grow.

For animals, vegetative shoots are mowed in the flowering phase, crushing the green mass. In favorable years, the yield of biomass is 3 kg per square meter. To increase the yield of leafy products, thick stems are removed at the time of germination.

We will talk about the methods of reproduction, cultivation, and obtaining our own seeds in the next article.