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In summer, cumin is grown mainly to produce fragrant seeds with a characteristic spicy smell and taste. And in winter, the root crop of this biennial can be used for forcing vitamin greens. This product is rich in ascorbic acid, which is necessary during the period of seasonal colds. In addition, it contains useful mineral compounds
Cumin greens in cooking and medicine
Cumin greens can be used as a condiment to hot soups and cold snacks. It will decorate and diversify the salad, add a spring flavor to the sauces.
In addition to its pleasant taste, among the advantages of caraway greens is its medicinal properties. Regular consumption improves digestion and increases appetite. Cumin is good for those with cramps. It also helps to reduce the rate of putrefaction and fermentation in the intestines.
Procurement of planting material for forcing
To stock up on planting material for winter forcing, caraway root crops are harvested in the fall. They are carefully dug out of the open ground, and when cutting off the stems, they try not to damage the growth point. If they are not going to immediately plant, then for storage they are folded in containers with sand and left in the cellar.
When there is no cellar, you can plant it in forcing boxes or other containers and dig in the garden until the desired time. This place will need to be insulated with a layer of straw or covered with fallen leaves or other similar plant debris. From such a shelter, containers are taken out and placed in room conditions or greenhouses as needed.
Conditions for distilling cumin greens
The optimum temperature for distilling caraway seeds is within + 20 … + 25 ° С. Too high temperatures are bad for the harvest. Also, during the forcing process, you need to monitor the state of the substrate. It is necessary to keep the soil moist, but the soil should not be too wet.
In addition, it is useful from time to time to moisten the air around the boxes of caraway seeds with water. Let's not forget that in winter, during the heating season, it becomes noticeably dry.
One of the most important conditions for obtaining fragrant greens is good lighting of the boxes. If there is not enough light, then the greens will not acquire that special smell inherent in cumin.
Cumin greens from seeds
Caraway can also be grown from seed during the fall / winter season. To do this, the seeds are spread over the surface of the substrate stuffed into the container and lightly crushed with a nutritious soil mixture. When moistening the soil, a spray bottle is used. In this way, the first crop can be harvested one month after sowing. Only such greens will be somewhat inferior in quality to those obtained when distilling root crops.
And in order to get a root crop for reproduction, cumin must be sown in early spring in open ground. Sifting is performed with two-line tapes with a distance between the lines of about 20 cm, and the row spacing is made by 50 cm. The sowing depth is about 1-1.5 cm. After the emergence of seedlings, the plants are thinned so that a distance of about 25 cm is formed between them.
If you do not allocate a separate bed of caraway seeds, then it can be used as a compaction crop. Also, this spice is sown in the garden. You just need to take care not to allocate too shady corner for him. The same rule applies here as for room forcing - sufficient lighting is required to obtain a fragrant crop.
In addition to loosening row spacings, top dressing is a desirable maintenance measure. To do this, use 100 g of superphosphate, ammonium nitrate and potassium salt per 10 square meters. spare the beds. In autumn, with deep loosening, it is recommended to double this dose of fertilizer.
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