When Do Welsh Onion Seeds Usually Mature?
Welsh onion is a common ingredient in daily life, and people in the north eat it more often, so when do Welsh onion seeds mature?
1. Basic Introduction to Welsh Onion
Welsh onion is a crop of the Liliaceae family and the Allium genus. The aboveground appearance of the Welsh onion plant closely resembles that of an onion. The leaves are cylindrical and hollow, and the leaf sheath base wraps around to form a pseudostem; if soil is earthed up around it for blanching, it forms a stick-shaped “white scallion” stalk. The white scallion stalk is the main edible part.
The roots of Welsh onion are white, string-like, with few and short lateral roots. The stem is extremely shortened, spherical or flattened spherical, single or clustered, 1~2cm thick, with white skin, membranous, not splitting. The leaves are composed of the leaf blade and leaf sheath; the leaf blade is long conical, hollow, green or dark green. The flowers are borne at the top of the flower stalk; before flowering, the developing umbel is hidden within the spathe.
2. When Do Welsh Onion Seeds Mature?
Welsh onion seeds generally mature from September to October each year; the specific maturity time is subject to actual conditions. Welsh onion is native to China, and its main distribution area is northern China.
3. What Are the Edible Values of Welsh Onion?
1. Strengthening yang and replenishing yin: the various vitamins in Welsh onion can ensure normal secretion of human hormones and can also effectively stimulate libido, thereby “strengthening yang and replenishing yin.”
2. The pectin contained in spring onion can significantly reduce the occurrence of colon cancer and has an anticancer effect. The allicin in scallion can also inhibit the growth of cancer cells; scallion also contains the trace element selenium, which can reduce the nitrite content in gastric juice and has a certain effect on preventing gastric cancer and various other cancers.
3. Welsh onion can reduce the accumulation of bad cholesterol. People who often eat scallion, even if they are fat and overweight, do not have increased cholesterol, and their constitution is strong. The scallion leaf part contains more vitamin A, C and calcium than the white scallion stalk part.
However, Welsh onion can cause some irritation to the stomach and intestines, and people with gastrointestinal diseases, especially ulcer disease, should not eat too much of it.