Ancient healers did not know the richest composition onions, but on a whim they used it in the treatment of many ailments 4 thousand years ago. Potassium, phosphorus, zinc, iron, fluorine, iodine, organic acids, nitrogenous substances, vitamins, pectins, saponins, flavonoids - these are far from all the valuable components of a healthy vegetable that can provide a good service not only to the human body, but also to affect growth and the development of indoor and horticultural crops.

The beneficial effect of onions on horticultural crops

It seems that most housewives simply do not know about the value of onion husks, if they allow themselves so wastefully, after peeling a vegetable, to send it to the trash can. The element quercetin, which belongs to the group of flavonoids of plant origin, which onions are so rich in, is concentrated in the onion peel. There is especially a lot of quercetin in red onions.

Since it has been proven that quercetin has antioxidant, immunostimulating, anti-inflammatory, regenerative, anti-allergic, cancer and cardioprotective properties, it is able to strengthen the root system of plants, providing them with sufficient nutrition. Onion peel as a "waste" product after preparing a vegetable for culinary processing significantly improves the structure of the soil and repels pests. After all, onion husks, like the onion itself, contain substances that destroy pathogenic microorganisms.

Onion husks "revive" plants that have begun to turn yellow and wither, will have a stimulating effect on their growth and further development, and will increase resistance to harmful microorganisms in the soil and on its surface.

How to make onion husk fertilizer

There are several ways to prepare fertilizer from onion husks: by boiling, infusing in water at room temperature and using ordinary dry husks directly into the ground. One handful per liter of water is enough to water indoor plants with onion infusion. If the husk is boiled for 5-10 minutes, then it will take 2-3 hours to infuse. When the husk is infused with room temperature, then the process will take 1–2 days.

It is not recommended to prepare a large volume of infusion, as it must be used on the day of preparation. But it is quite possible to accumulate the required amount over the winter for the upcoming summer cottage season. It is important to provide the husk with a dry storage location. Dry onion husks can be added in the spring to the soil for digging, used as root mulch, or thrown a handful into each hole before planting the plants. Anyone will be happy with such an addition. garden plants... It is more convenient, of course, to use it in a crushed form, mixing with ash. Such a composition will be good both for nourishing the soil and dusting the leaves from pests.

For watering vegetable crops 1 glass of onion peel is taken in a bucket of water (10-12 liters). Bring to a boil and leave to infuse for 3 hours. It is useful to spray the leaves with the cooled infusion and water the plants at the root. True, for spraying, the infusion is diluted 2 times. Such a remedy is effective in the fight against spider mites, aphids. To get rid of the cruciferous flea beetle, do not dilute the infusion.

Watering grown vegetables at the root is best done weekly. To avoid the "black leg" disease, the soil is watered with onion husk infusion before sowing, and then the already planted seedlings must be shed 3 times a week.
The husk remaining from the infusion can also be distributed among the holes or thrown into the compost heap.

Onion peel for the garden, how to use and when to use? As a rule, onion skins are thrown away, but in vain. True, some housewives use it as a harmless food coloring, for example, decorate broths with broth, giving them a golden appetizing appearance, or paint Easter eggs. But they hardly realize that they give the broth not only a beautiful color, but also increase its nutritional value, more precisely, its vitamin content. Gardeners successfully use onion peels from garden pests. She takes not the last place in cosmetology, folk medicine... Useful properties of onion peel, its medicinal qualities are no longer in doubt.

In the fifties of the last century, scientists began to consider onion husks as a source of valuable. At the same time, Doctor of Medical Sciences Yu.F. Shcherbak published his observations on the antimicrobial properties of onion husk extract, and V. Levitskaya and S. Kutumova suggested staining histological preparations with natural paint from it in laboratory conditions.

In subsequent years, Kuroda Tika (Japan) patented a method for obtaining quercetin from onion husks. The German scientist K. Hermann reported that he isolated a crystalline powder from it, which turned out to be a glucoside substance. In 1958, he also published his research on the study of flavonoids.

In 1959 L.M. Zinchenko suggested using onion husks as a raw material for obtaining medicinal preparations with the properties of vitamin P (similar to routine). At the same time, Kuroda Tika again patented an improved method for obtaining quercetin from it. This product, according to the author, has bactericidal properties, is suitable for the treatment of atherosclerosis, diseases gastrointestinal tract.

Further scientists the former USSR, other countries continued to study chemical composition, medicinal properties onion peels, proving that this is far from kitchen garbage.

Onion husks in the garden

Onion husks are usually collected a lot (from me) after harvesting when selecting and sorting onions for storage. It is not very clean, dusty. This is what I use in the garden for pest control. All particles of dust and earth settle to the bottom when preparing infusions or decoctions. The most important thing is to strain thoroughly so as not to clog the sprayer.

Decoctions and infusions are good against aphids, meadow bugs, caterpillars of scoops, spider mites, drunks, sucker, moth, common earwig.

To prepare the infusion, take 200 g of onion husks, pour 10 l warm water, insist 4-5 days, then filter, use for spraying plants in pest control. Treatments are carried out every 5 days no more than three times.

Or another recipe: onion peel I fill the bucket up to half, pour 10 liters hot water, I insist for a day, then filter, dilute it 2 times with water, spray the plants with the resulting solution.

To protect against the moth, I spray the apple tree with infusion immediately after the end of flowering. I repeat the treatment every 7 days for a month.

When collecting the husk, it is more practical to divide it into two parts - clean separately from tainted or dirty. The first one will be used for medicinal or cosmetic purposes, and the second one will benefit the plants.

Take the husk, fill it with water at room temperature, insist for three days. The resulting infusion is diluted with water - it is sprayed or watered with plants.

If you are steaming feed for animals or poultry at home, do not forget to throw 1-2 handfuls of onion husks there. And if you do not steam the food, then add a decoction or infusion of the husk to the drink of animals, especially a bird. This will only benefit.

A decoction of onion peels can be used as a food coloring in the preparation of culinary, confectionery, and various drinks.

Storing onion husks

In a dry place, onion husks can be stored without losing activity for years.

Onion peels: benefits and harms - recipes

The most common water decoction of onion peels is a concentrate of P-vitamin substances. In this capacity, it can have a therapeutic effect in hypertension, atherosclerosis. This recipe is effective: 5 tbsp. l. mix chopped fir, spruce or pine needles with 2-3 tbsp. l. crushed rosehip, 2 tbsp. l. onion peel. Pour 700 ml of water, boil over low heat for 10 minutes. Insist the night warm. Strain, drink instead of water, 1.5 liters per day. The treatment is carried out for 2-3 months.

Water decoction and infusion of onion peel have a beneficial effect on the work of the heart. They have a diuretic effect, help to remove excess sodium and chlorides from the body. Antimicrobial, even antiviral properties allow them to be used as a disinfectant. Possessing P-vitamin activity, water preparations of onion peels, like rutin, strengthen blood vessels, make them more elastic and permeable.

In case of amenorrhea (absence of menstruation in women), the following decoction is prepared: 1 cup of onion peel, boil in 1 liter of water for 10 minutes. Take instead of water. If, after 7-10 days of treatment, menstruation has not begun, then you need to drink steam from medicinal rue, oregano, Chernobyl, hemp tops, blooming sunflower baskets and onion husks (take equal parts). Pour 1 tablespoon of the chopped mixture with 1 glass of boiling water, boil for 1-2 minutes, leave for 1 hour, drain. Take 2/3 cup 3 times a day before meals.

For amenorrhea, the Bulgarian healer Vanga recommends: boil the husk of 3 kg of onion in 3 liters of water until it becomes dark red... Drink infusion in the morning and evening, 150 ml.

An aqueous decoction or infusion of onion husks has cosmetic properties. Rubbing into the hair roots not only strengthens, enhances their growth, but also clears the head from dandruff, makes them silky.

For hair loss, dandruff, alopecia areata, dry or oily hair you can prepare the following composition: mix chopped oak bark, onion husks - 1: 1 ratio. Pour a glass of the mixture with 1 liter of boiling water, keep on low heat for 1 hour. Strain, rub into the scalp.

Boil 50 g of onion husks with a liter of boiling water for 10-20 minutes. Use to rinse hair after shampooing. Hair takes on a golden hue.

Professor V.V. Efimov proposed a "golden recipe" that helps with neurosis, chronic inflammation of the respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract, skin diseases, especially psoriasis, strengthens the body's defenses.

"Golden Recipe": in enameled dishes pour a handful of chopped needles (30-50 g) from the terminal branches of a young pine tree. Pour 2 liters of water, add 1 tbsp. l. chopped onion husks, 1 teaspoon chopped licorice or licorice powder. Boil over low heat for 20 minutes. Then add 2 tablespoons of mashed rose hips, boil for another half minute. Wrap up with a blanket or pour into a thermos, stand for 10-12 hours. Bring to a boil again, boil for 1 minute, again put in a thermos or under a blanket for 12 hours. After that, strain, bring to a boil again, cool, drink without rules and norms - 1-2 liters per day. You can use this broth as a drink in a small company.

When using licorice in this recipe, remember that its prolonged use is undesirable. This can disrupt the electrolyte-water balance, lead to the formation of edema, disruption in the genital area, and other consequences.

Three teaspoons of chopped onion husks pour 0.5 liters of water, boil, leave for 4 hours, strain. Gargle with this broth with a sore throat.

Take the onion husk, put it in a jar, pour it with table vinegar so that it is completely covered with it. Close the jar with compress paper or parchment, tie. Leave for two weeks at room temperature. After two weeks, remove the husk, let the vinegar drain, dry slightly. Lubricate the skin surrounding the corn with petroleum jelly or other fat. Put a layer of husk 2-3 mm on the corn. Tie at night. In the morning, after steaming the leg, gently, without effort, scrape off the corn. If the corn is large, the procedure should be repeated.

With diabetes mellitus: put 2 tablespoons of chopped bean pods in an enamel bowl, there is also a not very large handful of onion husks. Pour 200 ml of boiling water, wrap warm blanket for 2 hours. Then strain, squeeze, drink 2 tablespoons 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. In this case, you must follow a diet. Drink for a month and a half - a week off, then repeat the treatment.

It is very simple to prepare decoctions or infusions. A handful of onion peels are placed in an enamel bowl, washed two or three times cold water from dust, then boiled or brewed with boiling water, like tea.

If a strong infusion or decoction is obtained, then it can be rubbed into the roots of the hair, and for washing the head it is poured into a basin with warm water. They wash their hair as usual.

You can drink a decoction of onion peels like tea, without a special norm, diluting with boiling water or mixing with ordinary tea. It does not spoil the taste of tea, since it is an aqueous solution of rutin, and the latter, being a glucoside of quercetin, has neither smell nor taste.

If a yellow or brown precipitate forms at the bottom of the dish, then this is the rutin itself. It is used in scientific medicine for diseases accompanied by increased fragility and capillary permeability. It is especially good as a prophylactic agent for preventing hemorrhage in the brain, heart, retina due to capillary fragility.

Rutin is used for scarlet fever, measles, typhus, purpura (minor hemorrhages in the thickness of the skin, mucous membranes).

Also, if doctors, when prescribing rutin, recommend that patients simultaneously take ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in order to increase their joint therapeutic effect, then it is useful to add a decoction or infusion of onion husks to vitamin products: compotes, rosehip infusions, fruit, vegetable juices, jelly, when making homemade sweets, gingerbread, cookies, etc. Remember to throw in a pinch of chopped onion husks when making family herbal teas.

Every housewife knows what to do with the bulbs. But how can you use onion peel? It turns out that there are many ways - these "waste" will be useful both at home and in the country; they will benefit both plants, and help improve health, and bring beauty. Are you still throwing away the husk? Then read on!

1. Onion hulls for pest and disease control

Many gardeners add onion peels to the holes when planting potatoes - this is believed to help keep the tubers from the wireworm. Others use it when planting tomato seedlings - for the prevention of diseases. Any plants are sprayed with a decoction or infusion of onion peels to prevent diseases and control pests in garden garden crops.

From, thrips, ticks, sawflies, small caterpillars and other sucking and gnawing pests is used infusion: 200 g of onion husks pour 1 liter of water, leave for 24 hours. Strain, squeeze the husk. Dilute the resulting infusion with water, bringing the volume of liquid to 10 liters, and spray any plants. Processing is carried out every 7-10 days.

Another infusion recipe: 200 g of husk per 10 liters of water, leave for 4-5 days. Use freshly prepared. Before spraying, you can add a little laundry soap to the solution so that the product sticks better to the leaves.

Decoction onion peels are used in preventive purposes- for watering and spraying seedlings, soaking potato tubers before planting. This treatment is believed to increase plant resistance to disease. Prepare the broth as follows: 1 glass of crushed husk is poured into 10 liters of water, brought to a boil. Insist under the lid for at least 6 hours, filter, and then use immediately. It is not recommended to store this product.

In the second half of the summer. There may be many reasons for this, and this is not necessarily the effect of diseases or pests, but onion peels will help here too. Do decoction from 0.5 kg of husk and 10 liters of water (bring to a boil, remove from heat and leave under a lid for 12-14 hours). Strain the finished product, squeeze the husk, dilute the broth with water in a ratio of 1: 4. Spray the cucumber whips with the resulting liquid and shed the soil in the garden bed.

And for the prevention of rot, cucumbers are advised to process regularly throughout the season infusion of onion peel(Pour 2 cups of husk with 2 liters of boiling water, leave for 2 days, strain, dilute with cold water 1: 2).

The effectiveness of these folk remedies may cause doubts in someone. Like any drugs, they help in some situations and turn out to be useless in others. But preparing them is not difficult, the raw materials are available - so why not check?

2. Onion peel as fertilizer

For cooking, the husk is used along with other plant and food waste. By the way, the husk remaining after the preparation of decoctions and infusions should not be thrown out either - it will come in handy in compost. If a lot of onion waste has accumulated over the winter, they can simply be introduced into the soil when digging (sometimes it is recommended to grind the husk, mix it with ash and add this mixture to the soil when planting plants).

But more often for top dressing, gardeners use all the same infusions and decoctions, only in a weaker concentration. For feeding vegetable crops they make infusion from 20 g of husk and 5 liters of water (leave for 4 days at room temperature, strain). Tomatoes are especially fond of such a "treat". It is useful to water with infusion - this is not only feeding, but also protection against carrot flies.

You can use and decoction: 1 glass of husk in 10 liters of water; bring to a boil, simmer for about 5 minutes; remove from heat, leave for 2-3 hours, drain. This product is suitable for feeding and horticultural crops, and indoor plants.

Important! Do not prepare infusions and decoctions for future use - it is recommended to use freshly prepared preparations for feeding and for treatment against pests.

3. Onion peel as a medicinal raw material

In fact, a separate article should be devoted to this topic, because the use of onion peels in medicinal purposes very diverse. As part of today's conversation, we will focus on the most general information on the health benefits of onion peels.

Why is onion peel useful?

What we often just throw into waste, it turns out, has a rich composition: a lot of vitamins (C, E, carotene, vitamins of group B, PP); a large number of mineral salts(calcium, potassium, iron); up to 1% fiber, as well as the flavonoid quercetin - a strong antioxidant.

Complicated chemical composition due to a wide range of beneficial effects of onion peel: it enhances immunity and improves metabolism; strengthens the walls of blood vessels and improves blood circulation; helps to restore strength after serious illnesses and operations, as well as in case of physical and mental fatigue; possesses bactericidal, anti-inflammatory, wound-healing properties; can be used to prevent heart attacks and strokes; diseases of the teeth and gums; oncological diseases.

What diseases does onion peel treat

Onion husks are used for the manufacture of various dosage forms: infusions, decoctions, alcoholic tinctures, ointments, oils. They are used to treat diseases of the bronchi and lungs; amenorrhea and female infertility; prostatitis; atherosclerosis; periodontal disease; skin diseases.

An aqueous infusion of onion peels is taken to prevent allergic reactions, influenza, SARS and colds; if it happens to get sick, it is useful to inhale the smoke from the burnt husk (onion or a mixture of onion and garlic). For barley, lotions are made using a concentrated water infusion.

Alcohol tincture is used for disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys; nervous disorders; anemia; metabolic disorders; colds and coughs. Outwardly, this tincture is used to treat skin diseases and nail fungus; add it to the water for rinsing with periodontal disease. And if a tooth is sore, put a cotton swab soaked in tincture on it; this remedy will help relieve pain.

4. Onion peel as a natural dye

This method of using husk is known to everyone, probably - Easter eggs have been painted in its broth for a long time.

And with the help of this tool, you can give a pleasant golden color to the broth: it is enough to put the onion during cooking, without cleaning it from the covering scales. If you don't like this method, make a decoction of the husk separately and add it to the broth.

Natural fabrics were dyed in a strong decoction of husks. True, in order to achieve uniform coloring, you need skill, and the color is not very persistent. Fix it with vinegar and heat treatment (hot ironing).

5. Onion peel for appearance care

The beneficial properties of onion peels are used not only to combat various ailments, but also to care for hair and skin.

Onion peel ointment helps heal small wounds; helps to get rid of warts, dermatitis, nail and skin fungus; used to strengthen hair. It is prepared very simply: powdered dry husks are mixed with fatty cream (or butter, any natural fat) in a ratio of 2: 3. Store in the refrigerator.

Infusion of onion peel is used to strengthen hair, stimulate its growth. Freshly prepared infusion (pour the husk with cold boiled water in a ratio of 1: 2 by volume, leave for 12 hours, strain) rinse the hair after washing. If you use a more concentrated infusion or decoction, you can give your hair a pleasant shade (from golden to chestnut - depending on the concentration of the product and the natural hair color). They even paint over gray hair with a saturated broth (although the effect will be short-lived).

Do you use onion peels? For what and how? Let us know in the comments!

For a long time, gardeners in Russia and the entire Northern Hemisphere of the Earth know about this vegetable with a specific taste and smell, grow it in their beds, store it for the winter and cook it delicious dishes... Almost every day, when preparing family lunches and dinners, housewives peel a single onion in order to use onions for making soups, main courses, salads. In this case, a lot of onion husks are obtained, and our homely and zealous hostesses are in no hurry to throw it into the trash bin. They know some of the secrets to using such cleaners for the garden or vegetable garden.

Secrets of Onion Hulls

One of the secrets of onion husks has been used for a very long time in the days of Orthodox Easter - this is the coloring of Easter eggs in a decoction of the husks obtained from peeling onions. After cooling, this broth can be used as fertilizer for indoor and garden plants, and spread the damp, still warm onion skins in the beds or in flower pots to scare away harmful insects.

What are the benefits of onion peel

This use of onion peels in the garden and summer cottage due to the fact that they, both in the purification and in the broth itself, contain many trace elements and substances, useful to plants... Let's list some of them:

1. Carotene - a substance that strengthens the immunity of plants to diseases , which helps in the fight against them, destroys harmful infections and fungi.
2. Fitontsid - substance contained in a large number in onion skins (exactly in scales). He also helps garden crops to resist fungal diseases of many species, protects against the development of bacteria and infections on plants.
3. B vitamins - accelerate the growing season of crops, strengthens stems, roots and shoots, improve the quality of metabolic processes inside plants.
4. PP vitamins or niacin - help garden crops growing on heavy soils, participate in the processes of assimilation of nitrogen and sulfur-containing components , which is very important for the normal growth of plants.

All of the listed substances found in onion husks have a complex effect on the vegetation of garden crops, while protecting them from insect pests. As a result of the use of decoctions and infusions made from onion husks, all plants in the garden and vegetable garden, even without processing chemical means, will be reliably protected from diseases and pests.

Top dressing and fertilization

Onion peel is used as a fertilizer for many plants. From it, infusions and decoctions are prepared according to different recipes and in varying degrees of concentration.

Onion peel decoction used for fertilizing and feeding garden and vegetable garden crops, as well as indoor plants. First, a high concentration broth is prepared, stored in a cool place, then, as necessary, the concentrate is diluted in the right proportion and the roots are watered or the leaves of the plant are sprayed. It is necessary to carry out such top dressing, taking into account the peculiarities of the cultivated crop: if the plant reacts poorly to root dressing, it is treated by spraying, if it is impossible to spray the leaves and shoots, then watered in the root fossa.

Attention!

Most plants do not tolerate stagnant moisture at the roots, so after watering, it is necessary to drain the water by making a drainage groove or provide a drainage layer before planting the plant.

Decoction recipe:

• take 4-5 cups of dry husk, place in a 10-liter bucket or any other container;
• add 10 liters of water to the container;
• bring the mixture to a boil and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes, remove from heat, cover with a tight lid;
• let the broth cool and infuse for a day, then strain (optional), pour into 2-liter plastic bottles, store in a closet or shed;
• if necessary, dilute the concentrate at the rate of - 2 liters of broth in a bucket of water (you can increase the volume up to 10 liters), this concentration will not harm the plants.

The effectiveness of dressings with a decoction of onion peels is proved by their many years of use by many gardeners and flower growers, as a result, the plants become stronger and develop well:

• seedlings of vegetables when feeding with broth grows stronger, it develops well root system, she is almost not affected by the black leg;
• young seedlings, when transplanted into the ground, quickly take root, and pass into the stage of active growth without any problems;
• regular further feeding with broth maintains the plant's immunity during the entire growing season, protects against damage by many bacterial and fungal diseases.

Such processing does not harm environment, does not lead to the death of insects, does not deteriorate the quality of grown vegetables, as can occur when using chemicals.

Onion husks, if you have accumulated a lot of it, can be applied directly to the soil when preparing the beds, it improves the structure of the soil and disinfects it without harm to any plants: potatoes, tomatoes and cucumbers, eggplants and peppers. Berry crops: strawberries, wild strawberries, bushes of raspberries, gooseberries and currants will also not give up such protection and improvement of the soil.

From diseases and pests

Safe for the ecology of the garden and vegetable garden is and infusion of onion peel , and it's easier to prepare it, you don't need to heat treatment... Infusions are used mainly to repel harmful insects and prevent diseases.

Recipe for preparation and use of infusion :

• take 4 two hundred gram cups of dry husks, place in a large container, you can in a saucepan or bucket;
• pour water warmed in the sun to the very top, mix and cover with a lid;
• place the bucket in a sunny place in your garden or vegetable garden;
• the next day, strain the solution and pour into a separate container, and fill the onion peel with warm water again;
• a more concentrated first solution can be used for prophylactic spraying of all plants in the garden against diseases: trees, shrubs, vegetables and fruits;
• repeated spraying is carried out the next day, when a weaker infusion is ready, such spraying will strengthen the effect of the primary treatment and reduce the concentration of the primary treatment, and at the same time prolong its effect on pests, keeping an unpleasant odor for them on the leaves and shoots of plants.

If you do not want to scare away insects that are beneficial to your garden, try not to spray during their active summer and migration. This usually happens during the flowering of plants, bees collect nectar, and butterflies and spider bugs (not pests) pollinate your plantings.

Chemicals have a negative effect on plants, but almost immediately drive away harmful insects or quickly get rid of diseases. Folk remedies such as onion peels are gentle on the seedlings, but lead to positive results much more slowly. The choice will always remain with the gardener: either chemistry - quickly, but with possible adverse consequences, or folk remedies- slowly, but resulting in an environmentally friendly product.

Conclusion

Over the long winter months, when a person's need for food increases, the amount of culinary waste also increases, which means that you can stock up on onion peels in sufficient quantities. Stockyard gardeners do just that, because such waste will come in handy in the garden and vegetable garden. The main thing is that everything is cheap and cheerful. We wish you good luck and good harvests in your organic garden.

As always, we post a useful video at the end of the article with practical recommendations experienced gardeners and gardeners.

Onion hulls can be invaluable when used correctly. It can be used as organic fertilizer and as a remedy against pests. This is an absolutely environmentally friendly, economical and very useful product!

Onion husks are used as a decoction, infusion and as a natural mulch. We have already talked about in previous articles, and in this article, let's look at the options for using onion peels in the garden and vegetable garden:

1. When planting seedlings, the husk can be mixed directly with the soil. Throw some dry husk into the hole. Thanks to its bactericidal properties, plants will gain additional immunity.
2. If you scatter the husk in the greenhouse, then pests will not start in the ground. By the way, we have already told you.
3. Prepare a decoction. Take 1 tbsp. husks, 2 l. water. Boil the water and fill it with boiling water for cleaning, then put everything back on the fire and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat and let the broth brew until it cools completely. Now strain. The concentrate can be diluted depending on the application.
4. The infusion of onion peels can be prepared in the same way, with the same proportions, only you do not need to boil water this time. Just fill in the husk and let it brew for 2 days. Strain and dilute the resulting infusion depending on the area of ​​its use.

When is it necessary to use onion peels in the garden and vegetable garden?

If you notice that the leaves of the zucchini and / or cucumbers have begun to turn yellow, you can feed the plants by the root method. In addition to cucumbers and zucchini, you can feed carrots, tomatoes and other crops.

The husk helps very well in the fight against aphids, spider mites, different types plant bugs, thrips, suckers and moths. To make the pest control solution better adhere to the leaves during processing, add literally a few drops of liquid or ordinary laundry soap to it.

Rules for using a decoction of husks in the garden

1. If you need to water the seedlings, dilute the solution in the proportion: 1 part of the infusion to 2 parts of water.
2. To decontaminate the soil before sowing seeds for seedlings, spill it with a strong husk solution.
3. You should not store onion broth for a long time, it will lose its beneficial features... Therefore, before each planned use, a new one must be prepared.

Do not throw away the onion husks, they will still be very useful to you!