If you’re in the mood to grow onions and garlic, you should know that they are easy plants to grow and can be grown in the garden or in pots on the balcony.

Let’s find out how to grow onions and garlic, and all in an old Styrofoam box.

Onions and garlic

Onions and garlic are very nutritious and healthy foods. Among the nutritional values of onions we have carbohydrates, fibers, proteins, folates, fats and vitamins C and B6. But also folate and potassium, in the same way in garlic, and all in different values.
Both foods also contain small amounts of calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, and zinc.

As for allergies, both onions and garlic can cause allergic reactions in some people. Symptoms may include itching, rash, swelling of the lips, tongue and face, difficulty breathing.

In general, garlic allergies are less common than onion allergies. However, if you suspect you have an allergy to any of these foods, it is important to consult a doctor for an accurate evaluation.

Both onion and garlic can be eaten raw or cooked and are used in many dishes of international cuisine.

To get the most benefits from onions, it’s best to eat them raw or lightly cooked. High temperatures can destroy some of the vitamins and nutrients found in onions.

Raw onions can be added to salads or sandwiches for a punch of flavor and crunch. To prevent onions from becoming bitter or losing their flavor during cooking, it’s best to cook them low and slow, rather than over high heat.

Raw garlic is the best way to get all the benefits of garlic. It can be mashed and added to salads, sauces, marinades, and vinaigrettes.

It can be added at the end of cooking so that it does not lose its flavor and beneficial properties.

In general, it is important to choose fresh onions and garlic and store them in a cool, dry place. Before using, you need to remove the outer skin from them and cut or crush them according to the requirements of the recipe.

How to grow onions and garlic.

If you love having fresh and absolutely organic products, you also need to know how to grow onions and garlic at home, and for this it will be enough to start saving all those beautiful polystyrene containers that we usually dispose of in waste recycling.

In the meantime, let’s try to understand what are the characteristics of these unique foods capable of seasoning and enriching our dishes.

Onions and garlic are easy plants to grow and can be grown in the garden or in pots on the balcony. For onions, choose a sunny, well-drained area of the garden or a pot large enough to accommodate the onions.

One method to arrange garlic and onions well at home, even on the terrace, is to use polystyrene boxes.

To be clear, the ones that for example have a lid, both top and bottom, are perfectly fine. So once closed, we practice outdoors, using, for example, plastic caps as a measure.

Pen marks are made around the cap and then the polystyrene caps are removed with a cutter.

At this point, separate the two halves and take the onions, the small ones, and cut the beard with scissors.

Then we make a cut in the onion where the tip is and at the end we prepare all the onions and do the same with the garlic.

Finally we place the cut beard part in the hole, and use the other half to put water as a dish for the garlic and onion.

After a very short time, just one day, we will see the onions plucking the new beard and the green aerial part. Both onions and garlic will
soon show new roots.

After 5 days the roots are much longer and the green outer air has grown, we are ready to bury them. Always a polystyrene packet, this time bigger we make holes for drainage and put some soil.

We plant the onion bulbs about 2.5 cm deep and spaced about 10 cm apart, then proceed to water regularly, keeping the soil moist but not too wet.