Is it possible to grow the legendary Yalta onion in other regions except Crimea?

Warn you) I - a fan of Yalta onions! Try again this onion during long trips in a wonderful Crimea, I now recognize only him!

Of course, ordinary turnip from the garden, too, goes to the cause. But if some dish need to add the onions in fresh form (for example, Greek salad), I take only Yalta.

I think the taste is much more tender and flavor - brighter and not as pungent as that of our own, familiar language and the nose of the average gardener near Moscow.

I could not help think: is it possible to grow a cherished flat bulb in his again, the average garden somewhere near Tver. Not to carry a bunch in a car from a vacation and do not pick on the same market, namely Yaltinsy, rather than a simple red.

From the side it seemed that everything is simple: buy yourself a certain grade and soot. Onions repeat varietal features parent and still learn to make beautiful chords. Dreams Dreams! After analyzing the information, it is not so simple. I share with you an important nuance.

The first thing that we, in the middle lane, never be able to repeat (alas!) - is the soil. Yalta onions and sometimes also called mountain. Not for nothing! The stony ground, in places with sand and clay creates unique conditions.

It seems that the very air helps Crimean onions dial it surprising sweetness and a special taste.

Such soil is very warming sunlight. Earth thoroughly heated during clearest of days, it does not cool down at night and during cloudy weather. We can say that the Yalta onions growing in natural-clock heating.

We should not forget that brand affects taste of the product and the mineral composition of the Crimean soil

Will I be able to repeat such conditions at his dacha near Tver? Very, very doubtful. But that's not all.

For the aging of the Yalta onions to harvest turned out "in the Crimea", takes about 140 days. And most of them should be sunny and warm. Otherwise, we get a taste bitter as that of our native turnip. Enough to see the number of sunny days a year, the average temperature on the South Coast and in your area of ​​residence. Disappointingly, though?

Unfortunately, no matter how wanted to become a successful experimenter, grow the same Yalta onion, in the Crimea, we will not work (so even remains in place. Still, such exclusivity attaches special value and charm.

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