Area
In the wild it is found in North Africa, all over Europe, Asia Minor and Central Asia, Australia and New Zealand. It is found in the European part of Russia, the Caucasus and Western Siberia. It grows among shrubs in floodplain meadows, rich, sometimes slightly alkaline soils in the forest belt and steppe zone.
Botanical description of the plant
A dicotyledonous, perennial herbaceous plant. Sparja belongs to this family, belongs to the family Asparagaceae. The root system is well developed, the rhizome is firmly horizontal, smaller roots develop. Stem height reaches 30-150cm, bare, smooth, straight. The flowers are whitish-yellow. It blooms in May-June. The fruit is spherical, red, berry fruit. The fruits ripen in August.
Medicinal properties
Experiments have shown a drop in blood pressure when asparagine or asparagus extract is injected into a blood vessel. Asparagus helps to remove chlorides, phosphates and urea from the body. It is therefore effective in nephritis, urinary bladder diseases of the kidneys, heart, rheumatism, gout, chronic and acute renal failure. The essence obtained from young branches is used in homeopathy. In folk medicine, the root and the above-ground part is good in heart disease, liver, cystitis, gallstones, tumors, epilepsy, rheumatism, allergies, fruit-impotence, dysentery.
Growing technology
Asparagus plant grows well in light, sunny, weed-free, fertile soils. Propagated by seeds or stems. This method is not used by most gardeners because of the slow growth from seed. To do this, the seeds are left in hot water for two days with the addition of growth hormones. Take the seeds and add them to the soil mixture (soil, sand, manure and peat 2: 1: 1: 1). Sprinkle lightly black soil on top to a thickness of 1cm. Soil temperature for seed development is +25 ..., + 27 C. The seeds grow slowly. The longest period is 6 months, if you do the sowing process correctly, you will witness the slow growth of grass. Transplantation of seedlings is not carried out before June. The transplant process can be carried out in the spring, and even in autumn, when they grow. When propagated as a stem, the plant grows rapidly.
