The "Tenderness" onion variety is a mid-season salad variety with high winter hardiness and intense leaf regrowth. The period from the start of regrowth to marketability is about 25-30 days, allowing for an early green harvest. The plant is characterized by a medium degree of branching, with leaves up to 35 cm long, dark green, juicy, and tubular, possessing a mild semi-sharp taste. The mass of one plant varies from 50-60 g to 200-300 g depending on growing conditions. The variety can be grown both as a single-year and as a multi-year culture, with the onion able to grow in one place for 4-5 years with the possibility of two cuts per season.
"Tenderness" is distinguished by high yield — up to 4.2-4.6 kg per square meter, as well as high content of vitamins C, B1, B2, D, carotene, proteins, and minerals. Leaves do not become tough for a long time and retain juiciness, which makes this variety especially valuable for salad use. In addition, the onion has useful therapeutic properties, including disinfectant, diaphoretic, and hemostatic actions, and is recommended for such diseases as hypertension, atherosclerosis, dysentery, and gout. The variety is also an excellent honey plant and suitable for all types of processing.
For successful cultivation of the "Tenderness" variety, it is recommended to sow seeds in early spring in ridges with a distance of 30 cm and a sowing depth of 1-1.5 cm. Seedlings need to be thinned, leaving 5-10 cm between plants. Onion is demanding on soil fertility, moisture-loving, and responds well to fertilizers, especially to autumn top-dressing with mineral substances. Care includes regular weeding, loosening, and timely watering. Chive onion withstands frost down to -7˚C, and the harvest is carried out as the greens form until the onset of frost. After mass cutting, the greens regrow quickly again, ensuring a long period of use.
