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Melon - useful product which adults and children love. But when using this fruit, you should remember the compatibility of food. After all, many products cannot be combined. Can you eat melon with honey? This is discussed in the article.
Product Compatibility Information
There is a table containing information about It indicates what can be eaten at one time, and what is preferable to separate. Each product requires a different composition of gastric juice. Therefore, foods were grouped based on acidity and digestion. If you follow the rules, the digestion of food will easily proceed, and the stomach will not be overloaded.
If you use together products that require different gastric juice, then mutual neutralization occurs. Digestion will be slow. At the same time, a person feels heaviness and malaise. It is because of this that it is necessary to consider the compatibility of all products.
Food
What should be included in human nutrition? The diet must necessarily consist of:
- proteins;
- acidic plant foods;
- subacid;
- starchy food.
The second dish, which includes meat with porridge or potatoes, is difficult to digest, and a combination of proteins with cabbage will be suitable. With the wrong food intake, it is poorly digested, and a lot of nutrients go to waste.
Melon and honey are incompatible. Vegetables should be consumed between meals. Fresh milk is also incompatible with other products. It is classified as a protein product, and in an acidic environment it folds into a mass that is difficult to digest. Melon with honey cannot be eaten precisely because of incompatibility.
Benefits of melon
Melon belongs to She is considered a relative of cucumber and pumpkin. The taste of the product has been appreciated by people since ancient times. Now the fruits are common in many countries. In addition to the sweet taste and aroma, they have a healing effect. This is due to the useful composition:
- organic acids - citric, malic, folic;
- vitamins - C, PP, A, B;
- minerals - potassium, iron, silicon.
Sugar is contained in fruits up to 20%, and the calorie content is 30-38 kcal per 100 g. Due to the presence of pectins and fiber, the pulp has a laxative effect. Melon therapy has a positive effect on the heart and blood vessels, calms the nerves, relieves stress, improves sleep.
The fruit has a choleretic and diuretic effect. Therefore, it is advised to use it in diseases of the kidneys and liver. The presence of iron allows you to increase hemoglobin. Silicon improves brain activity. The product improves immunity.
How to use melon?
This dessert should not be eaten on an empty stomach. After all, there may be problems with the intestines. To painful symptoms include nausea, bloating, diarrhea. Melon should not be drunk with water. It should not be combined with dairy products without cooking. If you perform simple tips, then the vegetable can be eaten without fear.
To avoid complications, it is advisable to use melon as a separate dish. It is better to eat it between meals. Then it won't cause any inconvenience.
Benefits of honey
This product is valued for its beneficial features. Honey has a bactericidal, antimicrobial, antifungal effect, making it indispensable for colds and infections. It also eliminates inflammation, softens breathing, restores defenses.
The benefits of honey are associated with the presence of saturated vitamins and minerals. With it, the acidity of the stomach decreases, ulcers heal faster, the work of the liver and kidneys improves. Valuable properties include a positive effect on the skin. Honey helps to cope with withering, rashes and wounds. The use of this product reduces fatigue, increases efficiency, reduces the negative effects of stress.
Although these products are useful, you should not combine melon with honey. But individually, they have a beneficial effect on the body. From the products you can cook a variety of dishes that both adults and children like.
Why can't you combine melon and honey?
What happens if you eat melon with honey? Because of this, negative reactions to the stomach may occur. Since ancient times, it has been known not to combine melon with honey. It used to be called volvulus. Because of this, the patency is disturbed and the person feels severe discomfort. But some people don't suffer from it.
Doctors believe that even a healthy person may experience negative reactions to melon with honey. The consequences may be different. People who have undergone abdominal surgery are at risk of bowel obstruction. Therefore, you should not take risks so as not to harm the body.
Melon jam
Melon can be used to prepare various dishes. Jam is one of them. The pulp must be cut into cubes. Then they are blanched in boiling water for 7 minutes. The product is thrown into a colander to remove excess water. You need to prepare a syrup of sugar (1 cup) and water. They pour the pulp, leaving for 5 hours. Then bring the jam to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. The product must be removed from heat and left for 7 hours.
Then the jam should be brought to a boil, add a pinch of vanillin and lemon juice (2 tablespoons). When hot, the product is poured into jars. This jam will be in the winter excellent source vitamins and sugar replacement. In addition to preparations for the winter, many more different dishes are prepared from vegetables.
Baking in the oven
Baked melon with honey is not recommended. This can lead to negative reactions in the stomach. But you can cook baked melon. The fruit must be peeled and cut into slices about 1 cm thick. The melon is laid out in a baking dish, treated with lemon juice, sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
Then a layer of slices is laid out again, and on top - lemon juice, cinnamon with sugar. At the end, an orange is laid in slices, but it is better - cut into rings. The tray must be placed in the oven. Baking is carried out for 1-1.5 hours. Readiness is indicated by the darkening of the oranges.
Thus, melon will be useful if it is consumed separately from other products. Then she will be able to saturate a person with her valuable substances. You can use the fruit not only fresh, but also in the form of various dishes. Compliance with the rules of compatibility allows you to prevent Negative consequences for the stomach.
There are many varieties of melon. Consider the most popular of them.
Amber. Medium early variety. Brings a crop for 70-85 days from shoots. Scourge long, medium power. The fruits are bright yellow, smooth, elongated-oval in shape. The weight of a ripe melon is 1-2.4 kg. juicy pulp, white color, sweet.
Millennium. The variety is early maturing. Hybrid. Suitable for open ground. The lashes are short. The fruits are smooth, mesh, oval-round shape. The pulp is sweet, white.
Honey melon. Medium early variety. The fruits are yellow-greenish, smooth, elongated, roundish-oval in shape. The pulp is sweet, yellow, green, yellow-red.
Moon. Medium early variety. Yields in 75-80 days from germination. Fruits are yellow, smooth, mesh, oval. The weight of a ripe fruit is 1 kg. The flesh is not too juicy, sweet, creamy in color.
Collective farmer. The variety is mid-season. The crop yields in 75-90 days from the date of germination. Fruits are orange-yellow, smooth, spherical. The weight of a ripe melon is up to 0.5 kg. The pulp is sweet, viscous, white.
Altai. The variety is early. Harvest gives 65-70 days after germination. The lashes are long. Fruits are oval in shape, weighing 0.6-1.2 kg. The pulp is sweet, juicy, aromatic. The variety is suitable for growing in cold Siberian conditions.
Planting a melon and caring for it
Sowing seedlings of melon
Having chosen the desired variety, you can start sowing melon seedlings. The best time to do this is April 1-10. Seeds need to be soaked and germinated. The soil should be taken neutral in acidity, not very oily, fertile.
Sow two seeds at a time in plastic cups with good drainage. After sowing, place the cups in a warm place, covering them with polyethylene. Optimum temperature 25-26°C.
After germination of seedlings, polyethylene must be removed, and the container with seedlings should be transferred to a bright place. Seedlings are ready for planting when four or five true leaves appear.
Planting seedlings of melon
At the end of May, seedlings can be transplanted into open ground. It is better to choose a place where legumes, cabbage, potatoes previously grew. Melon grows well in windless, sunny areas.
First, you need to dig holes at a distance of 0.5 m, add humus to them (two kg each), pour abundantly. In the porridge formed in the hole, you need to plant melon seedlings, sprinkling it with dry earth. Melon seedlings cannot be buried.
top dressing
Make the first top dressing with nitrogen fertilizers (mullein, chicken manure, saltpeter) 10-15 days after planting in the ground. The second and subsequent ones - every 10-12 days from the first feeding, but fertilizers should already be complex mineral (chicken manure with ash).
pinching melons
The top after the appearance of the fifth or sixth leaf on the melon seedlings must be pinched, after which lateral shoots will appear. You need to choose two strong shoots, the rest must be removed, and the plant itself should be spudded. Leave 3-5 ovaries on one bush, the rest must be removed.
Watering and loosening
Moderate watering every 4-5 days is sufficient for melon, since it grows on melon almost without water. If the weather is cloudy, then one watering per week is enough. It is necessary to water under the root or between the rows, avoiding moisture on the leaves.
If there was heavy dew in the morning, then watering is no longer necessary. If the soil is too dry - you can not fill the plant, otherwise the fruits may burst. And in general, after the appearance of the ovaries, it is better to reduce watering to a minimum.
It is necessary to loosen in the aisles so as not to injure the roots. Weed as needed to keep weeds from sucking moisture out of the soil.
Collection, storage of crops
Melon fruits are harvested depending on ripening. If you had to, saving the crop from frost, collect not quite ripe melons, then they will ripen perfectly at home. To store melons, it is better to place them in boxes, the bottom of which is covered with straw or sawdust. The shelf life will increase if you remove the melons in a dark, cool place.
If desired, melon can be grown in any region of Russia. You just need to choose the right variety.
In the open field, you need to protect the melons from frost and, if necessary, cover with a film.
When growing in a greenhouse, it is not necessary to allow waterlogging, regularly airing the landing site. It is advisable to spray the melon with sugar syrup in order to attract insects for pollination.
Try, select varieties and at the end of summer you will enjoy fragrant melons from your own garden.
Who doesn't like the taste of juicy honey melon? Culinary melon cooks various dishes- salads, cocktails, candied fruits, etc. And even melon components are added to tea. For example, Oolong melon is a component of the tea blend of the same name. Many are already trying to grow these sun-loved fruits on their plots. Who has not yet encountered such an occupation, but intends to try, it is better to start with those varieties that are intended for the domestic climate. And further we will talk about them, united common property- the presence of honey taste.
Consider the characteristics of honey melons. Melon, including honey melon, belongs to the gourd family. For the first time it became known in the countries of Malaya and Central Asia where the plant still grows in the wild. Today, this crop is grown not only in the Mediterranean countries, but also in Russia. Moreover, both large farms and ordinary amateur vegetable growers have been doing this with great success lately. Fortunately, the climate over the past few years allows them to do this.
Popular varieties of honey melon
Several varieties are popular with honey melon, of which Siberian, Skazka, Medok, Gigantskaya are better known. Below you can find their description.
Melon Siberian honey
The Siberian honey melon, which has spherical fruits, is a medium-early variety. The crust is elastic, without a pattern, yellowish in color. Fruit weight - 1-2 kg. The soft part has a light cream color. These melons are juicy, sweet and aromatic. The culture is frost-resistant. Transplantation into open ground is carried out at the stage of 3-4 cotyledon leaves. In this case, the soil must be warmed up to a temperature of +14 degrees. 1-2 seedlings are placed per square meter. Breeders bred a hybrid of this variety. Those who are particularly interested can study the Siberian honey melon F1 reviews to understand the characteristics of the culture.
Melon Honey Tale
Since melon Honey Tale is also a mid-early variety, its growing season lasts 75 days and more (up to 85 days). The fruits are round. A mesh is visible on a smooth light yellow crust. The mass of fruits is small - 2-4 kg. The soft center is white or cream. Numerous reviews about melon Honey Tale make it clear that the pulp is amazingly sweet, soft and tender. Due to the high content of sugars in it, it is suitable for the manufacture of candied fruits and sweets.
Plants, together with fruits, are resistant to various pests and are easily transported. For cultivation on the site, it is planted with seeds, first in peat pots and then in the ground or immediately in the ridges.
melon medoc
Honey-sweet melon Medoc is characterized by round fruits with a pure yellow color and weighing up to 2-4 kg. The soft part is fragrant, tasty. High level sugars in it allows you to cook delicious oriental sweets. The reviews left about the Medoc melon indicate the early maturity of the variety, good resistance to major diseases, and transportability.
Cultivation is carried out through seedlings. But in areas closer to the south, the seeds are sown directly in the street soil in April-May. The bushes are fixed to the trellis, on the stem up to 50 cm in height I cut off all the side branches.
In order for the fruits to gain sugar content, watering is reduced at the time of fruit formation.
Melon Tale
Early melon Skazka - ripening time 60-62 days. It has elliptical fruits with a small mass - up to 1.6-2 kg. There is no pattern on the smooth skin. The sweet pulp is very juicy, but dense and crispy with a light cream tint. Fresh is most valued, although it is used to make jams and jams. Many reviews of the Skazka melon testify to friendly fruiting, culture resistance to diseases, especially to powdery mildew.
For cultivation on the site, both direct sowing in the ground and seedling method are used. Seedlings are sown at the end of April, and in the soil - in May. Seedlings are planted in a permanent place of growth at the age of 30-35 days with 3-5 true leaves. Care for an adult plant involves pinching at the level of 4-5 leaves, while maintaining 2-3 shoots on the sides and about 4-5 fruits. The scheme for planting seedlings is 70x70 cm. To avoid injury to the fruits, they are laid on a moisture-resistant material. In film greenhouses, the formation of bushes is carried out in one stem, which is tied to a trellis.
Giant honey melon
Late-ripening Giant Honey Melon is great for long-term storage. And all because the growing season is long and is more than 100 days. AT central Russia these melons do not have time to fully ripen, but those taken unripe are capable of ripening. Numerous reviews of the Giant Honey melon characterize the taste of large oval pumpkins of this variety in their ripe state, as fragrant and bright. In fact, a specific aroma and tender flesh are nonsense for a variety. After all, the melon aroma characteristic of fruits early varieties, is the result of anaerobic fermentation. However, if the choice fell on this particular variety, then such a technique as will help to grow it. Thanks to this trick, the grafted culture will mature faster and will not be so susceptible to adverse climatic influences.
The presence of a greenhouse greatly facilitates the cultivation of melons, but there each bush should be allocated the necessary territory for nutrition, normal air exchange, and the degree of humidity.
Seedlings of the culture are usually planted in the greenhouse. Sowing seeds for seedlings is carried out taking into account the temperature background (both air and soil) in the greenhouse.
During the day, the temperature should be +25 degrees, and at night - at least 17 degrees. For greenhouse cultivation melons are not so stringent requirements for the timing of ripening varieties. However, early ripe ones allow you to feast on melon already in the middle of summer.
Grow a melon, because eating your own products is much more pleasant and healthier than purchased ones. A bountiful summer harvest!
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