How to distinguish onions and garlic seedlings:

1. Look at the upper half of the leaves

Onion: the green part is a hollow circular tube, cut out A ring of cross-section can be clearly seen in chopped green onion, and the leaves feel tender to the touch.

Garlic seedlings: The upper green leaves are flat, and the leaves are wide and rough.

2. Look at the lower part of the green onion and garlic.

Onion: The thickness of the whole onion will be the same, and the ratio of white and green at the lower end is closer.

Garlic sprouts: The green onions of garlic sprouts are short, and they will expand into an oval ball near the root. This spherical shape will be the garlic head that will be formed later.

1. Onion, cylindrical bulb with white skin. Thin to light red, not broken. The leaves are cylindrical and hollow. The flower stem is cylindrical, hollow, enlarged below the middle, narrowing toward the top, the lower part is covered with leaf sheaths, the involucre is membranous, and has 2 lobes. It is native to Siberia and is cultivated throughout our country. For important vegetables and seasonings.

2. Garlic sprouts are also called green garlic (garlic is yellow when not exposed to light). Good quality garlic seedlings should be fresh and tender, with a plant height of about 35 centimeters, bright green leaves, not yellow or rotten, white hairy roots that are not withered, and a strong spiciness. Its spiciness mainly comes from the capsaicin it contains, which has the effect of eliminating food accumulation.