The stem of Amaranthus equinus is ambrosial, cylindrical, purplish-red, multi-branched, the flowers are sessile, bracts are leafy, sepals are opposite, shaped like a helmet, acute at the tip, the petals are yellow in color, shaped like an obovate, and that's what Amaranthus equinus looks like.

Maranthus is fond of fertile soil, drought-resistant and flood-resistant, strong vitality, often born in vegetable gardens, farmland, roadsides, but also for the common weeds in the field. Amaranth is highly adaptable, heat-resistant, drought-resistant, and does not have strict requirements for light. Strong light, low light can grow normally, in warm, moist, fertile loam or sandy loam soil grows well, drought-resistant and flood-resistant.

The amaranth is native to Brazil, and then widely spread all over the world, temperate and tropical areas are distributed, China's north and south are cultivated all over the world. Born in vegetable gardens, farmland, roadsides, as a common weed in the field.

Margaine is extremely survivable, suitable for cultivation in a variety of fields and slopes, with neutral and weakly acidic soil is better. Its germination temperature is 18℃, and the optimal growth temperature is 20-30℃. When the temperature exceeds 20 ℃, it can be sown in stages and marketed one after another. Protected cultivation can be annual production.

The cultivation technology of Amaranth

1, management

15-20 days after sowing or cuttings can be moved into the field cultivation, and cuttings can be directly cut into the field when the cultivation area is small. Before transplanting the field soil tilling, combined with the land application of 1500 kg of fully rotted manure or 15-20 kg of three yuan compound fertilizer per mu, and then according to the 1.2-meter wide box, according to the plant spacing of 12 cm × 20 cm planting, planting water through the root water.

2, harvest

Maranthine commercial vegetables harvesting standards for flowering before 10-15 cm long shoots. If the harvest is too late, not only the shoots become old, the edible value is poor, and affects the next branching of the pumping and the annual yield. After harvesting once, it can be harvested again in 15-20 days. In this way, it can be extended until mid to late October. The production is generally used in stages and batches of rotating harvesting.

3, seed harvesting

Maranthine amaranth seed plots should be set aside from the beginning of the production of commercial vegetable plots, cultivation and management measures are the same as the production of commercial vegetables, the difference is that the seed plots do not harvest the commercial vegetables, let the natural branching, flowering, and seed setting.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia - Amaranth