Portulaca oleracea (scientific name: Portulaca oleracea?L.): an annual herb in the order Staphylinidae, family Portulacaceae, the whole plant is glabrous. Stem procumbent, ambulatory spread, branches light green or with dark red. Leaves alternate, leaf blade flattened, plump, horse-toothed, dark green above, light green or dark reddish below; petiole stout and short. Flowers sessile, blooming at noon; bracts leaflike; sepals green, galeate; petals yellow, obovate; stamens anthers yellow; ovary glabrous. Capsule ovoid; seeds minute, obliquely spherical, black-brown, glossy. Fl. 5-Aug, fr. 6-Sep. Produced in all parts of North and South China. Prefer fertile soil, drought-resistant and flood-resistant, strong vitality, born in vegetable gardens, farmland, roadsides, as a common weed in the field. It is a common weed in fields. It is widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas all over the world. The whole grass for medicinal purposes, there are heat and dampness, detoxification and swelling, anti-inflammatory, quenching thirst, diuretic effect; seeds bright eyes; can also be used as veterinary drugs and pesticides; young stems and leaves can be used as a vegetable, acidic, but also very good fodder.
1, seed
Amaranth seed propagation used for seed are collected from the wild in the first year or cultivation of the seeds left. The seeds are extremely small, the ground preparation must be fine, keep the soil moist after sowing, and the seedlings will emerge in 7-10 days.
2, cuttings
Cuttings collected from the current year's sowing seedlings or wild seedlings, from the branching more, the growth of strong strong plant collection is good, each section should be left with 3-5 nodes. Before the cuttings fine soil preparation; combined with the preparation of the ground to apply enough fully-rotted farmyard fertilizer. Density of cuttings (plant spacing) 3 cm × 5 cm, spike into the Shi depth of about 3 cm, after insertion to maintain a certain degree of humidity and appropriate shade, a week after the survival