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How is amaranth harvested?

Amaranth is a leafy vegetable that is sown once and harvested many times. Spring sowing amaranth in the sowing 40 ~ 45 days, plant height 10 ~ 12 centimeters, with 5 ~ 6 true leaves start harvesting. The first harvest combined with inter-seedling, pulling out too dense, growing larger seedlings; the second harvest with a sickle for cutting, retaining the base of about 5 centimeters. When the lateral branches grow to about 12-15 centimeters, the third harvest is carried out. The yield of spring-sown amaranth is 1,200 to 1,500 kilograms per mu. Summer and fall sowing of amaranth, usually 30 days after sowing to start harvesting, the production of only 1 to 2 times, mu yield is about 1000 kg.