Amaranth is generally planted from spring to within the fall frost; planting methods can be started from sowing methods, temperature management.

I, planting time

Amaranth can be planted from spring to within the fall frost period. The open ground is generally from mid to late March to early to mid-August, greenhouses or small arches covered planting can be sown twenty days in advance, and in mid to late February. Usually, thirty-five days after sowing, they can be on the market.

Two, planting methods

1, sowing method: amaranth seed is relatively small, sowing mixed with some fine sand or fine soil can make the sowing proportionality, 1 acre with the amount of seed 0.25 ~ 0.5Kg.

Can be flat beds sowing seeds or holes sowing, sowing can be used with a four-harrow teeth shallow cradling or not cradling, holes sowing can be a little deeper in the spring, summer should be shallow, shallow. Shallow filling, then go before the compression, you can water, waiting for germination. Winter, early spring plus cover layer of analyzed wheatgrass moisturizing and hydration, and then covered with a layer of agricultural film heat insulation and heat preservation. Summer plus cover the shade net.

2, temperature management: amaranth in winter, early spring after sprouting uncovered agricultural film and mulch, after watering in the greenhouse greenhouse new small and medium-sized plastic greenhouses, to facilitate heat insulation and heat preservation, in the outside world when the temperature is extremely low at dusk in the shed plus a layer of thatch heat insulation and heat preservation. After the summer buds, immediately cover the shade net, using early cover and late uncovering.

Amaranth planting notes

Amaranth in the winter, early spring to regularly maintain the soil layer moist, water watering, try to choose a sunny day in the morning watering, and in the flush of the seedling watering once 0.2% urea water solution, followed by 7 ~ 10 days of fertilizer, to promote the growth and development. Summer moderately increase the amount of watering, usually in the morning, dusk watering.

Amaranth needs to be fertilized several times, generally in the seedlings have 2 leaves out of the first chase the first fertilizer, after 10 to 12 days after the second chase the second fertilizer, and after that every picking 1 time to fertilize 1 time. Fertilizer type to base fertilizer, each 1 mu can be applied with dilute farmyard manure liquid 1500 to 2000KG, add urea solution 5 to 10 kg.