Amaranth is categorized into white amaranth and red amaranth, which is abundant in summer and sown in early spring from February to March. As amaranth seeds are small, only 1/4 size of sesame seeds, not easy to spread evenly, in the long-term sowing process summed up a practical sowing method;

Before sowing, mix fine sand and seeds at the ratio of 1:5, and then directly sown on the ground can be. The amount of pure amaranth seed per acre is about 0.6kg. After sowing, rake the beds with a rake to cover the amaranth seed with a layer of soil, and then step on the beds again to level them and prevent the seeds from washing away when watering, resulting in uneven germination.

When watering, you should spray water to avoid washing out the pits in the beds, and no seeds at the pits to prevent too much water from washing away the seeds. Spring sowing amaranth, due to low precipitation, dry air, watering the surface evaporation, easy to make the soil surface hard and dry.

Extension:

Amaranth seedlings are small, ten days time, weeds are much higher than seedlings, must be pulled out in a timely manner, or else compete with amaranth for nutrients, affecting amaranth The light harvesting. Sowing 20 days or so, seedlings grow more than 2 leaves when the 1st fertilizer .

Select sunny days, mu of ammonium sulfate 15kg, fertilizer timely watering. After the 1st fertilizer 12~15 days for the 2nd fertilizer. The first time between the plucking harvest after the 3rd fertilizer, the use of the same as above, in order to promote the harvest after the smaller amaranth thrive, pay attention to each fertilizer timely watering, pulling weeds.

Amaranth has a strong adaptability to the soil, and it can choose clay or sandy soil with flat terrain and convenient drainage and irrigation, and alkaline soil is the most suitable, and it is more conducive to improving the yield and quality in the planting under the condition of sufficient moisture and fertile soil.