Amaranth pictures are as follows:

Amaranth is a temperature-loving vegetable, so it is commonly found in summer. It is now very widely distributed in our country. The taste of amaranth is very good, so there are many people who buy it. There are also many people who want to grow it. There are many growing methods about it. If you want amaranth to grow well, the technique is very important.

Amaranth seed method

1, soaking seed germination: amaranth seed in cool water for 24 hours, the soaking process need to scrub a few times, in order to facilitate the absorption of water. In winter, early spring will be soaked seeds out, scrub clean with water, fish out drained of water, with good air permeability gauze package, and then covered with a wet towel, placed in the Royal Oak answer to 15 ~ 20 ℃ under the condition of germination, when there are 30 ~ 50% of the seeds dew white can be sown. Other seasons are cultivated by direct sowing.

2, land preparation and fertilization: amaranth planting is suitable to choose the plot of land with few weeds, although amaranth is not strict on the soil requirements, but to the soil loose, fertile, fertilizer and water retention performance of the soil is good, and amaranth likes the town of Wai alkaline soil, per mu into the rotting organic fertilizer 5000 kg, 25% compound fertilizer 50 kg, fine cultivation, made into a border width of 1 ~ 1.2 m, ditch width 0.3 m, the The depth of the ditch is 0.15 to 0.2 meters of raised beds.

3, sowing method: amaranth seeds are small, sowing mixed with some fine sand or fine soil can make the sowing uniform, the amount of seed per mu 0.25 ~ 0.5 kg. Can flat bed sowing or strip sowing, sowing available four-tooth rake shallow cradle or not cradle, strip sowing can be a little deep in the spring, summer should be shallow, shallow mulch, and then suppression, you can watering, waiting for seedlings. Winter, early spring covered with a thin layer of straw to moisturize, and then covered with a layer of film insulation. Summer plus cover the sunscreen.